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Explosives HD Pro

Rated 5.00 out of 5 based on 2 customer ratings
(2 customer reviews)

$199.00

This is the one and only Explosives HD Professional Sound Effects Library! Over course of a year I recorded a whole bunch of Tannerite, White Lightning, Goliath, a black powder cannon, large caliber rifles and some other secret stuff I’m not at liberty to talk about or to have video footage of. The result of this massive undertaking is a one of a kind collection of things that make a loud noise when lit up or shot at. Along with the blasts it includes all sorts of black powder bursts, sizzle, flames, rocket type effects. Many variations and multiple takes are featured so you have a wide variety of sounds to pick from when designing your next audio masterpiece. Recorded at 24-Bit 96kHz.

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SKU: EXPL-01 Categories: Explosions HD, Fire & Flame HD, HD Professional SFX, Warfare HD Tags: Cannon, Explosion, Fire, Flame, Gunpowder
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This Explosives sound library is organized into three sections: designed, processed and original source files. The designed portion is basically taking the original source files and processing them for importing into Pro Tools sessions to mix with other like sounds and mangle them together. They are over the top, larger than my reality and hopefully yours also. The processed files are amped up with transient enhancers, compression, EQ and slight pitch manipulation. They are derived from the original source files but most tracks are not exact duplicates of the number of takes and file sequence. For the processing, I only used the takes I thought would work well under this kind of processing pressure. And finally, there are the original “cleaned up” source files for you to beat up and process however you see fit. A great many of the explosives were recorded with multiple extended frequency range microphones and from different perspectives.

Some of the other source material used in the “designed” portion of the library is thunder, lightning, plastic air pops, Weatherby 300 rounds and various shotguns. Here in North Idaho we have a amazing environment for recording loud bangs and weapons. The reverb tails even from a small caliber rifle can produce really cool echoes and textures depending on the location and time of year. Some of the locations where I recorded were on a mountain top rock quarry, a dense forest, a medium size gravel pit and my own field here on the ranch. I’ve also recorded during all the four seasons and I will say they all sound a little different.

Note: The latest material includes a new section called: “Enhanced Source”. These files are the source recordings amped up with some select processes but the original pitch is not modified. The idea behind this is the user can just change the pitch before importing into a session without running a complex plug in chain but still get a whole lot of “big” from the source. Enjoy! -Frank

Equipment Used:
(3) Sound Devices 702 – Fostex FR-2 – Sennheiser MKH-8040ST – (2) Sennheiser MKH-8040 – Sanken CSS-5 – Sennheiser MKH-416 – AT-835ST – Sony PCM-D1 – Sony D-50

TECH SPECS

Files 700+
Sounds 700+
Download Size 1.87GB (Un-zipped: 2.36GB)
Format Stereo/Mono BWAV – 24bit, 96kHz | Mac-Windows
Metadata Soundminer, BWAV
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All Images and Sounds Copyright 2012 Frank Bry – Creative Sound Design, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Complete PDF Sound description list: Sound File List PDF

Complete XLS Sound description list: Sound File List XLS

Here is the video trailer showcasing some of the sounds I recorded and designed from the raw source material along with the actual recording sessions.

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  • Transient Enhancement With Explosions
    Transient enhancement plug-ins are wonderful tools to have in a sound designer’s arsenal. They can be used to soften a sound or to make it balls to the wall, hard hitting intense. Explosion sounds really benefit from this type of process.
  • Recording Explosions – 11-15-2012
    On November 15, 2012 I ventured up into the North Idaho mountains with Richard from Wrenco Arms and recorded some explosions. We packed the off road vehicle with only 4 microphones and a video camera or two and set up the gear in three different locations along the mountain side.
  • Explosion Sounds From Scratch
    Two years ago I asked myself the question “How can I record the sound of explosions without breaking the bank” After months of research including many hours of watching You Tube videos I asked my local gun shop if they would be able to help me.
  • Explosion Recording October 2011
    I’ve always wanted to record explosions and while I was recording a few guns recently I had my chance. Explosions are not something you can record everyday. I takes some planning, a good location that allows this kind of loud stuff and a very good shot.
  • Explosives HD Pro SFX Trailer
    Get ready… It’s coming very soon. More than 450 earth shaking explosions and black powder sound effects in High Definition from The Recordist. Here is a small sampling of the many recording sessions from the last 3 years. Don’t miss the blooper clip at the very end of the video!
  • Tweaking Sounds That Go KaBoom
    Here are some of the cannon shots I recorded last week with just a little plug-in love added. Some “White Lightning” explosions at the end also with some Pro-Tools plug-in love. The source I used was from the Sennheiser MKH-8040ST in XY at 90 only. Enjoy! -Frank
  • Recording Gun Powder Flame Bursts Part-2
    Here is the second video from recording the sound of black powder. The audio track in this video is from a MKH-8040ST. Other microphones I used during the sessions were a MKH-416 and a Sanken CSS-5. Recorded over a 2 week period…
  • Recording Gun Powder Flame Bursts
    Recently I have been experimenting with recording different type of gun powder to see which is the most effective at certain things. Some of those things are flare up speed, loudness, sizzle and volatility.
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    2 reviews for Explosives HD Pro

    1. Rated 5 out of 5

      Christopher (verified owner) – January 16, 2017

      This pack is great! As a rookie independent sound designer starting to break into the industry I’m always hunting for professional quality recordings that cover what I can’t always get my hands on in the field on short notice. This pack exceeds my expectations for quality and really gives me inspiration for my own future field work, thanks Frank!

    2. Rated 5 out of 5

      Michael (verified owner) – September 21, 2021

      I LOVE these sound effects. I feel like I have used this pack of sounds on nearly every project that needs some wam-bam-BANG! They are just too good and really just smack. The amount of variation between explosions is very impressive, especially since this sort of material can tend to sound repetitive. Frank made sure to include all sorts of materials being obliterated. His taste in mastering and metadata is top notch and makes searching for files a breeze, which is mega helpful as I work in TV sound editing these days. Thanks for making my projects sound epic Frank!

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