“The sound you hear in the main video was an actual recording of the suppressed firearm system you see in the video,” Ben Jaszczak writes at kickstarter.com. “It gives you an idea of just how great the real deal is even with not-so-great recording equipment. In 192kHz with a seven microphone setup and a high-quality field recorder these sound effects will be a dream! Interspersed throughout the page are pictures taken during the demo recording session.” I gotta say it doesn’t sound like much—the narrator’s accent is far more more interesting—but authenticity is its own reward. And the guys raising money to create The Firearm Sound Library appear to be motivated by love, not financial liquidity . . .
We had a long, drawn-out discussion as to what prices we would set, which rewards to have, etc. In the end we realized something: we’re all poor college students…and our hope is that other poor college students like ourselves can benefit from our work. In order for that to happen, we need this library to be affordable. Extremely affordable; as affordable as it can be. That’s right…if we meet our goal, this library will become free for all to use, absolutely royalty free!
As of 9:32am on Saturday December 7 in frozen Indianapolis, the library is just 10 hours and $234 from their $7k goal. It’ll be interesting to see if TTAG’s Armed Intelligentsia can put this one over the top. Here’s the list of gun recorded so far:
[h/t Esemwy]
Wait a minute…
Every time I saw somebody in elementary school doodle out a gun, it always ended with a trip to the principal’s office and a suspension. (No, really!)
Or is this just more of the rampant favoritism that permeates what remains of the American edumacashun system?
When I first skimmed the article my initial impression was “Art with the subtext of guns”. Then after looking at his work my take on it was along the lines that this art could be aimed to get those that fear the gun to hang this art in their home and slowly open their minds to the idea that guns are not evil. Kind of along the lines of those that feel if we open carry it will desensitize those hoplophobes however then I fully read the article the final statement, “I wish guns were only in an art gallery” and then was disappointed. I liked my original take on his art a lot better than his.
I cannot imagine a more horrible thing, yet I fear that it may be inevitable. The only recourse is to not only stop an ever encroaching Federal government, but to begin reversing the near-totalitarian grip the government has on us, the citizens.
The problem is that stopping the overreach of government can only be done if the citizenry – and I mean almost all of us – begins embracing the concepts of personal responsibility and individual liberty. While there are many arms of government that force their way into our lives like a wedge, in many cases they simply fill a gap that already exists.
Such gaps exist in terms of personal safety – someone needs a cop or a security company because they can’t or don’t want to be responsible for their own safety. Environmental regulation was created because corporations did a damn poor job of policing themselves (that’s not in all cases, but it is the genesis of it). Similarly with financial regulation; the greedy, dishonest, and outright evil (Bernie Madoff, anyone) opened the door to regulation because of their actions (again, not in all cases is this true).
So many people want a nanny state to protect them, to tell them everything is going to be just fine, to fill their heads with thoughts of sugar plums (tis the season). They want or need ongoing parenting well into their adult life. We need a sea change in American culture and I think such a groundswell could delay and even reverse that inevitable slide into a not-so-civil war.
But it is cold and glum today, so maybe that is just what is affecting my mood. Residents of New Mexico sort of freak out when we cannot see the sun.
A Wilson Combat CQB Professional bobtail is still a nicer piece of art than that kids crap.
“We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge box.”
I have confidence in first three because they rarely fail, but the Founders knew and understood that we needed the cartridge box too.
As long as we have the latter, we can continue to rely on peaceful means. But si vis pacem, para bellum.
Thank you for understanding your rights, standing up for them, and definitely doing a better job being civil than the deputy that showed up second.
Get a second car already.
Sorry, but the CLEO sign off is not the main point. I refuse to give my fingerprints, photo, or any other personal information. This is why I use a trust. The only reason for this change is to keep us under their thumb. They are control freaks and enjoy your suffering. They are the criminals.
There was once a movie about an attractive woman in France who spurned a doctor’s advances. He had her declared insane on the grounds that she also refused his offer of money and tore e French money-up.
Beware Leftys who try to engage you in conversation and always use the 3rd person and not the singular if you are forced to respond