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Gun Sound FX

posted 8 years ago by Jetfire1959
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My father was a gun collector, so this may bug me more than most people. Guns don't just go BANG. Different guns have different rings to them. A 1911 Colt .45 Semi-automatic like Starsky carries has a very distinctive ring. Sort of like BAUWUF. A Python .357 sounds sort of like BUSHOOWA or KALKAPLOO. No jokes about my sound descriptions, okay?
Anyway, they were never consistent with their sound FX. Hutch's magnum sounded like an automatic sometimes and Starsky's sounded like a magnum. Miami Vice was the best regarding this. Crockett's Bren Ten always sounded the same as did Riko's S&W .32 & Ithica 37.
So does this bug anyone else at all?

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[–] McCartney42 8 years ago

Sure it bothers other people. In fact, I'm always picking things out when I'm watching TV or a movie. But with Starsky and Hutch I dismiss them because I really like the show. Anyway, the gun sounds and a lot of other sounds are put in "post production", such as tires squealing, car engines etc... Studios have sound effect tapes that they use for different tv shows.

[–] robocop-37224 8 years ago

Like cops are always"racking a round" when they hear something suspicious..or you hear the same sound when someone has a wheel gun..lol. Jesus Christ.. they magnify the sound of the slide when they're charging their gun. All I know is we were taught to always be Locked and Loaded. Smh

[–] robocop-37224 8 years ago

Speaking of Rico..here he's in the middle of Miami, drug capital in the making, and he has a 5 shot wheel gun( laughing)..and he has a sawed off shotgun and after 2 shots "BOOM BOOM".. he's empty.( Still laughing)..