Re: Unambiguous Sounds

Samuel Vriezen wrote: 
inkexit@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Matt, you are a buddhist monk...


A zipper


Could be somebody scratching on a textured piece of plastic... 



caught me


Lighting a match


What does it sound like? 



the sound of something catching fire itself is pretty well known,
perhaps the listener would be confused as to what exactly was bruning
however.


Sneaker squeaks on smooth polished flooring


How are these reliably different from balloon squeeks, rusty hinge squeeks,
or poorly-cut-poorly-played reed squeeks? 



not very well


Cocking a pistol


sounds like a ballpoint... 



Nah, ballpoints don't have the mass to produce the bassy chunky clink
at the end of the first cocking motion.  Swiiiiing-Ka-Chunk-Swiiiing...

Okay, I got another one:
Wood being sawed (by hand so no motor to clutter up the sound.)


Footsteps in fresh snow


Jackhammer

breaking glass

flushing toilet

The "ricochet" sound that virtually never happens in real life, but was used in at least 10,000 "B" westerns and TV/Radio Cowboy shows.
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Regards,
Eric
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