Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> I'm always surprised by the loud, short, snappy "pop" sound of most real life > movie explosions, as opposed to the prolonged blast sound one hears on the > soundtrack. I read once that the soundtrack versions come from extremely large > military explosions, far beyond the size of the movie explosions for which they > are used. Yes, that's true, you always tend to use a bigger one than you need. Plus, you tend to put on a lot of reverb -- even though outdoor sounds don't have much reverb unless you're surrounded by mountains -- which accounts for the long 'tail'of decay after the initial attack of the sound. - -- Johnny Deadman "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug" - Mark Twain