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The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:07 am

Does anyone know where I could find some free samples of women screaming crazily (possibly taken from horror films, etc.)?

tryin to make some scarier tracks

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:27 am

I've got a date tonight. I'll bring along my DAT.

hao nao · Post by **hao nao** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:37 am

maybe try a Google search for "screaming wav"?

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:41 am

do not i repeat do not use screams to make tracks scarier

if you do try to mess about with pitches and decays(i love draggin a lady screamin down into the bottom octaves

)
its how you use what you already have

whisper bollocks into a mic then cut it up and put a rotary on it,but then place it so far back in the mis it may aw well be the recipe for hash muffins(beleive me)and it can still sound eerie

Mr. Tunes · Post by **Mr. Tunes** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:43 am

Chase wrote:Does anyone know where I could find some free samples of women screaming crazily (possibly taken from horror films, etc.)?

tryin to make some scarier tracks

you can look in Best Buy for these B-grade horror movies from the 50's that cost like 2 dollars a pop. the series i have was made in canada so i dont know if you get them down there, but surely something similar is around. if you're just making these tracks for yourself then i dont think there's an ethical issue here. i also assume you will make her sound scarier with the sampler.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:15 am

A good example of what I am talking about is in the Drum n Bass track "Clones" by Ice Minus. It has a lot of random effects including a delayed and distorted sample of a women screaming.

i also assume you will make her sound scarier with the sampler

You can say that

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:36 am

On a more serious note, you might want to browse the Internet Archive's Feature Film collection. There are several horror movies and others that might contain women screaming. I believe the movies in that collection are supposed to be in the public domain so there shouldn't be a problem with sample clearance.

Mr. Tunes · Post by **Mr. Tunes** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 4:55 am

LBN wrote:On a more serious note, you might want to browse the Internet Archive's Feature Film collection. There are several horror movies and others that might contain women screaming. I believe the movies in that collection are supposed to be in the public domain so there shouldn't be a problem with sample clearance.

yep a much better suggestion than mine.
some of the old public service announcements might have a woman screaming if it's about something "evil" in society.

in Jeff Rona's The Reel World he actually kind of encourages the use of sampling old horror movies for a basis to find certain sounds. cause after you run it through your own envelopes, filters, and effects, and then layer it with something else, who cares about copyright issues.

i think B-rated Science Fiction movies are just kickass for samples. Archive.org has some movies about the space program in the US.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 5:35 am

vurt wrote:mis it may aw well be the recipe for hash muffins

Classic Vurt sentance

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 7:11 am

vurt wrote:do not i repeat do not use screams to make tracks scarier

Ditto.I was going to mention an old horror flick called the "Manster",in where a scene with his wife discovering him for the first time with 2 heads produced one of the best screams Iv'e ever heard,but my ribs still hurt from laughing at the thought.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:18 am

Mr. Tunes wrote: some of the old public service announcements might have a woman screaming if it's about something "evil" in society.

like...SATAN?!

winegums100 · Post by **winegums100** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:22 am

Have you tried the BBC sound fx CD's? They have some screams on them on the Death And Horror range - they worked for me!!

Winegums100

women screaming hysterically