HISSandaROAR have released UFX039 Water Gurgles, available at the intro price of $8.00, increasing to $12.00 after the promotion. The offer ends April 28th.
When HISSandaROAR were collecting up all the leftover parts from the Washing Machine & Dryer demolition they put the ring in the video above aside as it made such an unusual sound. Somehow it is a fully sealed part but over decades of use has almost filled with water, and when HISSandaROAR picked it up & tilted it, the contained sound of the moving water instantly felt like liquid gurgling through pipes.
They were also intrigued as to how it would sound from the perspective of contact mics. As always they did not disappoint. When mixed together as per the preview video, the MKH8040 mics with the contact mics evokes an underwater tonality.
So HISSandaROAR recorded it, to five tracks on the Mix Pre 10-II: MKH8040 x2 + MKH8050 + TA Contact Mics x2
But HISSandaROAR also did a comparison afterwards.
HISSandaROAR got three large plastic water containers and took the same recording approach.
These are also potentially useful sounds, but they do not have the complexity of water and air bubble movement as the ring. My only theory is that the ring must have a lot of mouldings inside it which is causing the water to gurgle through complex paths. And being sealed, this also forces air bubbles to move – gravity versus pressure.
Weirdly the ring does not leak, so its a prop HISSandaROAR will keep… Quite an unexpected and useful sound from such an odd source!
What’s included:
- 867MB
- 66 Filles
- 24bit 96kHz WAV
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