Favourite Doom sound?

My favourites are the Arachnotron death sound, Mancubus death sound and the combined sounds of a SSG killing a pinkydemon.

My most favorite one of all is the sound of a monster getting gibbed. Very juicy. Honorable mentions are:

-Imp sight sound, the more growled one.
-Arachnotron's death sound.
-Hell knight's death sound.
-Weapon pickup sound, specially once I pick up weapons from many dead monsters at once.
-Monster bite sound from the PSX sounds.

I used to love the teleport sound until I started to play hard wads.

Splatter said:

It is a good sound effect, though. Does anyone know where it came from or the first source port to add it?

I think it comes from ZDoom. It's been there from the start -- it's even the only thing you'll find in the very first release of ZDoom's extra data file (ZDOOM.WAD back then). I was a bit surprised to see it was also in PrBoom+.

Not a sound per-se, but I like pitch variation: while it does sound somewhat annoying with explosions, machinery and projectile sounds (they could have really added an exception for most of them...) I feel that it does give "character" to the monsters. E.g. some growl higher, some growl lower, so you can imagine that some are tougher, manlier, some are faster or more pissed etc.

Splatter said:

It is a good sound effect, though. Does anyone know where it came from or the first source port to add it?

As Gez said, it's probably from ZDoom, but it's worth pointing out that Doomsday / Risen3D come with their own "secret sound".

Never thought about it, I pretty much like all of them, especially the pump shotgun and BFG-9000 sounds :)

The Arachnotron death sound. And the Baron's sight sound. The former sounds so damn satisfying especially when using a SSG or a rocket launcher.

nxGangrel said:

The Arachnotron death sound. And the Baron's sight sound. The former sounds so damn satisfying especially when using a SSG or a rocket launcher.

The Arachnotron death sound is pretty pretty awesome.

BUDDHA BUDDHA BUDDHA BUDDHA.

You guys know what I'm talking about.

*picks up an invulnerability sphere*
*BWONG*
so damn satisfying.

Tritnew said:

BUDDHA BUDDHA BUDDHA BUDDHA.

You guys know what I'm talking about.

I am a Buddhist and have no idea what you're talking about.

I'm quite particular to the sound of a Revenant horde being aggro'd.

When the Chaingun goes In the fray, a Buddhist that doesn't accept It Is frowned upon.

Sorry, I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about, move on. :V

SSG. It's raw

Not really Doom-specific, but I love the sound of a MIDI open hi-hat hit. One of my favorite things about "In the Dark", actually.

rileymartin said:

I am a Buddhist and have no idea what you're talking about.

Tritnew said:

When the Chaingun goes In the fray, a Buddhist that doesn't accept It Is frowned upon.

Sorry, I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about, move on. :V

Arachnotron death sound is the best. I also love their walking sound when there are many of them walking together.
Baron of Hell death sound would rank second.
I also like Arch-vile alert sound (I like only how it sounds, not to actually hear it) and the sounds of Arch-vile dying, Mancubus groaning in pain, and Plasmagun firing.

The sound a zombie or Imp makes when they are gibbed.

That sound when the arch vile is raising his hands like hes saying "how could this happen to me" and he makes the sound that sounds like "drululululululululululu"

One of the best sounds slipped my mind: the gibbing sound. So wet and satisfying.

i dont know why but i like the pinky death sound. he sounds like a pig

Berserking something into gibs. The firm *punch* followed by a wet slosh of red is great.

Also - and this is actually my favourite - the sound of a Pain Elemental dying to an SSG blast. The billowing muted explosion following a sharp clack of the shotgun firing is so satisfying.

I really like the sound when you pick up a chaingun.

I don't recall if it's the same in the PC version, but the PS "ka-thunk" sound of the Pinky demon's body dropping dead was one of my favorites. That, and the Doom64 gurgle sound of the Mancubas spotting the player.

vesperas said:

I really like the sound when you pick up a chaingun.

The sounds when you pick up other weapons are no worse. :)

the sound of a punch killing a revenant - that boof-crunch is so satisfying

scifista42 said:

The sounds when you pick up other weapons are no worse. :)

They're all the same! (I actually never noticed it until now -.-)

I love the sound of Doomguy screaming when he dies by a rocket or something. Not the standard death sound, the kind that would normally be a gasp face if he lived.

YOOOOOAARRRHHHHHH

I would sometimes play E2M8 just to hear it.

Royal_Sir said:

YOOOOOAARRRHHHHHH

The high-damage death sound? Isn't that more like "HOOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRGGHH"?

Cocainede- Er, I mean, Cacodemons. I find them and all of their noises adorable and I feel bad when I kill them, as deadly as they may be.