What is the strangest thing you’ve bought on the Web? Hard to narrow it down to just one, isn’t it?
Long ago, in a galaxy far away, I needed sound effects for a joke-telling program. In fact, I needed clips of children laughing.
Picture some sage in a B-grade movie shaking his head, telling this uppity woman, “I’m sorry. Some wonderful things in life are not for sale. One of these [dramatic pause] is the sound of happy little children laughing.”
Well, BZZZZT! Wrong! You can listen to, download, and buy a whole lot of sounds of laughter in the sound-effects emporium of SoundDogs.
I love the SoundDogs website. Their individual sounds are pretty cheap, and you can browse the entire collection without buying anything. What can you hear there? Their sound-effects page starts you off with this clickable catalog?
Airport, Amphibians, Animals, Applause, Aviation, Bars,Restaurants, Basketball, Bells, Birds, Boats,Marine, Buildings, Buses, Cars,Specific, Cars,Various, Cartoons, Casino, Communications, Construction, Crowds, Crowds,Kids, Dogs, Doors, Farm Machines, Feet,Footsteps, Fight, Fires, Foley, Glass, Guns, Hockey,NHL, Horns, Horses, Hospitals, Household, Humans, Industry, Insects, Low Frequency,Boom Tracks, Machines, Magic, Metal, Military, Motorcycles, Nature, Office, Police,Fire, Rain,Thunder, Rocks, Science Fiction, Snow, Sports, Synth, Toys, Traffic, Trains, Trucks,Specific, Trucks,Various, Vehicles, Voices, Water, Whoosh, Winds, Wood
My find of the day was a gladiator striptease.
Go to “Foley” subcategory “Drops,Armour,Shields,Clothing.” A little mood music, please, here comes Russell Crowe. Let the sound effects begin!
Put Down Belt, Put Down Boot, Put Down Boot, Put Down Broken Armor, Put Down Broken Shield, Put Down Buckler Shield, Put Down Chainmail Armor, Put Down Chainmail Armor, Put Down Chainmail Armor, Put Down Cloak, Put Down Glove, Put Down Glove, Put Down Helmet, Put Down Helmet, Put Down Helmet, Put Down Large Shield, Put Down Leather Armor, Put Down Leather Armor, Put Down Leather Armor, Put Down Medium Shield, Put Down Plate Armor, Put Down Small Shield, Put Down Belt, Put Down Boot, Put Down Boot, Put Down Broken Armor, Put Down Broken Shield, Put Down Buckler Shield, Put Down Chainmail Armor, Put Down Chainmail Armor, Put Down Chainmail Armor, Put Down Cloak, Put Down Glove, Put Down Glove, Put Down Helmet, Put Down Helmet, Put Down Helmet, Put Down Large Shield, Put Down Leather Armor, Put Down Leather Armor, Put Down Leather Armor, Put Down Medium Shield, Put Down Plate Armor, Put Down Small Shield.
Bye now–and have fun at SoundDogs!