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How did the Foley artist make the futuristic Jetson flying car sounds in 1962? Flying car

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IMHO I see this question as trivia. How does answering this add to the appreciation of the show? – DForck42♦ Aug 17 '12 at 3:02
@DForck42 Not a big foley artist fan? I enjoy TV/movie special effects, hence the question. There ought to be a real answer to it. The sound effect was created by something. – Major Stackings Aug 17 '12 at 3:15

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My guess is that it is the sound of the magnetic field generated by an electric motor, that is turned into an electrical signal by an inductive transducer (similar to the pickups on an electric guitar), recorded on magnetic tape, and played back at variable speed.

Some years ago, I put a inductive pickup (that was sold by Radio Shack to record telephone calls via "listening" to the handset speaker) on a hard drive and recorded it spinning up and powering down, and it made some really cool sounds. A variable speed cordless drill also sounded very sci-fi.

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I just listened to it in the show lead-in on the Hanna-Barbera section of Warner Brothers, Turner website. To me, it sounds like a metal gym whistle being blown with a finger covering part of the opening. Back in my lifeguard days, I played a lot with my nice chrome-plated whistle, from loud to almost no sound at all.

http://www.kidswb.com/video/The-Jetsons/

Okay, facebook wouldn't let me upload an audio clip and I didn't have anywhere else to post one so here's a link to a video I had to produce - just so you folks can enjoy (heh) the sound track.

Enjoy the sound track.

https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=443843192323200&saved

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Soundcloud is an option for uploading sound files, and is supported by stackexchange. Let me give it a go for you. – Pureferret Aug 5 '12 at 17:09
I can't get your file from facebook, but it should be easy enough to upload it here: soundcloud.com – Pureferret Aug 5 '12 at 17:29

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