Fire – static burning of different materials, gas torch, moving flames for pass by, gas stove.Air – spray cans, dusters, the wind through various pipes, air freshener, whipped cream, steam, air conditioner, gas, etc.The overall goal here is to come up with a sound that is unique, powerful, and expressive. Is it a mothership perhaps? – Usually a humongous megastructure, that is capable of housing a myriad of all other ships and millions of people. Is it a fighter ship? – Then it should sound fast and aggressive. Is it a shuttle ship? – Then it probably should also have suborbital engines for descending into the planet atmospheres, not just space engine. It can also indicate any quick manoeuvre as well as any faults in the engineĪesthetic – the sound should match up with the appearance of a ship, its rank, technical features (rear and front engines, side thrusters, warp jump mode) and support the narrative. It should convey the engine state - is it loaded or idle? Moreover, the sound should reflect the levels of thrust and speed. When thinking of the spaceship sound concept, two defining roles can be considered:įunctional – the sound should be informative. All internal controls, switches, and on-screen information should be reflected by the sounds, without overwhelming the player/viewer. UI sounds - the requisite for a believable sonic concept. Fun to design however you like, but should reflect its function - sound like a generator Main ambience - a static room tone with some optional distant movements (maybe there are pneumatic pipes hissing in the distance, or electronic equipment buzzing nearby).Įnergy generator/power core - humanly assumed to the extent of imagination, every spaceship should have some sort of internal power generator or the working concoction of an engine itself. Spaceship sound examples from Ruslan and Gleb’s Driving Forces SFX library Weapons – our favorite component of all, which we discussed in detail in previous article dedicated to futuristic guns - How To Design Supreme Sci-Fi Weapon Sound Effects. The chassis/legs movement (servo, mechanical). Static force field sound - a sound of a functioning defense “Special” speed mode - aka FTL, Warp Drive, Quantum jump in various films and Unique engine drive mode which boosts the ship to unbelievable faster-than- light speeds. Rumble layer – LFE-kind of sound that adds the mass and might to an If the ship has moving parts either inside the engine nozzle or somewhere around it, this layer should add to the credibility of the mechanism. Servo sound - optional metallic type of sound. Stutter sound - optional “stutter” layer that can be added underneath for more organic overall sound. It’s the roar that overpowers everything else with its sonic display of thrust Loaded sound/Thrust - the main engine sound when a vessel starts moving. Idle sound - this is the first sound we should hear in a ship after the engines have been switched on, that would tell us of an engine status - is it on and running well? In this article, we continue uncovering the aspects of designing sci-fi sounds - this time, spaceships, their sonic structure and some methodology behind the sound generation.Įngine start - the sound of an engine gradually coming into motion, flames From TIE Fighters in Star Wars, the Enterprise in Star Trek, and auto jets in THX 1138, to spaceships in Star Citizen – the fictional technology has been developing and refining over the years of film and game making. But there is no such thing as silence for a sound designer, otherwise, we would all be without a job! That’s why hover cars, spaceships, and even black holes always buzz, whistle, and roar, as long as there is a thirst for novelty and a man that turns synthesizer knobs. In this exclusive A Sound Effect guide, they share their tips and ideas on how to get this vital sci-fi sound element just right from the conceptual phase, the sound sources, tools and methods, to designing the actual spaceship sound itself.Īnd along the way, they provide plenty of examples + bonus Massive patches for you to design from. Looking to create the sound of a futuristic – and perhaps alien – spaceship? Sound designers Ruslan Nesteruk and Gleb Bondarenko have spent the last few months researching and working on excellent spaceship sound effects – and now they’ve made the most in-depth spaceship SFX guide I’ve ever seen.
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