Sound effects :Tricks

Similar to foley, sound effects have some tricks that are easy to recreate. The following examples are ideas from sound effect artists

Airplane engine, flying (WW2 style)

Get some of the larger fan types into your studio and record different speeds and power up/downs, close miked. You’ll have to add some distortion and remove some of the lower end depending on the type of fan used. Jonathan vd Wijngaarden

Alien egg sacks

A good one for alien egg sacks contracting and expanding is breathing softly into a styrofoam cup while pressing it in and out.– Pedro Seminario

Alien pod embryo expulsions etc.

Certain kinds of canned dog food make useful sounds as the food comes out of the can. The chunky stuff isn’t so good, but the tightly packed all-one-mass kind makes gushy sucking sounds when the air on the outside of the can is sucked into the can to replace the exiting glob of dog food. This sound can be used as an element in certain kinds of monster vocalizations, alien pod embryo expulsions, etc.– Ashley Walker

Arrow flyby

Use a thin bamboo stick, such as the type used to hold up plants in a garden. Whip it past the microphone.
– Adam Johnson

Boulder rolling

Car rolling downhill on gravel without engine running – record the wheel friction.
– Ben Burtt

Bullet, slow-motion

Record the spout of a ’70s coffee percolator.
– Brian Chamberlin

Car engine

If you need a car engine sound, buzz into a brass mouthpiece – (tuba/baritone) or bassoon reeds – and pitch shift it down.
-Ellen Lurie

Chainmail movement

A bunch of keys for chainmail movement.
– Patrick Phelan

Driving on snow

Flour – great for walking/driving on snow.
– Mark Estdale

Gore and squidge

Wet wash leather – fantastic for gore and squidge.
– Mark Estdale

More sound effects and techniques can be found here http://www.epicsound.com/sfx/