[solved] Key press sounds?
I'm about to write a free program that simulates typing a message in real time, mostly for making videos (a better, prettier way than what a lot of novice video producers on YouTube do, which is to open a text editor and type into it in a gigantic font size). Since this program's purpose if for video, I would like it to make typing sounds; this would be a lot better than e.g. playing overused music, and it would also be better than silence, because it creates the illusion that what what is shown is being typed in real time.
So, can anyone record some sounds of keyboard keys being pressed and upload them, or point me to some if they already exist (under a free art license)? I already searched OpenGameArt and Freesound.org, but all I found was sounds of several keyboard presses in a row, which won't be suitable for what I want to do with this program; I need individual, isolated key presses so I can play a press sound for each letter entered.
I would personally prefer a mid-1990s-era keyboard sound if there's a choice, but it doesn't really matter as long as it definitely sounds like a full keyboard (loud or at least medium noise, not one of those quiet, clicky laptop keyboards).
Any of the licenses accepted by OpenGameArt will do just fine, but I would prefer CC0, CC BY, or CC BY-SA (for the sake of videos made with this).
If you like those 'digital typing' sounds: http://freesound.org/forum/sample-requests/33017/ (not single sounds though)
If you just want a mechanical key press sound (star it if it's useful ;) ):
http://freesound.org/people/BMacZero/sounds/160678/
Maybe these might be helpful? (star them if they're useful ;) )
http://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/159697/
http://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/159698/
I isolated some single key press sounds for you:
http://opengameart.org/content/single-key-press-sounds
Is this quality OK? (I recommend lowering the volume via code. Star the original sounds on freesound if these turn out useful for you ;) )
Didn't you have the time to isolate one of the sounds yourself (no blame here) or did you think it would be impossible?
By the way, it might be more efficient to use loops and just start/stop them while typing, rather than playing one sound for each printed character (just a thought).
Thanks! That's perfect.
I did try to isolate individual key presses, but the sound that I found had them typed in really quick succession, so I couldn't tell if I was even isolating individual keys; sometimes I couldn't tell if the sound was one key being pressed and released or three keys typed in a row.
I'm not sure what you mean with the loop. Do you mean have a sound that plays the sound of a few keys in a row and stops when typing stops? That won't work well easily; my program allows you to adjust the typing speed. Thanks for the suggestion, though. :)
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I think nearly all of these sound like they are two presses, because there seems to be both a sound for pressing and releasing :)
Glad I could help!