How to ADD a high-pitch ringing noise...

StevenBills

StevenBills

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Hey all,


I am wondering how I'd go about adding a high-pitched ringing noise to my project. Think of a "ringing in your ears" high pitched noise. All of the tutorials and tips I've seen have been about how to get rid of the ringing, but I want it for this particular sequence.


I have Premiere and Audition. Any help would be greatly appreciated!


Thanks!


Steven
 
IIRC, in Audition, you can create a tone a pitch/frequency and level of you choosing. That creates only a pure sine-wave which may or may not be what you are looking for.
So you can create a clip of the tone, and drop it into a convenient spot on an audio track in the Premiere timeline, and mix it in just as you would with any other source clip.
 
If it's really "ringing in the ears" you will also want to dull down the rest of the sound. Check out the normandy beach seq. in Saving Private Ryan for a good example.

There are two things to watch out for. First is any constant sound your brain will normally tune out after a time. This presents two problems. One is to keep things "realistic" you should also do this (and it will keep it from being too irritating) and depending on the sound you use your audience may be doing it on their own so it's important to be sensitive.

Second is for anything high pitched you have to get some women with good ears to screen it for. Guys high end drops off at a fairly early age VS women and ear buds don't help. A guy with "average" hearing can easily lay in a sound that is "just audible" and will send women screaming out the door. Part of the solution is to keep the "high sound" below 10kHz. That will be really high but still in the wheel house of almost everyone in the audience.
 
Noiz2 said:
If it's really "ringing in the ears" you will also want to dull down the rest of the sound. Check out the normandy beach seq. in Saving Private Ryan for a good example.

There are two things to watch out for. First is any constant sound your brain will normally tune out after a time. This presents two problems. One is to keep things "realistic" you should also do this (and it will keep it from being too irritating) and depending on the sound you use your audience may be doing it on their own so it's important to be sensitive.
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Yes, the Saving Private Ryan "shell shocked" effect was one of the first things I thought of when I thought of the ringing in the ears sound.

Here's what's happening in the story: The main character is running, and he experiences a heart attack. So yes, all of the sound slowly fades out except for the character's heartbeat and the high pitch ringing noise. The camera tilts up to the sky, and then it then fades to white. The ringing won't last too long (maybe 10-12 seconds or so), so it shouldn't be long enough for the audience to tune it out, I hope. I'll play around with the tones inside of Audition and see what I can come up with. This certainly gives me a new respect for sound designers!

SB
 
Yeah, the ringing sound will need a bit of character - a plain sine wave will get annoying fast. Maybe something like the sound of a wet wineglass rim being rubbed? (Or several mixed together?)

It would be nice if you can 'muffle' the exterior noises rather than simply turning down their volume - but I've never worked out how to do a 'muffle' filter
 
As I stated on the DVi forum, try a few different high and high/mid frequency sine waves mixed together with some effects for flavor.. phasing, flanging, chorus, reverb, ect.
Or checkout some online S/FX libraries.
 
Try two tones very near to each other in frequency (or pitch) around 4K to create a dissonant quality. Modulate the frequency of one of those tones very slightly over time. That's what my left ear sounds like constantly. I think it's from bad dental work. Going to try a root canal.
 
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