Downloadable Sound Cues
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Topic: Downloadable Sound Cues
Posted By: ishmonster
Subject: Downloadable Sound Cues
Date Posted: 4/16/06 at 10:07pm
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Not sure if I'm asking for the right thing, so please bear with me. I'm not actually looking for anybody to supply me with FX, but does anyone know of a source for Cue lists? When I work on a show, I typically sit down with a higlighter and a script and spend several days gogin over the script to find every thing that I think should be handled by the sound booth. Once I'm satisfied, I sit down and type them all up into a spreadsheet, with act/scene, page#, in cue, out cue. Then I pull, mix and create my sounds, and enter things like Track title, duration, volume, source etc... After tech rehersal, I massage the cues to fit the director's needs and notes, add "Special notes" where needed (like, actor always misses this cue, be on your toes...) I'd love to find a source for getting cue lists for shows, so I didnt' have to do it ALL from scratch. It is a community theater, and I put a lot of work into it, but my time is limited and a source for the "standard cues as written in the script" would be a god-send... I'm only looking for the traditional, script written cues, because of course, I like to find things that I can add that lend to the ambience of a scene based upon the settings, or because the director asked me for something. Example: one show - the set was supposed ot be near a train station, and a cast member remarked that they never heard a train... so I added one or two in the distant background, director and I played with the levels so that they did not interfere with the dialogue and I actually got some feedback from friends in the audience that it was cool. Those sorts of things I'll still have to do by hand, but I woldn't have to spend 3+ hrs doing the standard ones... |
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Posted By: k8tt
Date Posted: 4/17/06 at 11:03am
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Do you mean sound cue sheets? Blank ones or cue sheets done for certain plays? That would be wonderful - to have a pool of cue sheets for individual plays. Of course, each director would want something different, most likely. I'm on the look-out for a SFX CD that doesn't cost an arm and a leg (under $20) that has some standard SFX (telephone ringing, etc.) so I don't have to download from the internet every time I need a sound. |
Posted By: Kathy S
Date Posted: 4/18/06 at 1:25am
| You can find sound effects CDs at Sam Goody's. I've bought several of them. They have hundreds of sounds on a single CD. They aren't too bad really. |
Posted By: mark_j
Date Posted: 4/18/06 at 10:55am
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Suddenly I have an idea what to do with my old sound cue sheets. Hmm, maybe someone should collect them and put them in a standardized format. Too bad I'm too busy doing sound. mj |
Posted By: tblan
Date Posted: 5/15/06 at 11:37pm
| Be sure to check the scripts for a sound plot. Along with the basic stage diagrams that are often provided in the front or back, many also include a sound plot with the required built in sound cues. |