DrummerJonny Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hey there, for a project I'm working on I need approx. 2 mins of angry dog barking, growling, ect ect, which an actor will be acting against. Having spent the last 2 days trawling through free soundclip sites, and getting thoroughly fed up with everything I find for being the wrong kind of bark, low quality, or there not being enough of it, I thought I'd turn to you guys. Can you reccommend any good royalty free sound effect websites? this is really my last port of call before I head down the local kennels with a microphone, laptop, and a pokey stick... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osal Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Hey there, for a project I'm working on I need approx. 2 mins of angry dog barking, growling, ect ect, which an actor will be acting against. Having spent the last 2 days trawling through free soundclip sites, and getting thoroughly fed up with everything I find for being the wrong kind of bark, low quality, or there not being enough of it, I thought I'd turn to you guys. Can you reccommend any good royalty free sound effect websites? this is really my last port of call before I head down the local kennels with a microphone, laptop, and a pokey stick... could you not edit the one that not long enough loop and copy and past into a different sequence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Gayle Audio Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 soundsnap.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfathomable Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Dog in the wings, squeeze dog at appropriate moment? Just kidding Google with "filetype:.wav" Can reduce results to just sound file which is sometimes faster to search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaize110 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I have found http://www.findsounds.com quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Surprised that I'm first to suggest "Sound Dogs"... Never tried to find dog FX though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelxbloke Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I always find the "Freesound Project" a good place to start for any sound effect search. http://www.freesound.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth Owen Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 The Orbital Sound website has an extensive free sound effects library online at www.orbitalsound.co.uk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Most of the good free sites have been mentioned, but don't discount the pay sites like Sound Dogs and THE SOUND EFFECTS LIBRARY. Both have huge collections and the price per effect isn't that bad. Also, as has already been said, don't be afraid to take a short effect and edit/loop it. Similarly, if you have the facility in your editing software, I've had good luck pitch shifting barks to make them exactly the sort of dog the director wanted. Last time I did "Absurd Person Singular" the "large" dog was actually a medium size one pitch shifted downwards. This worked perfectly when I couldn't get exactly the bark the director wanted. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrummerJonny Posted November 12, 2009 Author Share Posted November 12, 2009 many thanks for all your answers! I was already going to splice up whatever I found to fit the scene, so was never afraid to edit them! bobbsy, thank you so much for the pitch shifting idea! the main problem I've had is all the barking I've found is too high-pitched for what the director wants. I now have a real dog arriving tomorrow for me to make bark (I hope!) if not it's back to editland... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burkay Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 @thelxbloke I Love The Freesound Project! Accept for my own library and recordings, I just use this Project anymore for sounds I need.Please participate and donate something, so that the project can survive! www.freesound.org then I use sometimes Sounddogs and findsounds as both mentioned already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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