Rally cars for sound recording

[farmboyuk]

Hi

I've posted on here a few times before - I run a company that produces sound effects for video games. I'm after some rally cars are various shapes and sizes to record in a few weeks' time, probably at a venue near Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Anyone up for it? I won't bore you with the details right now but we want everything from a 1600 up to 2.0 litre turbo. Get in touch: [e-mail]

Cheers

Jerry Ibbotson

[Satsuma]

We've got a 3.5 litre v8 on 4 carbs in a tr7. about 50 miles from wakefield.

[farmboyuk]

Hiya

Sound fantastic but the cars we're after have to roughly fit into the current WRC classes:

4 cylinder 2.0 litre turbo (as loud as possible)
As above but less manic
4 cylinder 2.0 litre normally aspirated
1600 normally aspirated

For the first two, we're looking at the usual suspects: Imprezas and Evos. Maybe a Celica GT or similar?

The last two classes are more open, but loud and fairly high revving!

[moribund]

It would be a shame if you recorded road cars instead of pukka S1600, S2000 and WRC cars as the sounds of the race cars are very distinctive IMHO

[farmboyuk]

Oh I know (I've recorded stacks of WRC cars over the years) but it's a question of technicalities, finance etc. That's why I posted in the Motorsport forum though - I'm hoping someone has a rally car that we can use.

[plg101]

Have you thought of going to the Harewood Hill Climb - only about 20 miles from you.

Big meet on the 28th March with plenty of quick machinery, suitably loud...

http://www.harewoodhill.com/events/

http://www.harewoodhill.com/downloads/pdf/entryLis...

Lots of friendly owners who will probably fire up and rev for you if asked nicely. Or stand by the start line with a directional mic, you can get quite close.

edit : just realised that's a members day only, but you might get lucky if you ask / pay...

Edited by plg101 on Thursday 18th March 20:56

[Mr Gaga]

I have a mate at EA Sports, they record their own cars (so they tell me).

Shall I ask if you can purchase some audio?

Another mate is at Blackrock, I will ask him what they do.

[farmboyuk]

It's alright thanks.. as it happens we work with Black Rock!

[velocemitch]

Should be a few that will fit your Naturally aspirated bill at the Rally I'm at tomorrow

http://www.bdmc.org.uk/am/2010/entries/entries.php...

Not a full on stage rally, but it's a Historic Road Rally and there will be plenty to listen to on the special tests.

Edited by velocemitch on Saturday 20th March 17:06

Edited by velocemitch on Saturday 20th March 17:06

Edited by velocemitch on Saturday 20th March 17:06