A long sword being drawn, created with a bastard sword (one-hand-and-a-half, forged for exhibition-fights) and a sharpening steel. Recorded on zoom h2.
The sounds of a peaceful old farming village. People going about their day, chickens and goats kept in pens nearby can be heard. A blacksmith taps away at his anvil in the background.
Sword unshealted, different takes, close up, the blade is vibrating. Recorded with stereo xy audiotechnica at822 microphonerecorded on tascam dap148 khz, 16 bits.
Me playing on my gibson les paul electric guitar. I made this so it can be looped and played repeatedly. Donate doge: dbsbgyyumwjhd9xk8bthqqqaykhzlibdhp.
Dropping a medieval drinking horn on a stone floor from a few centimeters over the floor. A few of the later takes were dropping it on a thin blanket ontop of the stone floor, to muffle the sound slightly.
Me playing on my gibson les paul electric guitar. I made this so it can be looped and played repeatedly. Donate doge: dbsbgyyumwjhd9xk8bthqqqaykhzlibdhp.
Scrunching the collar of my sweet leatha bomber jacket for some stretching/straining sounds. Also flapped it around a bit, apologies for the peaks in that part. Recorded on sony pcm-d50.
Sword re-sheathing sounds x3. Made with a dagger i have got at home & its sheath. Not high quality, but enough for my application. May be useful to someone.
Footsteps recorded in a stone chamber with great reverb. It also adds to the sound that the chamber was part of a castle used by the knights templar and located right next to the windmills described in don quijote. Recorded on a zoom h4.
An mp3 raw audio recording of a sword being quickly drawn from a leather sheath. (this is a replacement audio for a previous version i had uploaded that contained much more background noise. ).
Footsteps recorded in a stone chamber with great reverb. It also adds to the sound that the chamber was part of a castle used by the knights templar and located right next to the windmills described in don quijote. Recorded on a zoom h4.
This is a mono recording of a psaltery. This was recorded as-found with no tuning or cleaning done to the instrument. It is a series of single tones followed by two note chords. Dissonant and full of texture. It was recorded using an audio-technica at875r microphone at 48khz/24bit.
Impulse response recorded in the mediterranean conference centre. Valletta, malta. In the knights hall. A medieval hospital used by the crusaders. Main concert venue was too impractical to record an ir but the long cavernous knights hall was empty so hey. . . Let's sweep. .
Very close up of an arrow cutting through the air. Several takes. Recorded with stereo xy audiotechnica at822 microphonerecorded on tascam dap148 khz, 16 bits.