
Dissonance Sound Effects
Dissonance sound effects sit across a handful of dark sound design collections, all made to put a scene on edge. Nothing lines up quite right. Pianos used the wrong way, with contact mics on prepared strings and broken parts. Unsettling drones made from a factory cooling system picked up with a geophone. Then distorted industrial hits, piercing transitions and tension layers drawn from feature film work.
- Libraries
- 8
- Publishers
- 7
- Formats
- Mono, stereo, surround
- Sample rates
- 48 to 96 kHz
- Licence
- Royalty-free for commercial work
- Price range
- $15 to $75
All 8 libraries tagged Dissonance
Dissonance does its work under a scene rather than on top of it. The piano recordings bring dissonant tones and metallic impacts from unconventional techniques, including an ordinary Upright Piano pushed well beyond its usual job, and the experimental set adds prepared strings, broken elements and processed tones. All of it suits Suspense and horror. The factory drones and the tension layers carry a long build under dialogue. When the moment breaks, the distorted industrial hits and piercing transitions mark the cut, and the Shepard ambiences keep the pressure rising for as long as the scene needs.
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