Remaking The Portal Gun Sound From Scratch

[@MarshallMcGee]

Thanks for watching guys if you end up joining the 15 dollar patreon tier this month for the video, please let me know if you like the long lesson format! It's only the second one I've done and I want to be sure they're good / worth your money. So please feel free to shoot me a twitter DM with feedback or email me or whatever and tell me what I could do better. Thanks! - MM

[@manofmaxico2596]

I love this channel. There are enough graphic designers, but not a lot of sound designers. Keep it up man!

[@craigowen511]

Please make a video for the muted low pass shield effects on this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOlZ5ebZqyYodU. Thanks for the great hints and tips!

[@superonni3073]

“The last game you played sounded amazing” I JUST PLAYED PORTAL 2

[@db5094]

hey me 2

[@overlordcringe2715]

And for me, Minecraft

[@quasi0]

Borderlands 3 for me

[@blubasnurk4241]

Oh yeah... _you_

[@ahmed4363]

I played portal 2 and before it portal 1 lol wot And before it minecraft

[@benjaminnewington9099]

Minecraft walking on grass and nether portal are super iconic sounds

[@igi1225]

skeleton walking and zombie idle as well

[@Frozenm16]

A lot of sounds from Minecraft are iconic.

[@her0880]

The cave sounds are the ones that deserve the most recognition

[@verahnaist9082]

Nah, creeper hiss is most iconic.

[@InviZ.]

Breaking wood/stone/dirt/glass as well

[@z0bi_]

You should do a series where you just have a picture of an Item/Object in a game you don't know and have to do guess work to how it sounds based purely on looks and then later compare your sound to the one in the game.

[@borekworek69]

This is such a great idea

[@chocolate_maned_wolf]

zobi haha yes! i would watch that

[@antikys]

BRILLIANT

[@-dennis3755]

genius

[@FranciumBoron]

Very good idea!

[@rodrigovda]

PlayStation (1 and 2) starting sounds. Both the powerup followed by the sound for the console's logo.

[@Petar321_GT]

+1

[@MarkW1991]

The first one used "Distorted Reality" samples, that library is iconic all around.

[@DavidS-mi8nh]

2 is easy just put a wooden bar on all keys and shut the lid

[@RubyPiec]

My unforgettable sound effects a- *creepy minecraft cave sounds* So, that's the answer.

[@cart4092]

@@Homeboy969 shup

[@JTheMelon]

@@cart4092 you ruined it dumbass

[@marinanicole5693]

They're actually pretty good

[@henryrichard7619]

Gotta love the distant train one.

[@MADNESSCOMBAT10]

My iconic/unforgettable sound effect is the Femur Breaker sound from SCP: Containment Breach

[@snuggys56]

good luck hiring a voice actor to say “hello, is anyone out there, please let me go”

I love the sculpture encounter sound

[@deanthebakedbean5159]

_drill noises_ *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH*

[@MADNESSCOMBAT10]

*heavy breathing* WHYYYY AAH HA

[@deanthebakedbean5159]

John Quigg you forgot the heavy breathing in between Ive only found out about scp since the end of july/start of august

[@chocofrolik834]

Any sound from half life 1 and 2 , portal 1 and 2 and scp unity and cb will be be on my unforgettable list

[@whiteface513abandonedchann8]

SCP-106's footsteps are both unique and terrifying

[@DGroovin]

one of my favorite channels covering one of my favorite games! So excited for this one!

[@abisz007007]

Its stupid how excited I get by a new Marshall McGee video. Watching it immediately on mobile. And with proper headphones on PC later. I LOVE your videos

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

I love all the arm Cannon sounds from the Metroid prime trilogy

[@Cooldude112233445570]

Big same! :D I think a lot of the sounds came out of libraries, but the implementation feels so seamless and natural that they really feel like they came from the Metroid universe. Real sonic sorcery at work!

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

@@Cooldude112233445570 I've heard the power beam charge up sound mixed into the hulk buster armor's repulser charge

[@Cooldude112233445570]

@@dissonanceparadiddle Oh yo, I didn't catch that! :o Gotta go check that out now

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

@@Cooldude112233445570 it's at least very similar

[@Cooldude112233445570]

@@dissonanceparadiddle I think it might be the ice beam charge, but it definitely was Metroid Prime. :o

[@Oceanman42]

You've done stuff like punch and guns and voices, and it might be boring but I was wondering if you would ever go into something like footstep sounds or just foley sounds in general

[@dreamcoresequoia7830]

you know, the absolute best footstep sound design ive ever witnessed is from the game called arx fatalis. its old but gold, especially the sound design

[@player6769]

Breath of the Wild had some unreal foley too

[@GammelSami]

I'll always remember the sound of falling down the facility in Portal 2 after weaking up GLaDOS. Very unique.

[@clueless4096]

My unforgettable sound is the VATS sound. The distinct BEEP BEEP BEEP tells me i'm about to fuck some shit up.

[@sulphurous2656]

The sounds for the orange portal always remind me of fresh apple juice for some reason. The 'splash' sound is what I love about this one.

[@keddiels9843]

Didn't expect it to sound so similar, good job :)

[@timmyg8206]

This is easily the coolest channel that youtube has recommended to me in a long time. Please keep doing these videos! They're soo helpful for a film student like me trying to specialise in sound design. So many brilliant ideas.

[@krekcabnow2910]

I think the most significant addition I would have to that list is a recording I took a little while ago from turning a stove on. Like a ticking.

[@chrissyoons]

you deserve more popularity then you have right now to be honest.

[@CosmiKazie]

The TARDIS materializing noise is very iconic to me... and just about everyone else in the UK

[@CosmiKazie]

gonna be honest i dont even remember writing this comment

[@qaaris4280]

To me, it sounds like a kick drum hit, but there's a loose piece on the drum's shell, and that gives a warbling kind of effect.

[@Omlet221]

I want expecting this to turn out as good as it did. Usually trying to recreate something so iconic leaves an uncanny feel but you made it sound really similar. Props

[@yosquispie159]

Thanks for making this! I’m interested in game development but had no idea what I could do for sounds. But seeing u turn these everyday noises into sci fi is encouraging

[@planetdesign4681]

Me: oh cool a video about making portal sounds Video: *Laser Slinky*

[@adrianmyers7927]

The Kingdom Hearts sound effects really got me excited at the beginning.

[@ddevin]

My iconic sound would have to be the Minecraft alpha damage sound.

[@maldivirdragonwitch]

I can't hear the difference first time around!! You did an effin' great job!

[@elijahkoenig729]

I thought the gun sounded like that moment in 7th grade when someone kicked a ball to your face.

[@lagbit1789]

r/oddlyspecific

[@xxalex423xx]

@@lagbit1789 arr slash funi redit

[@snuggys56]

xxalex423xx thanks for doing that for me

[@xxalex423xx]

@@snuggys56 welcome

[@_TheViewer_]

The little „wobble sound“ the pokeballs make when you catch some 😂👌

[@Bread._]

Your channel honestly has so much good insight into the creative process beyond just sound design, it's great. I particularly liked the bit about getting solid samples so you can't just blame the sounds later, that idea can be applied elsewhere for sure. Thanks for the content.

[@Encursed]

I thought this was a programming tutorial, still pleasently surprised.

[@TomWrightSound]

Spaceships, guns, guitars... dialogue. Lmao, that got me

[@skolirramr2403]

Almost all of Skyrim spell sounds are super unique and instantly recognizable as well. I consider that game to be one of the best in terms of memorable sound design. There's a video that interviews Mark Lampert and his process in making the sound of Skyrim. I use that for reference a lot.

[@hiiambarney4489]

It never occured to me that the wobbly "springy"( as i wrote it down ) in the original could be a graphene pen scribbling on a piece of paper until now.

[@justanotherpxrson]

this is incredible. not just because of what you did, but the insight you gave in this video alone... great work my friend.

[@sulphurous2656]

Real Sound Designers use their mouth to replicate sound effects they love.

[@MrGBZ]

Love the new visuals! Thanks for keeping the show running!

[@Tomyb15]

I'm still not fully convinced you didn't just stick the original sound at the end clip. That sounded pretty much exactly the same to me! You are amazing.

[@reesalvin6539]

Your version was fantastic! Wouldn’t have noticed if it were swapped! Great job!

[@mentalpatriot636]

I'll always remember all of the sounds on the source engine

[@schlipp9084]

Pick up that can.

[@Loopy1330]

Kelly Bailey is still one of my favorite sound designers and soundtrack composers, having done the all sounds music on Portal 1 and all of the Half-Life games to date (except the music in the Half-Life expansions made by Gearbox). He was excellent at all of the sound design that he did, a whole episode could be made on Bailey alone.

[@the117doctor]

In the describing the sound, I sort of got like a deep wooden thud followed by a white noise oscillating sound without the high end. Also, when it comes to instantly recognizable sounds, welcome to Brawlhalla! comes to mind

[@sumbuddy4088]

Spy uncloaking. Any heavy main will get ptsd from hearing it anywhere.

[@snuggys56]

Sum Buddy Pyro shooting his flamethrower. Any spy main will get ptsd from hearing it anywherez

[@TheG_Boy]

As someone who is passionate about sound design I shall subscribe to you

[@playdoob]

Another excellent video, my dude.

[@nightlightsounds3549]

Wow this is super awesome! replicating certain sounds really helps you understand how sounds are made in general. I got pretty satisfied with the results of making my own portal gun.. even though it doesn't sound even close to awesome original love your stuff man!

[@NonisLuck]

Wow, very cool. I never thought about some of these things, specially the comparison between visual art and sound design. It has expanded my mind a little to realize that audio designers DO have their own unique style, the same way a visual artist does. Kudos, compadre. .

[@OiBeefcake]

Unforgettable sound - The ps1/ps2 startup screens.

[@lukson981]

Great video as always. Honestly this is one of my favorite channels on youtube

[@ScottGameSounds]

Crash Bandicoot's whirlwind attack sound. Actually there's loads of iconic sounds from crash lol

[@TankyFrank]

My goodness I'm loving these videos! It's a such a build up for me I can barley wait to hear the end results!

[@KentoNishi]

We do what we must, because, we can.

[@Niko-TBH]

Unforgettable sound effects_ for its spy's dead-ringer effect, and the backstab

[@snuggys56]

GravityInvalid this would be true if it was 2016

[@BrunoHanstenreiter]

Marshall, i know you're a busy guy, but, please, post more videos! i love SO MUCH to watch your work. this channel is the reason i begin to work with sound design !

[@andrewdmitriev8128]

the desk slam from ace attorney games

[@evanwang328]

My iconic sound effect: *wood clacking sounds" BUMBUM YOOOOOUUUUUUUUUU

[@scrithen2836]

Soulja Boy I tell em?

[@evanwang328]

@@scrithen2836 soulja boy's you is also iconic

[@Foregoner]

I would love to recreate "Shockwave" from the game INSIDE

[@dewhiterabbit1337]

I skipped forward to the sound clip part, thinking you're were just showing the original before yours but then I realized it was actually your sound clip and I literally was like "Can you actually fool a Portal fan to this?"

[@miss.brun0]

The most under-fucking-appreciated channel on KZbin. Your videos have more quality, care, and skill than most channels with 5+ million subscribers. Bravo, my good sir. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@oreltomm4502]

The feedback sound of a the resolved puzzle from Zelda. tidududu dududu~

[@purrspctiv]

Weird how none of the layers sounded extremely close to the original sound but when you put the three together they sounded far more convincing

[@bondisimo3713]

What a refreshing video. I though that there are no more interesting content creators on youtube. Congrats!

[@HashtagPULSE]

One thing that I find super useful in sci-fi sounds is making a layer called "air" and have it just being white noise with a highpass around 10k-20khz. Then modulate the volume, panning and whatever to match the other layers. I find that really solidifies a lot of the sounds by adding some sizzle. But that's just what I'd do; I like sizzle. Looking at your air-conditioner-sound preferences, you seem to prefer warmer sounds, I'm the opposite. Awesome work!

[@dontaskmewhy8734]

c a v e s o u n d s

[@valchavam7201]

I would add the Halo CE shield recharge sound to the list of instantly recognisable sounds. *BWOOOOOOOOOO--WOOOOOOO*

[@j_cza]

Omg yessss

[@oskari3659]

I would love to hear more examples of you utilizing math in sound design

[@Valenspire]

Wow, that's pretty close, well done!

[@deceit3786]

my pc trying to boot up is my fav sound

[@kaikeunder]

One of my iconic sounds is people screaming from my basement asking for help

[@xxscribbledragonxx9744]

Holup

[@tomlawson4713]

Speaking of nostalgic sounds, I wonder what replicating sounds from Team Fortress 2 would be like

[@leg-sc1bb]

Especially the medigun sounds

[@reesalvin6539]

This is legitimately some of the most interesting content on youtube :)

[@Djoki1]

There is this thing called "the killer queen noise" and i still think that is the coolest sound ever from, you guessed it, *_j o j o_*

[@mrkoix2398]

Half-Life 2 is a great topic!

[@ajg8600]

When i think "great sound design" i think metal gear. Thats it. The whole series is so perfect as far as sound design goes. You always know exactly what sounds mean.

[@PalaceDude]

Got a lot of unforgettable sounds of my own, but right now I can think of is the explosion sound effect in Half Life 2 (like grenades or Helicopters falling down) It's so damn unforgettable, and somehow satisfying (I think it's the same as those in the Portal Games)

[@gabegabe4318]

I get sooo excited every time I see a new video pop up !!!

[@RadiantCorium]

the valve theme when you start up one of their games is pretty iconic

[@shroomy__rxcks]

my favorite game sounds are the critical sound, miss sound, and pretty much any sound from Dragon Quest IX.

[@PlushySquare]

Didn't know what i was getting into in the end i loved it

[@jasper.creations]

I think my unforgettable sound is the paintbrush sound from Roblox. I was so young when I played Roblox and for some reason, that's one of the main sounds I remember. (besides the o o f) I keep hearing it in new media and all I think about is turning the side of my house "magenta red" or whatever those silly names were.

[@xxalex423xx]

the one i remember is the little bloop when you randomly fell down

[@soundsbydane361]

This is awesome! Great job Marshall!

[@MTweedC4]

To me the 'wiggly' part of the portal gun sounded like someone scribbling a pencil on a piece of paper!

[@unslept_em]

since I usually work with synthesis rather than with samples, I was thinking more like fm chirp (fast decay on pitch), lp'd kick + mid-freq impact, hp/bp'd noise fm chirps are super easy to do and they give a really crisp high-end that I think was a really good choice (if that was the original technique) as a short pre-transient for the portal gun

[@deadlyslayer2509]

This was weird how close it was and how much it sounded nearly the same to me because of the wobble que

[@Deriviado]

keep the magnificent work up, always looking forward to your videos!

[@MisterKidX]

What a friggin' genius.

[@vartin3276]

That dark souls sound HURT and woke up bad memories!

[@koktszfung]

2:48 to me it sounds like knocking on door while under a blanket, sped up rock dropping into water and a coin grinding rocks

[@nemtudom5074]

0:40 The sound of casting spells in Hocus Pocus and Mystic Towers

[@DownloadedPixelz]

I really love videos on sound design. Great video!

[@heroic6863]

It seems more "dry" than the original, but still a damn good job! I was pretty surprised with how accurate the result was, especially the little wobbly part.

[@polymetric2614]

Yeah, the original probably had a chorus or something on either the low end or the tail.

[@ephraimtimmerman4476]

I thought about the scratching of a pen on a notepad.

[@okaberintarou6170]

The dark souls death sound gave me PTSD

[@SonicPower]

My unforgettable video game sound, but I want to forget, are Minecraft cave sounds.

[@freezeYT-]

This guy deserves more subs

[@TinyPieGuy1]

Amazing channel! This males me want to take up sound design along side what I want to learn when it comes to making video games! Keep up the great work!

[@eljestLiv]

i LOVE this sound

[@VocalMabiMaple]

now I want to play an entire game of portal with 100% off brand sounds including the voice acting

[@CurtisJensenGames]

The air conditioner you liked had laminar (smooth) flow and the one you dislike sounds turbulent.

[@Dragunnitum]

Chicken module omg :'D xDDD