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unusual facts about sound effect


MPEG-4 Structured Audio

It allows the transmission of synthetic music and sound effects at very low bit rates (from 0.01 to 10 kbit/s), and the description of parametric sound post-production for mixing multiple streams and adding effects to audio scenes.


Bermuda carriage bell

A Bermuda carriage bell was also used to provide the Daily Double sound effect on the original version of Jeopardy! hosted by Art Fleming.

Neurofunk

The first sounds of neurofunk's early evolution - when diverging from techstep - can be heard on Ed Rush and Optical's Funktion single for V Recordings and on their first album Wormhole LP for Virus Recordings in 1998.

Stock sound effect

Some stock sound effects have been reused so many times that they have become easily recognizable and some even clichés, such as the scream of a Red-tailed Hawk, castle thunder, or the Wilhelm and Howie screams.

Structured Audio Orchestra Language

Structured Audio Orchestra Language (SAOL) is an imperative, MUSIC-N programming language designed for describing virtual instruments, processing digital audio, and applying sound effects.

The Charge at Feather River

The movie is most notable for originating the name of the "Wilhelm scream", a sound effect used in the Star Wars film series, as well as countless other movies including Indiana Jones (franchise), Disney cartoons and The Lord of the Rings (film series).


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Ron Sweed

The character of Froggy, together with his own catch phrase "Hiya Kids! Hiya! Hiya! Hiya!" and the associated command "Pluck your magic twanger, Froggy" (his signal to appear from a puff of smoke together with a twanging sound effect) are actually remnants from a much earlier children's television show Andy's Gang where an identical rubber frog toy made appearances as Froggy the Gremlin.

The R3-30

Town jingles consist of a voice reciting a nickname for the city, such as "Toontown" for Saskatoon, "Cowtown" for Calgary, "The Royal City" for Guelph, "The Hammer" for Hamilton or "The Suds" for Sudbury, accompanied by a related sound effect.