Wilhelm cry was made by the actor Sheb Wooley. Its first use dates from 1951 - the movie "The Adventures of Captain Wyatt". Since then, it has been popularized by Ben Burtt on the saga Star Wars and in several hundred movies, series, commercials and video games. More infos : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream. UCS Category: VOXScrm. Duration: 00:01.
Some people think of it as a nullity or even a mockery, but this is not the case. People actually use it:
- to calibrate
- to delay
- to space out two songs in a continuous playlist
- to silence a device that is too noisy and requires the reading of a file, at startup for example.
- etc.. UCS Category: TEST. Duration: 01:00.
Small waves in English Channel recorded facing the sea on the beach of Houlgate, Calvados, Normandy, France. UCS Category: WATRWave, WATRLap. Duration: 02:17.