Helicopter Approach Hover Fly Away 01: A helicopter comes in, hovers for a while, and flies away. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Close Idle Loop 01: Close up of helicopter hovering or flying, good rotors definition. Seamlessly looping sound. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Close Landing Sequence 01: A helicopter comes in for landing, torque down, lands, rotors slow down and stop. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Close Start Up 01: A helicopter engine starts, rotors gather speed, torque and lift off. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Door Close 01: Light metal door in helicopter cockpit being closed. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Door Open 01: Light metal door in helicopter cockpit being opened. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Flip Switch Engage 01: Flipping a helicopter cockpit control surface switch. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Fly By 01: A helicopter pass by at medium speed. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Flying Ambience 01: Helicopter interior ambience during flight. Muted sound of helicopter engine. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Flying Idle Loop 01: Helicopter interior ambience during flight. Seamlessly looping sound. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Flying Window Open Shut Idle 01: Helicopter flying. Open window at 0:15 giving a more pronounced, exterior helicopter flight sound. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Hover 01: A well defined helicopter flight recording. Helicopter flying, hovering. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Hover At Distance 01: Helicopter maneuvering, flying, hovering. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Hover Fly Away 01: A helicopter starts from hovering position and flies away. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Hover Loop 01: Helicopter hovering or flying. Seamlessly looping sound. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Idle Alarm Warning Horn 01: A helicopter idling sounds warning horn twice. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Idle Loop 01: Helicopter flying or idling, seamlessly looping sound. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Landing Sequence 01: A helicopter lands; sounds warning horn once and slows down, settles, engine slowing. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter Latch Seat Belt 01: Seatbelt in a helicopter cockpit being latched. Part of the LYN109 package of Aircraft sounds. To find more in this package, search LYN109.
Helicopter sound effects are a moderately popular sound effect sought after by film editors. They serve a very specific purpose, namely adding the 'real thing' to a scene in film or video that calls for a helicopter sound effect. Generally, if a Hollywood budget film is filming actual helicopters, they will almost certainly have professional and well paid sound recordists and designers on set to capture the helicopter sounds while the helicopter is being filmed.
However, for non-hollywood films, like the 99.99% of filmmakers and video producers out there, helicopter sound effects are not easy to come by. And, honestly, they are not generally easy to come by for sound effect recordists. A helicopter sound effect cannot be faked via foley, like footsteps or a window breaking. Helicopter sound effects can't be made with the human mouth or with any other piece of machinery or vehicle than an actual helicopter.
Therefore, a dedicated sound designer must place himself/herself in the path of a flying helicopter. Depending on where one lives, this could be an easy task or difficult. Adam Johnson, owner of SFXsource.com and sfx contributor to this site is an example of a sound designer who has easy access to helicopter sounds. This is because he lives in the path of the helicopters traveling between the White House in Washington DC and the CIA in McLean, VA. Some of the military helicopter sound effect clips on SFXsource.com were taken in his backyard. During the Bush administration, specifically, there were many helicopters flying over the suburbs of Northern Virginia making their rounds to various government agencies. Weirdly, or interestingly, since Obama has taken office the extremely loud low-flying helicopters of 2004-2008 have rarely made an appearance. Perhaps the flight path has changed.
Either way, who cares. The in and outs of helicopter sound effects remain. In sum, they must be made with an actual helicopter, as their sound wavs and sound forms are too intricate and complex to recreate.
