According to the dictionary it is the sound made by something that is moving quickly. It’s first known use: 1856
Examples in text:
‘Cars whooshing along the expressway’.
‘Water whooshes down the pipe’.
In film and multi media a whoosh or swhoosh is the name for a broad variety of sound effects (often abbreviated to sfx) for fast movement. In games whoosh sound effects or transitions are designed for cutscenes. In media and television a whoosh sound is also used often when animated items move quickly on a screen or when transitioning scenes or angles. In Cartoon movies and animation whoosh sound effects are used to accentuate fast movement and speed.
We at Soundlabel make tons of in house sounds for logo’s, animation, presentations, films so it is a natural step to bundle the best of what we made and make them available for you.
We started in 2005 with XW1 with over 600 whooshes, hits, zaps, impacts, dopplers, soundscapes, rising cymbals, click sounds, musical sound effects etc.. This was the era where sound effects were still printed as audio CD’s and send all over the world to direct customers and distributors.
XW2 contains over 1000 sounds! ranging from water whooshes to gates from hell, bouncing sounds, melodic noises, cinematic whooshes, typing, data flips, traffic whooshes, glass and breaking glass, electricity and buzz effects etc.
XW3 was released in 2012 again with tons of very useful sounds for video imaging, animation, presentation and explanimation video’s. This is new name for a genre animation video’s often made in After Effects that explain something. The core of XW3 are more acoustic sounds Category names on XW3 are: Kinetic typography, acoustic impacts, kinetic blows, moves, ripples, collide, slides, sweeps, cinematic drum hits,