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Author Topic: Need popping popcorn sound effect David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-15-2003 06:07 PM                        This is a longshot, but if anyone can point me in the direction of a good (and free) popping popcorn sound effect file, it would really help me out. I'm not finding much on Google except on sound effects CDs that cost $$. The sound of a big commercial popper like in movie theatres would be perfect. -dave  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-15-2003 06:35 PM                     Oh, just take a computer motherboard and toss it in the microwave. Dave, let me check that archives here at the radio station....maybe I might have something, no guarentee, though. Edited because I thought you were Jack from Port Orchard. [ 01-16-2003, 01:08 AM: Message edited by: Paul G. Thompson ]  |  IP: Logged William Leland III Master Film Handler Posts: 336 From: Charleston, SC, Registered: Aug 2002 posted 01-15-2003 06:38 PM                        Hey David, I use WinMx to download music. Hope this helps. Here is the link WinMx  |  IP: Logged Sam Hunter Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 779 From: West Monroe, LA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-15-2003 07:03 PM                     wavcentral.com should have it.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-15-2003 07:36 PM                     Just get an old Eprad Processor and turn the gains up all the way! Mark  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-15-2003 07:39 PM                     I checked WinMx and Limewire. No hits. Also checked our archives, nothing there, either. Can you get a high quality microphone and make your own?  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-15-2003 09:06 PM                        I've been looking everywhere, still no luck. I'd love to buy a microphone & recorder for this but it's not in the budget.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-15-2003 09:31 PM                     Hey Dave, Get a cheap mic and use your computer to record it! Aren't you a long time Microsoft employee that knows all the ins and outs of these wonderful OS's. Mark  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-15-2003 09:43 PM                     Google on "popcorn wav" revealed: Popcorn2.mov and Popcorn1.mov  |  IP: Logged Aldo Baez Master Film Handler Posts: 266 From: USA Registered: Mar 2001 posted 01-16-2003 12:49 AM                    HAhahahahha! Popcorn2 is really popcorn popping. Popcorn1 is from Kentucky Fried Movie? I think ? Gave me a chuckle.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-16-2003 01:35 PM                        Randy, popcorn2 works for this. Thanks.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-16-2003 02:18 PM                     No problem! You're welcome! The reason I have the numbers backward is because that's the order I downloaded them. I heard the first one... (I also think it's from "Kentucky Fried Movie".) and laughed my ass off. Just had to have it. I found the other one afterward but posted it first because it's the real sound.  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 01-17-2003 01:21 AM                     Dave, if I can get an impedance match with a good quality microphone and a boat anchor computer, I'll record a whole batch of popping, right down to the last fizzle. If I forget, hammer me on it.  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 01-17-2003 11:12 AM                        Paul, that would be great! Don't go to a lot of trouble though. It just seems kind of weird that there aren't more popcorn wav files floating around -- seems like it would be a popular sound effect. BTW, that popcorn sound was in QuickTime .mov format. I've converted it to .wav so if anyone wants it let me know & I'll be happy to send you the wav file. Now I'm searching for casino background noise -- not necessarily specific noises like a slot machine or roulette wheel, just the general ambient background noise of a casino...  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 01-17-2003 03:44 PM                     It was originally in .wav format. I changed it to QT. The reason for that is because it's automatically a clickable link. If you have QuickTime Pro, you can save the movie onto your computer then export it into almost any format you want.  |  IP: Logged

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