New HISSandaROAR sound effects library due for release next week, DIG!

Funnily enough this library came into existence due to an email – a friend was working on a theatre production and needed the sound of someone burying a coffin… I have recorded digging sounds a few times for films, but that was years ago… So I set to and assembled the tools (shovels x 2, spade, fork, crow bar, a stamper & a scythe) and the props (clay, soil, gravel, sand) and a wooden box that I could seal… Recording was via an MKH8050 close up, an MKH70 a bit wider and a pair of MKH8020 inside the coffin… I love the interior box perspective – Dave Whitehead and I did this years ago for a horror film The Locals, and got some great sounds from it, so it was a pleasure to revisit with better gear! Even when I was working a few metres away from the box, it still captured interesting thuds… Library release next week!