Crushing Eggs

[Sean L]

Recording eggs being crushed I will be, has anyone any tips on beefing up this sound of eggs being crushed or even some ways of getting the ssame sounds but without using eggs?
Cheers.
S.

[sonnykeyes]

Had to do this once long ago - I seem to remember I got better sound by emptying the liquid out of the eggs and recording empty shells crushing. HTH

Sonny Keyes
Ricochet Audio
Toronto

[Sean L]

Originally Posted by sonnykeyes

Had to do this once long ago - I seem to remember I got better sound by emptying the liquid out of the eggs and recording empty shells crushing. HTH

Sonny Keyes
Ricochet Audio
Toronto

Ah yes that seems to make sense, cheers...anybody else?

[Fred Pearson]

If you need to beef the recording up, varispeed it down a little bit - the sound will last longer, but it'll have more low end content!

Peace

[Sean L]

Originally Posted by Fred Pearson

If you need to beef the recording up, varispeed it down a little bit - the sound will last longer, but it'll have more low end content!

Peace

Cheers!

[Uncle Bob]

I just used the old sandpaper trick. Cup your hand, put a square of sandpaper on your fingertips, push it into your palm, hit record and squeeze. Heavy grit gives a better crunching sound.

And yes, I've also used the half egg shells from Saturday morning breakfast. A mix of the real and sandpaper crunches give you a lot of control.

[auvarov]

Try crunchy cookies, ice cream waffle cones, wheat thins... With some experimenting, I'm sure you can reach the desired sound. Cleaning up after the session is much tastier too...