Help! Does anyone know how to make an audio clip into a routine like this?

[dolljade]

Hi guys,

I have recently bought an Iron Man and Optimus Prime costume and have seen this on you tube, https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=759327147447331 i want to do something similar.

i have seen lots of different sounds effects etc but how do you put them all together? i know this is probably the easiest thing ever but i have absolutely no idea where to start!!

Thank you

 

[JurassicFirefly]

Audacity- google/youtube it.

 

[PaulMmn]

There is a possibility that the sound effects are all on a recording-- and the actors are rehearsed well enough that they're moving to the tape, rather than generating the sounds with their movements. If you notice, towards the end of the clip Iron Man is walking without loud footsteps!

Creating a recording with all of the SFX means you need a sound editing program and the individual sounds/music tracks you want to include. Most of the sound items can be downloaded from The Internet (let's not talk about copyright). AVS (http://www.avs4you.com/) has a basic suite of editing programs, including audio, video, etc. etc. You can pick and choose which of the pieces to purchase. The audio program allows you to mix and match as many sounds as your computer can handle at once.

If you want to generate the SFX on the fly, check out https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11013. This is an Arduino-based MP3 player. The advantage is that it has 5 trigger pads you can wire to pushbuttons that will play the same sound with each push. You can only push one-at-a-time, but the sounds are the same each time. Wire a momentary contact switch into each boot, and play a brief sound with each step. If the sounds won't play fast enough for footsteps, you could buy -2- of these...

You have to add extra parts-- a battery, speakers, and a micro sound card. But it's a compact package.

--Paul E Musselman

 

[IbanezSaber]

That audio was coming from the PA speaker on the table, and guy in suit rehearsed moves to accompany it.
You CAN build the sounds into a suit using Arduino, but you'll have a ton of buttons to trigger each sound.
If you've never messed with Arduino, then look elsewhere. This will take a bunch of coding and more than 1 mp3 shield.

 

[Obs Cre Dis]

You might also want to have a look at the Mega Stomp Panic device. Pretty much a sound board with an accelerometer sensor, programmed to make sound according to your movements. Great fun with a Space Marine or transformer costume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osi5EKRC0Eg

 

[dolljade]

thank you for all your advice! very helpful, i will check them out, i now need to find another costume as the one that has arrived i am sending back as i am not happy with the quality so need to source another iron man suit