Welcome to Action Cutz !

Enjoy many scenery construction kits and a big library with over 650 most needed swishes & swoshes, shots, weapon noises, explosions, rumbling, impacts, metallic moods and many other useful sounds to thrill the pictures. Action Cutz makes it easy to create moving objects from soft flights to agressive speed scenes. Many sounds are here waiting to support buttons, transitions and visual effects on your multimedial WEB or CD-ROM presentation.

Moreover the future is already included – Action Cutz gives you professional mixing- and surround compatibility. The more then 50 atmos on this CD are available as surround pairs - this enables you to use them in multichannel productions. All sounds are prepared to set up in a professional mixing environment, therefore we have not added any reverb or ambience to the sounds and mostly you won´t find pretended stereo or surround moves. So you are free to mix and move everything due to your needs. Nevertheless, most sounds are available in stereo with a well balanced, steady channel relation.

Download the CD-Demo here (mp3)

Action Cutz - Content:

combat robot

preview - robot moving, servos & hydraulics, future gun shots

heavy metallic steps [4]
servo noises [6]
short movement noises [6]
robot gun shots [4]
mechanic noises [2]
servo sound elements [13]

U 99

preview – submarine atmo, underwater, bubbling drone, sonar

sonar ambience low
sonar ambience high
sonar dry element
hollow bubbling F-LR
hollow bubbling R-LR
underwater mid freq atmo 1 F-LR
underwater mid freq atmo 1 R-LR
underwater mid freq atmo 2 F-LR
underwater mid freq atmo 2 R-LR
underwater subsonic drone S-LR
underwater subsonic drone R-LR

scuba diving

preview - underwater atmo, bubbling, taking breath

taking breath [2]
bubbling mid freq [5]
bubbling deep [5]
harpoon shots [2]
underwater atmo F-LR
underwater atmo R-LR
additional deep bubbling [5]

L.A. showdown

preview - automatic guns, machine guns, destruction, swoshes

shot sequence [16]
machine guns [9]
destruction sequence - metal and glass breaks, rumbles
power gunshots [2]
muffled gun shots [3]
sharp gun sweep shot
bullet sweep
L.A. gunshots [9]
more L.A. gunshots [17]
future gun shots [12]
weapon clips [5]
weapon cock [2]
weapon loading [3]
weapon falls 2 ground
bullet shell drops [4]

preview - fist & slap hits, body impacts, destruction, rumbling

fist hit sequence part 1 [15]
fist hit sequence part 2 [20]
destruction and body impact sequence
short body hit sequence
automatic injection
metal into flesh
bone breaks [2]
body falls 2 ground [3]
bright body hit

preview - swishes and slap hits, body impacts, sharp noises

fist hit sequence part 1 [28]
fist hit sequence part 2 [15]
swishes sequence [28]

classic sword fight

preview - sword hits, metallic tones, rubbing and swoshes

sword hit sequence layer 1 [25]
sword hit sequence layer 2 [24]
sword swishes [10]
metallic tones sequence "sword singing"
sword hits [14]
more sword hits [17]

EKG

preview - hospital, collapsing heartbeats, respirator, control beeps, alarm

heartbeats slow - fast, collapsing [10]
EKG control beeps and alarm
respirator breath
machine background noise F-LR
machine background noise R-LR

preview - servo blocking, steel ropes ripping, destruction

machine mechanix destruction [3]
steel cable ripping
electric hum
servo motor blocking sequence
destructive metallic scrapes [2]
cable tension [14]

preview - big machine drone, metallic noises, welding, scraping

big machine drone, tonal S-LR
big machine drone, tonal R-LR
metallic noises sequence [24]
distorted scraping noises [3]
electro welding [3]
grinding machine "flex"

preview - weird room atmo, space control sounds, dark creature voice

creature dark speech
diffuse psychedelic atmo 1 F-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo 1 R-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo 2 F-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo 2 R-LR
weird deep atmo S-LR
weird deep atmo R-LR
deep noisy drone F-LR
deep noisy drone R-LR

preview - control- and machines backing noise, control

deep noisy diffused atmo S-LR
deep noisy diffused atmo S-R-LR
tonal noisy diffused atmo F-LR
tonal noisy diffused atmo R-LR
deep noisy subsonic atmo S-LR
deep noisy subsonic atmo S-R-LR
mid band noise layer F-LR
control beeps sequence
diffuse psychedelic atmo 1 F-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo 1 R-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo 2 F-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo 2 R-LR
subsonic rumbling S-LR
subsonic rumbling R-LR

dark room full mix - subfrequent and resonant noises, slow spherical sweeps

noisy mid range atmo, slight tones F-LR
noisy mid range atmo, slight tones R-LR
subsonic deep noise atmo S-LR
subsonic deep noise atmo S-R-LR
spherical diffused sweep F-LR
spherical diffused sweep R-LR

deep room full mix - subfrequent resonant noises, heat

diffuse psychedelic atmo F-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo R-LR
psychedelic weird noise atmo F-LR
psychedelic weird noise atmo R-LR
midrange hot noise diffusion F-LR
midrange hot noise diffusion R-LR
deep hot noise diffusion S-LR
deep hot noise diffusion R-LR
subsonic atmo S-LR
subsonic atmo R-LR

preview - spaceship controlroom with confused robot voice commands

sword hit sequence layer 1 [25low, dangerous robot command speech
high pitched confused robot command loop
beep signal
signal layer [2]
diffuse psychedelic atmo F-LR
diffuse psychedelic atmo R-LR
phat phasing noise atmo F-LR
phat phasing noise atmo R-LR
thrilling mid band noise atmo F-LR
thrilling mid band noise atmo R-LR
deep unit basement atmo S-LR
deep unit basement atmo R-LR

preview - elecric noises, distorted metallic energy strikes, swoshes

energy sword hit sequence layer [16]
buzzing elements layer [10]
electric arcing and swoshes [7]

preview - jet atmo, target control voice, starting action, rocket launch & impact

jet by phasing noise
cockpit controls [3]
robotz control layer
starting action sweep & signals
radio interference alaising sweep
automatic target control voice
thrilling start action noise
rocket launch
rocket swosh by
big impact explosion
secondary burst explosion
jet interieur noise atmo F-LR
jet interieur noise atmo R-LR
rumbling noise atmo F-LR
rumbling noise atmo R-LR
jet interieur agressive noise phasing F-LR
jet interieur agressive noise phasing R-LR
jet interieur subsonic atmo S-LR
jet interieur subsonic atmo R-LR
turbines layer F-LR
turbines layer R-LR

preview - aircraft atmo, cockpit radio communication, controls

sword hit sequence layer 1 [25]
communicator beep
control signals [3]
control signal layer
cockpit radio communication
noisy interieur atmo 1, slight turbines F-LR
noisy interieur atmo 1, slight turbines R-LR
turbines layer 1 F-LR
turbines layer 1 R-LR
turbines layer 2 F-LR
turbines layer 2 R-LR
control signals layer
noisy interieur atmo 2, medium turbines F-LR
noisy interieur atmo 2, medium turbines R-LR
noisy interieur atmo 3, medium turbines F-LR
noisy interieur atmo 3, medium turbines R-LR
rumbling subsonic atmo S-LR

preview - short mix of the sounds below

rotor sound interieur with slight turbines F-LR
turbines noise F-LR
turbines noise R-LR
rotor agressive noise F-LR
rotor agressive noise R-LR

preview - bomb clockwork, counter beeps, speeding, blow away

beep 1 / 1s
beep 2 / 1s
beep 2 speed up
action start signal
electronic clockwork noise
big explosion and destruction

preview - total destruction

rocket swosh
big explosions [9]
more big explosions [11]

preview - big destructive fire, metal and glass destruction, gas explosions

explosive destruction sequences [2]
metal scraping [3]
hot gas blowing F-LR
hot gas blowing R-LR
diffuse crackling atmo F-LR
diffuse crackling atmo R-LR
explosive phasing swoshes F-LR
explosive phasing swoshes R-LR
noisy crackling atmo F-LR
noisy crackling atmo R-LR
wood crackling close F-LR
wood crackling close R-LR

preview - ambient mix, cut

ambient mix
moaning elements [13]

preview - ambient mix. cut

metal scrapes [13]
destructive metal scrapes [12]

electro-hydraulic lock
zzwosh [2]
mechano-electric lock
rubber
zzwap
hydraulic squeeking
space pig wheep
buzz noize burst
metallic hydro blast
cold metallic swosh
high thrilling impact
digital liquid sweep

deep movement swoshes [3]
long - deep movement swosh
medium movement swoshes [3]
agressive swosh, fat - long
agressive swoshes, short [3]
agressive swosh hard - short
agressive swoshes high - short [4]
agressive swosh medium - short
emphased swishes [3]

phat arcing with sharp impacts 50 Hz
arcing mid freq with impacts 50 Hz

basic bubbling atmo F-LR
basic bubbling atmo R-LR
mid freq bubbling 1 F-LR
mid freq bubbling 2 F-LR
short squacks sequence [15]
deep heavy bubbling F-LR
deep bubbling soft diffused F-LR
deep bubbling soft diffused R-LR
diffuse subsonic bubbling S-LR

heavy rock rumbling F-LR
heavy rock rumbling R-LR
diffuse subsonic rumbling S-LR

heavy metal plate 2 ground
heavy steel door lock
crash light metal 1
bell clang
lighter zap
fat metallic impact
deep ambient impact
sharp rub noise
rumbling
zang 1
crash light metal 2
metal pieces clincks
zang 2
zwosh
hi-lo impact
arrow impact

tresor door
rope cut
release - relock
torning paper [2]
torning tape
rubber noise
metal breaks
mixed metallic reaction noises [10]

short breaks [4]
crackling breaks [4]
short crashes [3]

gas streams warm - sharp [4]
cooling fan noises warm - noisy [3]
machine noises smooth - agressive [7]

radio zap
phone signal
fax transmission
phone electronic rings [3]
phone electronic ring + pickup
DTMF pure tones 0-9 A-D *# [16]
phone DTMF dial tones 0-9 *# [12]
future communicator signals [17]

control beeps [10]
signals [8]
alarm beeps [5]
title running layer signals [11]

produced by Total Control
sound design by Holger Leonhard
mixed and mastered at the deepcode sound department / munich

Using the surround front- and rear mixes:

The atmos on Action Cutz are available as discrete stereotracks for front- and rear-LR, which can be assembled to surround mixes, compatible to ANY format, that supports a stereo surround channel ( e.g. the popular 5.1 dolby digital /AC-3). The sub bass and center information is included in the front-LR mix and can easily be separated in the mix.

The front- and rearmixes are non-phase-locked, so feel free to shift atmos on the timeline and loop them independently to create your individual, wide surround field.

Important notes:

Monocompatibility:

The front mixes are fully monocompatible but the rear mixes are processed in their channel phase relation to provide a wide surround field, which may lead to heavy flanging when played mono. Don´t use the rear mixes for stereo productions or check up the monocompatibility first!

Sub bass frequencies: Mostly the subsonic tracks are containing an additional stereo image, so you can use them as full range atmos.

Distortion warning:

when monitored on little speakers, the subbass frequency of many S-LR mixes cannot be heard but might cause distortion due to the very high spectral energy. In addition the low frequencies will reduce the overall loudness of your mix. For multimedia and TV compatible works, we recommend to cut the range below 100 Hz.

naming conventions:

example meaning:

heavy metallic steps [4] 4 different versions of heavy metallic steps

heavy rumbling F-LR heavy rumbling atmo, front stereo mix

heavy rumbling R-LR heavy rumbling atmo, rear stereo mix

diffuse rumbling S-LR version for subbass channel with additional stereo image

diffuse rumbling S-R-LR rear mix with sub bass frequencies

sequence pre-edited track with many different sounds in fast order, taken from the preview. Gives you fast acess to multiple, premixed sound elements

Basic sound elements for thrilling sound design – hard, explosive and optimized for post pro, action game production and science fiction.

The perfect add on to Action Cutz!

basic elements:

electric, hydraulic and pneumatic doors, door lock – release, sonar, radar, liquid elements, drops, electric & mechanic switches, metallic screams, impacts, blasts, scratches, mechanix, subsonic impacts, dangerous events, machines, noisy impacts, energy, beeps, controls, buzzes, pneumatic sounds, air liquide, kybernetic links, alarms, zaps, space guns, weapons, explosions & bursts, shots, control sounds

amazing atmos:

proton converter, fusion machine, cooling units, deep space room, EM transmission, metallic rumbles, machine drive, strange bubbles, metallic spheres, rough metal room, liquid environments, pneumatic action, metallic groove atmo, pulse transformer, warp reactor, psychotic environment, noisy space surrounding, energy control, transmitter, air condition, tachyon generator, control panel ...

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