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3D SFX vol1 - Industrial Sound Events Page 2/4


The CD has relatively few samples, 183 to be exact, though bear in mind that this is more of a sound effects CD and many of the samples are quite lengthy, the longest is 88 seconds. There are no sub sections, the samples are grouped in a reasonably sensible fashion, with related samples generally together, for example each type of welding sound are together, but the plasma welding sounds are in a different place to the other welding sounds.

We start off with three 15 second jet aeroplane engine samples, starting up, flying by and idle, the middle one shows off very well the 3D processing that has been applied throughout the CD, sweeping across the listener in a most authentic fashion.

Next we have some tram ambiences, starting and stopping with bells and associated tram noises, if you weren't familiar with trams then you might struggle to place the sounds, as they're not as distinctive as say a train. Not a fault of the sounds mind. These two tracks are a little out of place with the rest of the CD which concentrates on industrial type sounds, but are very usable nonetheless.

Track three has two sweeping sounds, as in man brushing concrete with a big brush sweeping sounds. As is typical with this CD, you don't get a dry sweeping sound, you get an ambience. With sweeping being prominent in the foreground. It's not noise, as in recording noise, but part of the overall sound. As these sounds have been recorded in real life situations, you get the little clicks and clangs like in real life and the sounds don't sound sterile.

Next we have two door sounds opening and closing, not your stock "horror" spooky creaky doors, just regular heavy door sounds.

Moving on to track 5 we have four lawnmower samples, failing to start, starting and stopping and moving across the soundscape. For anyone familiar with trying to get a petrol mower to start these will be very familiar. Track 6 has an old heavy lathe, starting, stopping and running, good for any generic machine sound you might need.

The next two tracks have metallic chain noises, rattling and bursting, which could easily be used out of context to produce unusual percussive effects.

Tracks 10 and 11 have crane and pulley moves, which we'll have to take their word for as without the description, you'd probably be very hard pressed to place the sounds, assorted clangings and noise, though nicely moving around the sound spectrum.

Track 12 has some "dentist from hell" grinding sounds, guaranteed to put you teeth on edge, very effective, very grating. The electric sander in the next track sounds rather like its gargling water, interesting.

We then have two tracks of metal hammering and hits, which sound rather tinny and weak for hammer hits, almost sounding like wind chimes or muted gongs. Not what I would have expected though. Next we have a track of pulley chain sounds, which sound like a chain being pulled over metal.

Sounds of tools and metal squeaks comprise the next two tracks, short clanks and "teeth on edge" scrapes.

Moving on we have a track of welding torch sounds, sounds very much like a steam blowing effect, though if you know what it is you can tell. After this we have some totally authentic dot-matrix printer samples, I used to have one just like it, very noisy and clanky.

Couple of short tracks of a table saw and grinder starting and stopping, and then the saw being adjusted, very noisily I might add.


 

 

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