For what I hope is the final session for Ultimate Fire SFX I recorded some old fashioned torches. I had a minor goofball moment when the top of the first torch flew off and hit the side of the garage. All is well and I got some fantastic flame whooshes.
To contruct these torches I gathered together a broom stick shaft, rake handle, old towels, wire and kerosene. I made 3 sizes: small, medium and large. I will have a more in depth article for the making of Ultimate Fire SFX which will be released next month. Stay tuned.
Recording set-up: Sound Devices 702 and Sanken CSS-5 at 24Bit/96kHz.
Fire Torch Recording 11-14-10 by therecordist
Shot of the flame on the 3rd take away from the house
Shot of the flame against the grey Idaho skies today
There was so much kerosene left on the handle it took a while to put out in water
Lighting the kerosene, I had no idea what I was getting into
Nice fireball whooshing sounds
Head of the flaming torch detaches from stick
I saw it hit the garage and stood there for 3 seconds or so, duh!
Ok, we're back in business
I was never that good at baseball, Lacrosse was my game
The smaller torch
It's sounding pretty cool!
Lining this one up, Don't hit the CSS-5!
Notice the flame left behind after the swing
Circular motions sounded really good
Trying to get just a steady burn, but I still had to move it around a bit
