Post by furrball on Sept 18, 2022 21:06:13 GMT
Hiya' there!
Before I continue with my post, permit me to introduce myself. I'm a hobbyist sound designer/editor with a keen interest in the world of sound effects, and is very fascinated and intrigued by certain effects and how they were created, where they came from, etc.
In my years of researching this fascinating hobby, there have been a few effects and even complete libraries which have eluded me for some time. A few of these I've managed to find the original source of, but there are still a number of these which fascinate me - seemingly elusive, despite being somewhat popular several decades ago.
One such library I've yet to discover the true identity of was actually used in a myriad of projects, mostly animated, starting around 1986/7, and continuing to be used by many studios into the early/mid 90s, before falling out of favor somewhat in the end of that decade. Despite this, I still manage to come across some of this library's custom effects in contemporary animation every now and then, like in "SpongeBob SquarePants" and a few other programs.
Some of the projects that employed choice effects from this collection in its heyday are as follows:
- "America's Funniest Home Videos" (Bob Saget era)
- many English dubs by the Saban company of Japanese productions
- various DiC Animation projects from '86 or so onward ("Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog", their various Mario cartoon adaptations, etc.)
- Ralph Bakshi's Mighty Mouse cartoon
- "Tiny Toon Adventures" and other 90s WB/Amblin collaborations
- "Sesame Street", from the late 80s/early 90s onward
- "Beakman's World"
In addition, the sound editors Joel Valentine ("Dexter's Laboratory", "The Powerpuff Girls", "2 Stupid Dogs") and Jeff Hutchins ("SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Rocko's Modern Life") culled many of their signature effects from this library.
In terms of the actual content of this library, the majority of recognizable effects (at least in terms of sounds of a more comical nature) included in this collection are hardly original or exclusive to their library, having originated from a few familiar sources, namely the Hanna-Barbera and BBC libraries (much of the former released with the speed and pitch altered often). A number of sounds used in various old anime also found their way into this library, as did a few selections from the Warner Bros. and Thomas J. Valentino catalogues. However, there are a few effects which may or may not have been created for this library originally:
- A couple short, little mouth harp bounces, known as "SHORT LOW BOING" and "SHORT, SMALL BOING" by the SFX Wiki)
- A percussive effect (likely created with a flexatone), often used for a character sporting an embarassed grin or in a daze, dubbed "Cartoon Woozy Sound" by the SFX Wiki.
- A couple short xylophone glisses up and down.
- A record scratch sound effect often used to accent somebody dashing off or grabbing something quickly (nicknamed "VERY QUICK ZIP" by the Wiki). They also attribute this sound effect and the two aforementioned boings to Hanna-Barbera, but they're probably in the wrong with all three of these.
- A quick cartoonish kissing effect.
- among others.
More information on the individual effects I've ID'd as part of this collection here: soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:SqueakyCartWheel/What_libraries_are_these%3F#Mystery_Library_#5
I don't know if the full library itself exists anywhere, or if it's for sale anywhere, but a few sound libraries duped effects from this collection for inclusion in their own libraries, like the Valentino library (albeit sounding like somebody applied a low-pass filter to these effects) and the Hollywood Edge (on the ninth volume of their flagship "Premiere Edition" library and on "Cartoon Trax Vol. 1"), plus Digiffects in Europe, all of which still distribute these effects as of this message. Despite Digiffects having the highest quality versions of many of these effects as part of their "FX Collection" library, I do not have any real evidence they were the ones to distribute this collection originally.
If anyone knows a thing or two about this collection, or knows the true identity of it, PLEASE let me know either here or in private message. It'll help solve a mystery that's been racking my brains for a good while now, and I'll be very grateful.
Before I continue with my post, permit me to introduce myself. I'm a hobbyist sound designer/editor with a keen interest in the world of sound effects, and is very fascinated and intrigued by certain effects and how they were created, where they came from, etc.
In my years of researching this fascinating hobby, there have been a few effects and even complete libraries which have eluded me for some time. A few of these I've managed to find the original source of, but there are still a number of these which fascinate me - seemingly elusive, despite being somewhat popular several decades ago.
One such library I've yet to discover the true identity of was actually used in a myriad of projects, mostly animated, starting around 1986/7, and continuing to be used by many studios into the early/mid 90s, before falling out of favor somewhat in the end of that decade. Despite this, I still manage to come across some of this library's custom effects in contemporary animation every now and then, like in "SpongeBob SquarePants" and a few other programs.
Some of the projects that employed choice effects from this collection in its heyday are as follows:
- "America's Funniest Home Videos" (Bob Saget era)
- many English dubs by the Saban company of Japanese productions
- various DiC Animation projects from '86 or so onward ("Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog", their various Mario cartoon adaptations, etc.)
- Ralph Bakshi's Mighty Mouse cartoon
- "Tiny Toon Adventures" and other 90s WB/Amblin collaborations
- "Sesame Street", from the late 80s/early 90s onward
- "Beakman's World"
In addition, the sound editors Joel Valentine ("Dexter's Laboratory", "The Powerpuff Girls", "2 Stupid Dogs") and Jeff Hutchins ("SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Rocko's Modern Life") culled many of their signature effects from this library.
In terms of the actual content of this library, the majority of recognizable effects (at least in terms of sounds of a more comical nature) included in this collection are hardly original or exclusive to their library, having originated from a few familiar sources, namely the Hanna-Barbera and BBC libraries (much of the former released with the speed and pitch altered often). A number of sounds used in various old anime also found their way into this library, as did a few selections from the Warner Bros. and Thomas J. Valentino catalogues. However, there are a few effects which may or may not have been created for this library originally:
- A couple short, little mouth harp bounces, known as "SHORT LOW BOING" and "SHORT, SMALL BOING" by the SFX Wiki)
- A percussive effect (likely created with a flexatone), often used for a character sporting an embarassed grin or in a daze, dubbed "Cartoon Woozy Sound" by the SFX Wiki.
- A couple short xylophone glisses up and down.
- A record scratch sound effect often used to accent somebody dashing off or grabbing something quickly (nicknamed "VERY QUICK ZIP" by the Wiki). They also attribute this sound effect and the two aforementioned boings to Hanna-Barbera, but they're probably in the wrong with all three of these.
- A quick cartoonish kissing effect.
- among others.
More information on the individual effects I've ID'd as part of this collection here: soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:SqueakyCartWheel/What_libraries_are_these%3F#Mystery_Library_#5
I don't know if the full library itself exists anywhere, or if it's for sale anywhere, but a few sound libraries duped effects from this collection for inclusion in their own libraries, like the Valentino library (albeit sounding like somebody applied a low-pass filter to these effects) and the Hollywood Edge (on the ninth volume of their flagship "Premiere Edition" library and on "Cartoon Trax Vol. 1"), plus Digiffects in Europe, all of which still distribute these effects as of this message. Despite Digiffects having the highest quality versions of many of these effects as part of their "FX Collection" library, I do not have any real evidence they were the ones to distribute this collection originally.
If anyone knows a thing or two about this collection, or knows the true identity of it, PLEASE let me know either here or in private message. It'll help solve a mystery that's been racking my brains for a good while now, and I'll be very grateful.
