Dying Light Trailer Re-dub Progress Report And Big Update!

Hello to all!

This blog post is to give you an update on what I am working with on my dying light re-dub project. So far I have recorded Foley with a Zoom H4nSP. I took this into my garden at home where I then started to record running Foley, hammer hits and taps on metal to simulate climbing a ladder with a wrench (but with a hammer). I am also going to be sourcing some sounds externally for sounds that I will be unable to record in the mean time. Some of these sounds will be courtesy of the Sony Pictures Sound Effects Series. Any other sources will be sourced in future posts. I could not record outside for long because there was a forecast of rain, so I did most of the recording that I could for that day. When it started to rain I moved inside where I have an empty room to use as my studio. It is a quiet room with zero background noise when the house is quiet so it is the perfect place for quiet Foley recordings such as fabric movements and belt rustles. For the utility belt rustles I wanted to make it sound heavy so at first I used two separate belts paired together loosely to create a jingle for a belt sound as imaged below.

This then escalated into me thinking that this might not be enough for the sound. So after I recorded this I went into my kitchen and grabbed some spoons. I also grabbed my keys so I could get a good rustling sound effect for a utility belt. On a side note I may have over done it, however this could be a good thing.

I also did some fabric recording to simulate running, jumping and rolling. This was also useful for recording a flag sound effect rustling in the wind. I did this by using a thin shirt to wave about in front of my recorder to get a good sound for moving fabric. For my wind effect I wanted to record as much as possible so it could fit the entire trailer. So I sat the recorder in front of a fan for up to three minutes so I have more than I need, because I believe it is always good to have a bit more than you should because you never know what use it could have.

I have tried to use multiple programs to edit these sounds together with my trailer. However I have run into a few problems with trying to do so. My first problem was that I could not use Adobe Premiere CC anymore because my trail had run out sadly. My second problem is that my laptop does not have the power to run the video engine in Pro Tools 10 or 11 so I am unable to properly sync up the sound with the video. On a brighter note I have found something that has helped me solve my editing problem. I found an old version of Sony Vegas lying around my house which included the Sony Pictures Sound Library which is useful. This is great for me because I also have a long history with this program however I had just misplaced this program in my house and it has not been used for the last 5 years. Long time no see. This also leads my to start back up my video editing side of my skills. With this found I am now going to be doing a lot more video editing alongside my audio engineering and producing.