Wow, great interview. A fair chunk is a little out of my league but still, i find it fascinating to read, learn and – maybe most important of all – be able to appreciate how much work is put into creating these sounds and effects. Im actually sitting watching the film reading this (almost in time with some segments of the interview) and now ive finally learned the “secret” behinde the sound of “ol’ painless” aka Blains Minigun (which Mac is about to fire hehe). That sound is my probably favourite, the one i will never forget. Its sooo heavy! And perfect for the gun. You can almost feel it hitting you in the chest with a good surround system and copi us volume. :) Ive heard the true sound it makes and its slightly dissapointing as id seen the movie first. Hehe

David, im afraid i dont have any questions that will really test you but ive read somewhere that Pred-a-vision “whomp” also sampled a whip, true? Maybe not, as you never mentioned it but i can see why some would think thats the case. :)

Im going to college next fall, maybe i should look into sound design? The creative, sometimes slightly/very leftfield solutions sound like (no pun intended) fun and a challenge. Actually, i do have a question: is it hard to get hired in that line of work? Regards, N.A.

I’m appreciative of how easy we have it with our digital technology. In the day’s of analog they were truly Sound ‘Engineers’.