(I do understand that this shotgun SFX isn’t the greatest, I didn’t want to spend 20 minutes finding a good one) Now, when your adding SFX for rifles or shotguns, I wouldn’t recommend using pistol examples of sound, they don’t sound correct for the gun, and make the gun sound “weak” You can do this by going into your video or sound editor, and simply extending the length.įor shotguns, try to find something like this. Once you have the actual gunshot, now look for the sound of an ejected casing, such as this.įor rifles, you can try to adjust this, meaning change the duration and the frequency of the sound. If you want to create a powerful sounding handgun, try to find something similar to this. For handguns, you can use sounds such as this. Once you’ve gotten all the sound you need, try listening. Of course, you can use other websites, or record your own sound, but for now we’ll just use this website. It’s a free and easy website to find music, sound effects, or other things you may need. Lets start off with where to get these noises from.įor me I use a website called Epidemic Sound. Mattering on the gun, what it shoots, and a few other factors I won’t get into, your gunshot should sound different. So, lets say your creating SFX for a gunshot for either a game, an animation, or whatever else you can use them for. Now, lets get to the main purpose of this. Here are some examples.Īs you can hear (if you listened to them), the indoor shot is much shorter and higher pitched, the outdoor shot is much longer, a slightly lower pitch, and has other details in the sound. There is also super sonic cracks to consider (although you don’t need to add these). When your outdoors, there is nothing to block the noise of the shot, so the sound continue to travel until it finally fades off. Plus, the bullet itself (most likely supersonic) won’t create a super sonic crack, since the distance is so short. Is the gun shooting outdoors or indoors? Most people would most likely not know, but inside a building, the noise from a gun bounces off walls, making it louder, and shorter.If your trying to make a handgun fire sound, you can consider other factors to make your shot sound realistic. This isn’t really a part, but will give you detailed explanation of what your gun SFX should sound like. I am here to explain how to create a quick, simple, and easy way of making realistic gun SFX.

Bullet crack sound effect