Hey kids.
I need about five to ten minutes of waves crashing on a rocky coast for a tune I'm recording.
Here's what I need:
It has to be free.
It has to actually sound like waves crashing on a rocky coast, not just static.
It needs to not have any other sounds, except perhaps the occasional seagull. A distant sheep or two would be OK too. Maybe a bit of a breeze if it sounds nice and breezy. But no kids, boats, cars, or anything like that.
It has to be long enough that I can loop it without it being obvious; or better yet, long enough I don't have to loop it at all.
I've been looking everywhere from on line to sound effects records and can't find anything to fit the bill. Any ideas?
Thanks.
Tom
Looking for crashing wave sounds.
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Looking for crashing wave sounds.
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Tom,
How urgent is this need?
I ask because I have a half hour minidisc recording of a beach at night in Donegal (including the occasional far away sheep!) but I don't know exactly where it is, and I probably won't have time to locate/copy it till next month due to impending Thanksgiving travel.
Dunno how crashing it is (there were some rocks but lots of sand), but I was the only one on the beach and the water is certainly the main sound - I set up the mic and (carefully) read a book about twenty feet away while it recorded.
Completely free if you give me a credit on your liner notes!
How urgent is this need?
I ask because I have a half hour minidisc recording of a beach at night in Donegal (including the occasional far away sheep!) but I don't know exactly where it is, and I probably won't have time to locate/copy it till next month due to impending Thanksgiving travel.
Dunno how crashing it is (there were some rocks but lots of sand), but I was the only one on the beach and the water is certainly the main sound - I set up the mic and (carefully) read a book about twenty feet away while it recorded.
Completely free if you give me a credit on your liner notes!
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ever hear of an ocean drum?
It's a Remo drum filled with BB's. You very slowly tilt it and it sounds like the ocean waves coming in.
Friends of ours use an ocean drum, a pick sliding up and down a wound string (seagull), and creaking of a wooden instrument, to get the sound of a ship on their version of Southwind.
It's a Remo drum filled with BB's. You very slowly tilt it and it sounds like the ocean waves coming in.
Friends of ours use an ocean drum, a pick sliding up and down a wound string (seagull), and creaking of a wooden instrument, to get the sound of a ship on their version of Southwind.
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Thanks, all.
The tune is called "The Winds of Badbea." I made it up while wandering an abandoned village on the cliffs on the northeast coast of Scotland. The ocean sound is not overbearing, but it's a constant, nearby presence.
Beth, that sounds great. My (current) goal is to publish this thing sometime this winter, so after thanksgiving should be fine. And of course you'll get an honorable mention in the liner notes.
Lamby, thanks. Florida beaches are beautiful, but just not the sound I'm going for.
Djm, no good on the Yanni idea. He quit taking my e-mails after I quit playing synthesizers and actually learned to write my own music down.
Missy, thanks for the suggestion. I've considered using an ocean drum. They're very very cool. But that's sort of a last resort; I thought real ocean sounds would mean more somehow.
Thanks again.
T
The tune is called "The Winds of Badbea." I made it up while wandering an abandoned village on the cliffs on the northeast coast of Scotland. The ocean sound is not overbearing, but it's a constant, nearby presence.
Beth, that sounds great. My (current) goal is to publish this thing sometime this winter, so after thanksgiving should be fine. And of course you'll get an honorable mention in the liner notes.
Lamby, thanks. Florida beaches are beautiful, but just not the sound I'm going for.
Djm, no good on the Yanni idea. He quit taking my e-mails after I quit playing synthesizers and actually learned to write my own music down.
Missy, thanks for the suggestion. I've considered using an ocean drum. They're very very cool. But that's sort of a last resort; I thought real ocean sounds would mean more somehow.
Thanks again.
T
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