Dirty propeller sound.
I’ve been looking for a ‘dirty propeller’ sound for a personal project I’m working on. There’s a really nasty looking, mean looking, dilapidated, propeller driven aircraft carrier in this project. It’s really cool, and the more I think about it, the more the design makes sense. It’s the bad guys vessel, it’s so run down it looks it can fall out of the sky at any second, and I think that says ‘Look at us, we have so many more people than you that we can afford to lose a whole vessel and it’s crew, and we’ll still come after you!’, it’s a cool, subtle message to send.
Anyway, on my way to school, I walk past this factory that has a ventilation fan that sounds particularly mean, and dirty. I got a recording of it, and I’m totally going to process it to use as my mean sounding prop, here’s the recording;
I know there’s some squeaking and hammering in the background, but I think that works in its favour. The squeaking makes it sound like something is about to break, and hammering makes it sound like something has already broken, they’re trying to fix it mid-flight, and they’re doing a half assed job of it by using a hammer.