[SDL] [Little OT] Free Soundeffects for Games

[Jason]

Torsten Giebl <wizard <at> syntheticsw.com> writes:

> 
> Hello !
> 
> Are there "free for use" Soundeffects
> Libraries available ?
> 
> CU
> 

Another way if you don't have a microphone is to use, say a music composition
program and a sound card with a very good MIDI synth module (assuming you've got
those!). One of the "instruments" under MIDI GS is, if I'm recalling right, a
sound effects generator. It has things like helicoptor rotors, gunshots, rain,
thunder, etc. available at different MIDI note values.

Of course, if you *don't* have these things, a microphone is cheaper! ;D

If you are going to do it yourself with a microphone, another thing I'd suggest
is to just take note of all the sounds around you - there are lots we hear but
just don't take in because they are part of our everyday lives. I made a short
claymation movie last year as a uni project, and I needed the sound of a robot
stomping along a metal deck. I just got a big metal frypan and banged it on top
of the metal stovetop. It sounded very authentic, but the only reason I noticed
it was because I deliberately took note of all the noises around me - and I
noticed this noise when I went to cook myself some nice eats.

HTH,
-J