How to make the laser blaster sound from Star Wars - Part 1

[kezadrone]

Just hold the spring so it doesn't touch the ground. i.e high up then place a paper cup near the top and hit the spring on a coil about four above that. 

[Viperath]

Mind = Blown

[HunTerSpoT]

3:56 FapFapFap Face

[RandomTask3000]

2:27 to cut to the chase

[agentwade]

Just climb your nearest radio tower and hit the guide wire with a hammer ;)

[TheShufflebuff]

Chew Backer

[iFawkYou]

@micolich Does it work with a plastic slinky?



[micolich]

@iFawkYou Never tried it. My gut feeling is probably not, but I could be wrong.

[kyoukan102]

that's badass!

[PlummetRu]

How can I make Protoss dragoon antimater projectile launch sound effet with a telephone wire and a masking tape?

[SamuelWhipsAllisonII]

Very cool man. I'm working on a Foley project right now for school and you just helped me out! Gracias

[jarrettdew]

You're the kind of guy that I aspire to be.

[JohnFortman]

This where the magic does come from!

[TheLeoboycool10]

my gud thats like magic

[x9x9x9x9x9]

I figured out how to do this the other day at the office by accident with a slinky and a small styrofoam cup i had shoved into the top of the slinky.

[Bustagroov]

awesome.

[wjg1993]

Nub

[ihatej00poo]

the slinky thing, my class found about it on accident when our teacher was teaching us about waves. we accidentally hit the metal leg of the desk and the blaster sound it made was so loud that you didnt need to amplify it with a microphone. by making waves with the slinky and repeatedly hitting the desk leg, it sounded just like a blaster battle, with no echo

[virman123]

weird,.....

[cronus616]

Really interesting

[SWEskL1]

is there any way i can download a sample of the laser blaster as a wav. file without having to buy a microphone, a slinky and sample it myself? plz help! great vid!:D

[sdevon90]

Cool! I'm gonna go to the store, buy a PA system, and acoustic guitar and a foam cup and a slinky! ! ! (not!!!) cool bid though

[tedstrauss999]

nice demonstration my man! very informative. great idea for noise musicians to mess with on stage.

[obrecht72]

6 people are asking to get their arms pulled out of the socket by a Wookie.

[WillyLee0]

Been trying to recreate this sound for ages and it had thus far eluded me. Thanks heaps!

[legolord7777]

Wow I didn't know that

[Nagadkcin]

Very cool!

[konig000]

Amazing, it's soo simple..'like'

[eltrut]

Wow! That's pretty cool! I always wondered how sound effects are made, nice!

[SexyTownBrown]

I think you're my new favorite person. TEACH ME MORE! :D

[RagedLighteningNinja]

neat sound afficts

[CrackerJackLee]

Tarnation!

[magik1muzik]

virgin

[micolich]

Huh, sounds like something you have a lot of experience of.

[Brandonlovesblood]

@micolich *slow clap* <3 Awesome video man! You've made a lot of nerds like me very happy! :]

[DEC0042]

@magik1muzik dickbag

[anakinvader101]

Is there a way to do it if you don't have a slinky

[VaSoapman]

Yup Go up a 200 foot tall radio Tower.

[TheDeadOneReturns]

I sat thru the beginning but the end is great...thanks!

[poobens]

this is very cool! thank you for sharing

[mrfuzzles92]

lol..."Chewbacker"

[GodschildJCE]

@mrfuzzles92 ROFLCOPTER XD LOL

[SynesthesicVision]

very cool.

[firando123]

How did you come up with that?

[RealDiaboy]

Despite the chap with the ridiculous name, this is most definitely an awesome video. I've been trying to find out about this effect for ages, and I'm really pleased that you even included the physics in the second part.

Thanks very much!

[SevereMarkings]

thanks for killing my brother

now i have to go to his funeral omg im sueing you

(jk lmao)

[MrSupacool3]

awsome............O...M..G!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[Jack310594]

that is genius! nice!

[OmegaFatCrab]

cool

[LilPin0yB0i]

sick

[blackink24]

that is cool

[GamertownUSA]

Ha ha. Awesome!

[jeffrina7]

Why?

[LeedsBoi11]

awesome! why go to school, you get a lesson at the end xD

[jaguars004]

to much just for sounds, i mean jezz the end was just to much

[unchikun666]

as a kid playing with a metal slinky, i accidentally discovered this sound phenomenon -- i'd let one end of the slinky sit on the floor, and hold the other end up to my ear to hear the "lasers!" I wondered if that was how they made the sound for the movies, because it sounded So much like it.

i hadn't thought about that in years. how cool to see that i was on to something! :D

[oekakinin]

I'm really scared. I took physics I over a year ago and now i'm jumping in to physics 2. I wish I could email this guy haha.

[monkeytaco]

lol when u first said u were goingt o do it with a slinky I was like there is no F***ing way!!

Then u did it and I was like HOLY SHIT THAT'S AWESOME!!!

Nice vid!!

[amy55611]

wow, i've never seen that played out with an Australian accent

thats kinda hot

[madcowga]

irony at 2:48 lol. Need a sound guy !

[nycbluntsmoka420]

nice!

[dreamer98]

science is awesome.

[avion85]

i second that.

[davidrigel]

Thanks a lot for the explanation of how it works at the end.

[HEIGHTSIXFIVE]

I need a slinky!!!

[thelastsoviet]

Epic.

[CXRIII]

nice vid i liked it

[kamnir]

WOW,it's awesome!

[beatleguy64]

this is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cryotwin]

Ha ha ha, great stuff. As a child i had a "toy" that was basically a spring inside a cadboard tube with stars painted on the side. Made this exact sound. I use to hold it like a bazooka and "shoot" friends with it. Fun times.

[primalvision]

Sounds real!

[gavlees]

Hehe, yeah - a Zoob Tube - still have mine!

[micolich]

Whoops, I forgot that wookies can't talk...

[omgimodio]

that was rather fun anyway O_o

[DevilMaster]

@micolich Wookies can talk, their language is called Shyriiwook.

[micolich]

@DevilMaster Can I have a wookie as a pet?