Hey all Ive tried recording my own mouth doing this, and have pitched the recording down, but it is not really aggressive enough (afraid I might loose a few teeth in the process). Also layered with different meaty hits etc. Im getting there but still need the final thing.
Anyone who has a great suggestion for achieving this? (think, the T-rex snapping sounds in King Kong, which sound just awesome in my opinion).
Thanks alot Best wishes, Mikkel
Is this just teeth clacking together with little in the middle? Hollow wood, like those percussive frogs you can buy in music stores, might be a starting point, although it might also be too tuned/chromatic/musical. Using actual bone-on-bone impacts that are pitched down might be a useful layer, too. And of course, metallic clacking sounds could be great if you need more weight or high-freq content, if used judiciously in the mix.
Seems like other opportunities for richness, though, could come from a forceful exhalation of breath, tongue/saliva/mouth slaps and other wet sounds, or a grunt/groan that would coincide with a creature's toothy lunge. As you said, meaty hits will do well for filling out the mid-lows. Start hitting those stacks of phonebooks! :-)
