Thunder + Rain Generator - Sound Design Challenge 02 from HISSandaROAR
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This challenge used one sample from the UFX032 Pressure Stop Release library with three mic/positions to choose from. I brought the provided recordings into Soundly and listened through the recordings at different speeds. I immediately honed in on the Sanken recording for its incredible frequency response. At around 10% speed, the second air burst immediately reminded me of thunder. I brought that sound into Reaper with some Echoboy Jr., and that was the main thunder sound. I found other parts of the recording that sounded like electric sparks and rumble to fill out the thunderclap. I felt it needed some rain to set the scene, so I brought some other snippets into Kilohearts Phase Plant and used a granular synth to create a rain generator patch. I also used PA bx_subsynth, Boom Uberloud, and other Kilohearts plugins like their reverb, distortion, and limiter. It took about an hour to complete.