Colorado-based Aural Hygiene SFX provides SFX by Doug Gallob, Film Sound Designer, Composer, and Sound Engineer with over 30 years of experience in music and sound. As Doug captures or creates sounds for his own films, he saves those that might be useful for your film and offers them here. Aural Hygiene captures sounds in Colorado and thus contains some lovely Canadian geese flying north, a man stomping through deep winter snow, and other Rocky Mountain sounds to add a certain authenticity to your TV and Film productions.
Aluminum baseball bat against human head. - O.K. maybe not a real human head, but this is as close as you can get without actually hurting someone. Action, Impact
A large, roaring bonfire, with lots of good crackle, roar, and wood pop. The natural edit can be used for a campfire, a bonfire, or any even-burning fire. The compressed version sounds bigger and can be used for a bonfire, a forest fire, or any other large, wood-based fire. Nature,
A large flock of honking, agitated Canada Geese in a city park recorded close-up, in stereo, with a nice natural reverb from the surrounding trees. Great for a goose flyover shot. You can hear not just honks, but all the other little "goose utterances" in this take. Birds, Geese
Large flock of Canada geese taking flight from a city park. Cool close up wing flutters and after flutters, then honking recedes into the distance. Recorded in stereo with nice natural reverb from the surrounding trees. Birds, Geese
A prairie dog colony scolding and peeping in a field about a half a block from Colfax Avenue, one of Denver's busiest streets. This edit keeps the low frequency traffic rumble, the traffic drive by, and the regular dog barking along with the prairie dogs. Mammals,
gunshot, stereo - .22 caliber long rifle fired from Winchester model 62A pump action rifle with echo report from various mountain sides several hundred yards away. This shot was fired at a closer target so the echo reports are more faint. Weapons, Gun shots
gunshot, stereo - .22 caliber long rifle fired from Winchester model 62A pump action rifle with echo report from various mountain sides several hundred yards away. This shot was fired at a distant target and therefore has slightly stronger echo report. Weapons, Gun shots
Light rail commuter train arrives at Union Station in Denver with bells and brake squeals, idles with door warning beeps, clunks, and air brake releases, then departs with bells, and rail squeals. Recorded in Stereo - Nice Ambience, Transportation,
Urban traffic ambience near a tire shop with pneumatic tire wrench in the background. Subtle conveyance of busy urban setting. Wrench is prominent enough to convey "busy, urban", but distant enough to stay out of the way of other sound design. Traffic sounds are more steady state than intrusive. Ambience,
The Rain on the plywood is letting up and the crickets are coming out. Nice, thick, woody raindrops plunk in stereo, creating beautiful rhythms as the storm eases up. Nice long take. Water, Rain
Large waterfall (Rifle Falls near Rifle, Colorado) from a distance of about 50 yards. Long, loopable, stereo file (2:30) contains no surprises, just smooth, steady-state waterfall. Volume can be smoothly faded up or down as camera perspective shifts closer or further from the falls. Water, Waterfalls
