When I was a kid, I used to make laser sounds when I played with my guns and action figures.
Most of those sounds were taken from the movies I saw.
I still like the sounds of the lasers in Flash Gordon.
Those lasers in that movie look dangerous! Each beam is thick and anywhere from 4-10 feet in length and look like they do some serious damage.
The Hawkman guns, on the other hand, sound terrible. I've ripped farts that sounded similar. :tongueout:
Who wants to live forever?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krJhxtTI4GU
Back in the late 70's-early 80's, this laser sound effect was used quite a bit:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_cOLzgWuyc
It sounds kind of hokey now, but I loved it as a kid. :smile:
Star Trek phasers have had many different sounds over the years.
The first one sounds like this:
(this video is pretty funny)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAXJrt9mQDs
Personally, I prefer the sound of the TNG phasers. They sounded more lethal.
I was curious to know which laser sound effect you like the best?
It can be from a good or bad movie. If you can find a video clip, please post it.
"Gordon's Alive!!!!"
I don't have a YouTube example, but I always enjoyed the large laser-cannons that needed to generate power for a few seconds before unleashing the laser beam. They usually sounded something like this when they were revving up and firing:
wiggy - wiggy - wiggy - wiggy - wiggy - wiggy - wiggy - wiggy - wiggy - PTWEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOO
Of the phasers, I'm partial to the ones in Star Trek 2, for both the sound and visual effect.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAAl2zfk684&feature=related
Couldn't find a video of Paul Winfield getting disintegrated. The hand phasers in 2 were good as well.
At about 1:24 in this video a ship starts firing at Firefly, it had the wickedest sounding laser. Doesn't sound like much on a Youtube video, but on a good surround sound system it was awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBHbEQuKz8k#