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Ty Ford

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I may be helping a friend create some dramatic radio programs and Foley files will probably be needed. Any ideas on good, better, best, cheap? New/ Used? My thought is that having (or putting) them on a HD so they can be called up and previewed easily in Pro Tools would help.

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I've been reading more and more about people using MIDI keyboards to "play" foley footsteps and other sounds for basically low-budget (or short-turnaround) projects. Obviously, nothing can beat actual foley performed and recorded by humans, but a keyboard-triggered sample is an interesting idea. Here's one company doing that:

 

https://www.uvi.net/en/soundfx/walker.html

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6 hours ago, Marc Wielage said:

I've been reading more and more about people using MIDI keyboards to "play" foley footsteps and other sounds for basically low-budget (or short-turnaround) projects. Obviously, nothing can beat actual foley performed and recorded by humans, but a keyboard-triggered sample is an interesting idea. Here's one company doing that:

 

https://www.uvi.net/en/soundfx/walker.html

 That is super cool! Obviously it can't trump actual Foley work, but in the event of a low-budget or 48-hour-film festival, this would be perfect!

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In the case of a radio drama, since you're not dealing with picture sync, actually performing/recording foley would be the fastest and the best way to get good, convincing results. Instead of spending time auditioning stuff or fiddling with a virtual instrument, you can just do it.

Of course, you're gonna need pits and props, but I haven't come across a better way of getting things to sound right than performing the sounds.

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