file with sound of parachute opening

[BlieSkues2006 0]

I am looking for a file (like .wav or .mp3) containing the sound of a parachute when it opens..

You know, the typical sound that makes you look up and smile when you're on the ground at your dropzone..

Does anyone have such a file, or know if it exists?

Thanks, blue skies

[tdog 0]

I have about 400 openings on video tape - but they have the wind noise of freefall - followed by silence (if the opening is good) or swear words.

If you are looking for the sound of a canopy opening, a BASE jumper's ground crew video is probably better - I know in a few minutes at www.skydivingmovies.com you will find something - or you will need a parabolic mike http://www.solorb.com/elect/misc/bige/ from the ground on a skydive - as any video from a helmet cam has so much wind noise...

I pulled one of my files of a katana opening... The wind noise just drops 1/2 the volume - as the katana's forward speed keeps the wind noise high even after opening... If I closed my eyes while the video was playing - the only reason I could tell where in the sequence the opening was at - was the noise of the slider flapping then being collapsed...

[BlieSkues2006 0]

Thanks. I also figured I need some footage shot from the ground (without music or people cheering). Anything shot with a helm-mounted camera will be mostly wind noise.

I just hoped someone, somewhere, had already put some effort into isolating the sound from a video, and put it in a small separate file.

I tried to find some decent videos on skydivingmovies, but the base section consists mainly of movies by the jumpers..

I'll just continue my search until I get lucky, or mayby I will have to get me one of these parabolic microphones and do it myself..

[hchunter614 0]

Your best bet might be to try to find the sound in an actual movie. It might not be 100% acurate but it would have been added in post-production by foley artists and would most likely sound realistic.

[jtval 0]

go look in the base section.(at SkydivingMOVIES.com)

youre more likely to find soemthign youre looking for

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[towjumpr 0]

It would make a good "you've got mail" replacement. Post it here if you get one i'd like to hear it as well.

[BlieSkues2006 0]

That's why I would like to have it...
It would also be very nice to have on my cell, to hear a chute opening every time you get a new message...

The search continues...

[pastramionrye7 0]

I got one for you! Just like you suggested, I found a video of a BASE jump shot from the ground on skydivingmovies.com and pulled off the audio. This clip is from the opening in a short video called Wingsuit Flyby. The sound of the wingsuit flying overhead is also pretty interesting, but I just captured the sound of the parachute opening. Enjoy!

[BlieSkues2006 0]

Very cool! And exactly what I had in mind!!
Nice capture, many thanks!

I owe you one... (at least some beer that is)

Blue skies and a great 2007 with many cool jumps!

[everymansaved 0]

it kind of sounds like thunder, eh?

God made firefighters so paramedics would have heroes...and someone can put out the trailer fires.

[godfrog 2]

I always thought it sounded like thunder too. but thunder that doesn't quit finish. my own chute I never remember hear it opening, I watch it but I never hear it or anyones nearby, I watch their openings to to help clear space if I need to

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