Bed Springs.
In honour of the impending doom of Valentines Day I thought we could all listen to some bed springs together. I suppose there’s a few of you reading this that are thinking that you already have to listen to your roommates/siblings/parents make the same noise in real time just a room over – and to that I purpose using this sound effect to drown them out. Squeaky bed springs and or bed frames are a time-honoured tradition in comedy. They’re a perfect way to make sure a sex scene doesn’t get to serious or to imply someone is having sex without seeing them. It’s a shame they don’t include these in more dramatic love scenes, as a noisy bed is pretty commonplace in the real world of making love.
Need I explain how you would recreate this sound? If you can get a spring box without anything over it you can creak springs individually until you get it just right. You could also push down on your box spring and/or frame to the rhythm your looking for. Ultimately, though, I encourage everyone to get themselves a partner, a bed and conduct thorough experiments until you find that perfect sound. And then do it again for propriety sake.
Happy Valentines. More to come next week.