Astyanax Posted May 16, 2005 Report Share Posted May 16, 2005 (edited) I was wondering whether there could be a sound effect for a laser charging up: sort of a low-pitched hum rising in frequency, then followed by the laser-firing sound. The reason why I'm asking is because in the creative texts, lasers have to charge briefly before firing, which is why they're slightly less accurate than conventional guns. Plus, it would be kind of neat to hear, imho. If this has already been integrated into the current laser sound effect, please ignore this post. Edited May 16, 2005 by Astyanax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 The sound of a camera flash charging up! (subtely altered of course) This is what i had planned for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gregie Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 cool!what will you use for the discharge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan2 Posted May 18, 2005 Report Share Posted May 18, 2005 cool!what will you use for the discharge?Light in itself it's not noisy, so I guess nothing else besides the charging noise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetle Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Yes light is silent, but very hot air not. Shoting laser should warm air which should make a "bang" noise (something like thunder ) Greetings,Beetle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan2 Posted May 19, 2005 Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 Yes light is silent, but very hot air not. Shoting laser should warm air which should make a "bang" noise (something like thunder )Greetings,BeetleAir absorbs very little light and it will heat very slowly. I don't think it will make a thunder noise, but if you have the sound ready... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astyanax Posted May 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2005 To be honest, I was thinking lasers in terms of sci-fi fantasy terms: you know, Star Wars and Star Trek and the like. I know lasers in real life probably won't make a sound, but imho, that would be boring. What ever is decided upon in the end, I'll be ok with, but personally, in this case, it's an inconsistency I'd be willing to overlook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 well, you could always argue that what the player hears is basically the stuff picked up by the soldier's microphones, and the laser beam ionizes the air and causes a kind of static... just not white noise, but some kind of sound, because of ion resonance to the polarized beam or whatever. (forgive my technobabble ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan2 Posted May 20, 2005 Report Share Posted May 20, 2005 well, you could always argue that what the player hears is basically the stuff picked up by the soldier's microphones, and the laser beam ionizes the air and causes a kind of static... just not white noise, but some kind of sound, because of ion resonance to the polarized beam or whatever. (forgive my technobabble )If that's so, the discharge of thousands of volts through the diamond laser core should be like a thunder in the soldier's headphones, much stronger than a faint air ionization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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