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Sifu Socky
05-06-2006, 09:01 AM
First off, hi everyone! I've been lurking on this forum for a little while, fascinating stuff!

Anyway, I stumbled on a thread from a while back where someone mentioned martial arts sound effects and about three million posted to say they were desperate for them. It just so happens that I've been gathering and compiling an archive of martial arts sound effects for my own personal use for quite some time. If anybody is interested, I've hosted them up for you - but please be gentle to my bandwidth!

1) 'Realistic' Sound FX pack (http://www.drdirtysurgery.com/socky/sounds/ma_sfx_real.zip) (841 kb)
These were largely ripped from Ong-Bak and are best used for action that is meant to be realistic and streetsy.

2) 'Old Skool' Sound FX pack (http://www.drdirtysurgery.com/socky/sounds/ma_sfx_oldskool.zip) (351 kb)
Old seventies' kung fu sounds for a good old-skool vintage feel.

3) 'Cheesy' Sound FX pack (http://www.drdirtysurgery.com/socky/sounds/ma_sfx_cheesy.zip) (349 kb)
Bog-standard effects that are best used only for spoofs.

4) 'The Matrix' Sound FX pack (http://www.drdirtysurgery.com/socky/sounds/ma_sfx_matrix.zip) (898 kb)
A pack of the distinctive action sounds used in modern American action films such as the Matrix. These were ripped from the computer game Enter the Matrix. Most of the hit sounds have whooshes attached to them, which I couldn't do much about, but with good editing they work just fine. Just be wary that these are stereo, and might sound a bit stuck-on when added to a mono camcorder feed.

5) 'Hard Punch' Mini-Sound FX pack (http://www.drdirtysurgery.com/socky/sounds/ma_sfx_hardpunch.zip) (167 kb)
Not a full pack, just a couple of punch hits. These are samples best used for 'fun' action and comedies (and can be heard in some Jackie Chan films).

All the above packs are WinZipped to keep them together.

I hope you like them, and I hope they can save a few Internet movies from the curse of cack soundtrack editing!

~Sifu Socky

theportlykicker
05-06-2006, 11:28 AM
Welcome to the board man, and thanks for the sound effects!:)

johnsonml
05-09-2006, 11:22 AM
Ditto, especially on the thanks! :) Some sfx collections tailored to the indie martial arts community 'll definitely be popular!

Sifu Socky
05-20-2006, 05:44 AM
Thanks for the welcome, guys :)

Ee, it's a bit quiet in here though ain't it?

whitelotus
05-22-2006, 10:51 PM
Respect...thanks for that serious!

Mike

HungKuen
05-23-2006, 11:19 AM
It's not that I don't appreciate the effort - believe me, I do! But those Old School SFX sounds nothing like Old School SFX :p

Chen Zhen
05-27-2006, 03:27 PM
the oldskool sfx kinda sound like the ones from some bashers ive seen

Sifu Socky
06-03-2006, 08:27 AM
Yeah, I think I mostly ripped the Old Skool pack from Enter the Dragon. Perhaps I'll re-do that pack with some old Shaw Brothers effects instead?

EJAdams
07-27-2006, 03:23 AM
Darn, links dont work any more.

Sifu Socky
07-28-2006, 05:45 AM
The packs are now up on my kung fu movie website, in slightly updated and reorganised form :)

Here's the new link:

www.wayofthesocky.co.uk/downloads.php (http://www.wayofthesocky.co.uk/downloads.php)

EJAdams
07-31-2006, 03:00 PM
thanks

edher_M.A.
12-21-2007, 01:00 AM
very good. thanks .

whitelotus
03-14-2008, 01:17 PM
Nice site looks real clean...i like..

Sifu
03-18-2008, 12:09 AM
Cool, I gotta check these. http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9843/169kd8.gif

EDIT: I like the classic ones the most, but I'm definetly using both on future vids, thanks!

paperknife702
01-07-2009, 09:00 PM
The links for the zips aren't working... I need these for a movie I'm making for a class this semester. Could anyone put them back up or PM me regarding this? I'd greatly appreciate it!

EDIT: Ah wait, nvm! I found the website Sifu posted!

FrankBolte
04-04-2012, 09:32 AM
anyone can provide me a link to those sounds...all links seem to be dead.
would be highly appreciated... .)