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Hosted Projects - Standalone => The Babylon Project => Topic started by: Fury on January 07, 2005, 12:43:50 pm
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We need voice actors for a large number of missions. At first it is "only" 16 missions, after that we need to re-check who's still available and willing to record voices for even more missions.
Please do not waste our and your time, if you know you will not have the time or will to commit yourself to this lenghty process.
First we need a sample of your voice, here's a brief guide how to do it.
- Don't breath into the microphone.
- The position of your microphone should be on the left or right side of your mouth with a distance of 2-3 cm.
- Don't alter your voice too much, it would be noticeable.
- Make sure you do a clean record, so no pop or clicks on this one.
- Record following line: "This is Delta 1, we've arrived at the designated coordinates."
- To capture the sample, you need a microphone and a recording software. If you don't have a recording software, try free Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
- Record your natural voice, no voice suppressing, etc. From our perspective it is better to have a bad recording than bad acting. If you feel like it, you can try to change your voice, but make those samples seperate from the natural.
- Record your sample in 44 Khz, 16 bit, mono. Do NOT make any post-processing to your voice sample. We'd prefer you to save your samples in ogg format since it offers the best quality/compression ratio of the most common audio formats.
- When you have finished capturing your sample(s), compress the sample(s) into a rar or zip archive and send it to my email WITH a topic "TBP Voice Acting - Lastname Firstname". [email protected]
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Isn't there a website somewhere, for a group of people who do voice acting for all sorts of mods?
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I am not aware of such a group.
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If you guys don't mind a little bit of Dutch accent (:p) I think I can get TCO to give it a try.
And no, I will not do it. I suck at it so don't even ask :p;)
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I've never seen so much as one episode of Babylon 5, but I might be able to do something.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Isn't there a website somewhere, for a group of people who do voice acting for all sorts of mods?
Yes. (http://savage.samods.org/index.htm)
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They seem to have a clue but we haven't yet decided if we should contact them.
Meanwhile, we'd appreciate those samples. ;)
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Interesting, I will try. Nothing to loose. New York long island accent here. Downloading software
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Mr. Fury...
If I was to apply, and be accepted, would I have to leave my current team? I'm currently part of the WCS team.
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Originally posted by xenthorious
Mr. Fury...
If I was to apply, and be accepted, would I have to leave my current team? I'm currently part of the WCS team.
If you think you can find the time for two projects no one is stopping you. Hell, look at me. Three projects :D
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I used to have six at once point.
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Originally posted by xenthorious
Mr. Fury...
If I was to apply, and be accepted, would I have to leave my current team? I'm currently part of the WCS team.
Why? As long as I am concerned, you can be staff member of all currently hosted projects.
And no, voice actors will not become TBP staff members if that's what you thought. :p
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Why? As long as I am concerned, you can be staff member of all currently hosted projects.
And no, voice actors will not become TBP staff members if that's what you thought. :p
Not that I am stating anyone involved with Hard Light Productions, but I've had my experiences of people who were paranoid. Thank you very much for answering Mr. Fury.
EDIT: I type fast, sometimes to fast.
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All too happy to record voices, as long as you do not mind a Australian accent... :D
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sent.
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Sent.
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We've got a number of samples already, the more the better so keep 'em coming. :)
Do not worry if we don't reply to your emails. At the moment we're only collecting and checking those samples.
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Can we send a second sample or something? Cause I don't think I sounded that great in the one I sent.
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We'd prefer you to get right on the first time. If you feel like it totally sucks, then send a new one,
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i'll give it a go during the course of the week, see how i go, that is, if you don't mind an aussie accent :p
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Two Australians flying starfuries?! What is this world coming to?
*Upon seeing a Shadow Battlecrab*
"Crikey, that's a big one."
:p
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Originally posted by Azrael15
Two Australians flying starfuries?! What is this world coming to?
*Upon seeing a Shadow Battlecrab*
"Crikey, that's a big one."
:p
*throws crucifixes at the pesky stereotypes*
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hey fury....you never said when you would let us know if we were needed or not. Just wondering, because i know that alot of people are going to wait to commit to anything until we hear from you. Me being one of them. If we could have a date that we will more than likely know by, it would be very helpful.
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Yeah, I'm with ShadowWolf, it'd be nice to know.
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That certainly is true, but I don't know myself. I am collecting those samples, but it is IPAndrews and BlackSheep who should check those samples and decide who we take and to which role(s).
Things will speed up on this area considerably once Raider Wars has been released, which should be only a few days away.
I will try to make certain you will hear from us as soon as possible.
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Count me In.
I thought id throw in an english accent...
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I can provide some diversity. Accents is something I like to think I can do, although my basic accent is Home Counties English. In other words, boring. :D
I'll see if I can record a sample later this week......assuming I don't suffer the nervous breakdown I seem to be heading for.....
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hey not to tell you how to run your business or anything...but giving one line isn't really enough to get a feel for a persojn. I am not suggesting many many lines, but if i may....something like a page from a briefing. More than one sentence will allow you to better hear the person in question, and the abilities that they do or do not posess. Most of us who have sent files are serisou about wanting to do it, and to be honest, i would hate to see all of your hard work on this mod fall short in the area of voice acting because of an oversight.
To be honest with you, i don't think anyone would mind at all if you were ot delete all of the files that you have gotten and post something along these lines for us to do. i firmly believe that it will be of great benefit to you in the long run.
If i am overstepping then just tell me to go to hell ;)
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Starting tomorrow, we will begin to go through the samples we have received so far and to write down the lines you need to record.
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Are you still open to more submissions, though, or do you think you've gotten everything you need?
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Well, we have enough samples but I guess a few more won't hurt at least.
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We have more than enough male samples, but not a single female sample. We'd appreciate a few female voice actors too...
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Where did you find your voice actors for the Earth-Minbari War?
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Here and there. (Pretty much same method)
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Because you had some really good voices in EMW. Any way you can get in contact with those people again?
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Originally posted by Goober5000
Because you had some really good voices in EMW. Any way you can get in contact with those people again?
Well, except for that one line.
Tangentally I liked how a lot of the accents weren't "generic American" and represented much more of the world. I hope you guys do that again ;)
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Originally posted by Alphakiller
Well, except for that one line.
Which one was that?
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An actress here wishing she had the equipment and time to send you a sample. I love voice acting- it probably rivals my passion for stage acting. I sincerely hope you find what you require.
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has this already been decided? i mean who is doing voices and who is not?
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At the moment there is not much progress on any fronts of development. Everyone are focusing on their real lives for a chance and unfortunately, does not have enough to time to work on this.
I didn't quite expect things would get this quiet, but there you go.
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Well, IPAndrews seems to agree that this needs to be addressed soon. Which leaves us with only one option, we ask someone from the community to handle voice acting organization.
It's not particularly difficult, but you will need a lot of time to get it done. If you think you could help us and the community, please feel free to reply and we'll discuss about it.
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Interesting,
Since I have been a spectator with TBP all these years I will volunteer to be reviewed for the job. I have a full time job, but I can devote time some 3 weeknights and some hours during the weekend.
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Originally posted by Holmes
An actress here wishing she had the equipment and time to send you a sample. I love voice acting- it probably rivals my passion for stage acting. I sincerely hope you find what you require.
Holmes, in case you are still following this thread, e-mail Mr. Fury or CptWhite. We will be needing one female voice for quite a big role.
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Hi Guys
I'm sure you've got all the people you need but if you do need anyone back from the original campaign to do some more voice acting, I'm still around and happy to do anything as and when required.
Abersoch
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Originally posted by Darkblade
Holmes, in case you are still following this thread, e-mail Mr. Fury or CptWhite. We will be needing one female voice for quite a big role.
Yes, I'm still here. I'm going to borrow a microphone from a friend to try to record a demo on my laptop. I'll see how it turns out, then attempt to send it in.
-Holmes
"The only thing worse than Mr. Garibaldi when he's... is when he's..."
UPDATE: Demo file sent.
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So like Mr Fury said earlier. Does anyone in the community want to take onboard the challenge of adding voice acting to RW?
It's a process that mainly involves chasing voice actors up for sample recordings and editting sample names in the mission files in notepad. It's not rocket science.
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The website concerning voiceacting mentioned above is not existant.
There was a plan to start the VOICEACTING DEPARTMENT, where all modders and game designer-wannabes could meet to record lines for others and get their own lines recorded in return.
When the Civil War campaign script is written( once again under heavy construction at the moment, I LOVE this campaign :) ) Phase 2 will start :
Basic mission design and voiceacting
Then we will do a major push in the direction of voiceacting, and perhaps we can get any lines missing for the Raider Wars campaign while doing EACW.
We will see if the voiceacting department is something that will be realised, as a jointventure of all campaign and Mod teams around....
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That's a good idea Skullar. You can use Raider Wars as practice.
;7
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Right guys. I'm taking over management of this voice acting project. If you offered to contribute you can expect a PM from me soon. I'm getting this thing moving. :cool:
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Groovy
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Count me in :D I'll put up some voice samples soon
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Wish i could contribute, but time restrictions leaves me to ~1 hour on weekdays and little time on weekends...
But either way, wish you guys good luck :cool: :D
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1 hour is enough. Lots of actors will only get a handful of lines. Get your mike out in that next 1hr slot and record a sample. See the first message of this thread.
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FYI I'll be making up a script this weekend and contacting some of you with lines :)
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If you still want to send voice files, please send them to [email protected] instead of my email.
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You can count me in.
I've been playing RW and I know it is hard to voice for the text sometimes, but in that campaign it is killing me right now. Hard to fight and read a couple of paragraphs worth of plot. Specially in I think it is mission 2. Whichever one it is when you got to fight those fighters and blow up those transports and scan the Akagi.
My e-mail if you still need people. [email protected]
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Have you tried turning on the synthesised speech? It's not as good as voice acting but it's better than nothing :)
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It is just not the same. And I know the TBP team good enough to say : they don't like compromises
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I know. I was just suggesting it as a stop gap until the VA is done.
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I agree that it's better than nothing.. I always miss the messages when there's no sound at all.
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Originally posted by IPAndrews
1 hour is enough. Lots of actors will only get a handful of lines. Get your mike out in that next 1hr slot and record a sample. See the first message of this thread.
It's one hour for pretty much everything, including FREDding.
That, and my voice sucks. bad. :P
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I've sent in my delicate english accent.
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Script is done.
The distribution of lines is pretty crazy. There are 60 characters! So we do still need more voice actors. Most characters have only a very small handful of lines. A small number, 5 or 6, have nearer a hundred!
Anyway. I'm casting now. Some of you will be receiving email in a few minutes. One thing we do need is a native English speaking female voice actor to play Cpt Tennison.
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You have at least two femal voice samples in your email by now. The other should be native english.
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Hmm.. I might send a sample too. My spoken english isn't that good, but you can decide that. :)
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
You have at least two femal voice samples in your email by now. The other should be native english.
Not @ hotmail I haven't. Must be the other one?
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Originally posted by IPAndrews
Not @ hotmail I haven't. Must be the other one?
The other one.
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Originally posted by karajorma
Have you tried turning on the synthesised speech? It's not as good as voice acting but it's better than nothing :)
that damn thing starts to get on my tits after a few minutes......
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Well put Roanoake. Anyway, voice acting is progressing. As promised a few of you should have received emails by now offering you parts. I'm very pleased with the voice actors who kindly contacted us. The quality is of a very high standard.
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Received the e-mail and the Tennison script, Andrews. Thank you. I will try to get to work on it within the next few days.
-Holmes
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Kevin Barnard
Jacob Hunt
Please contact me at [email protected]
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Yeehaw!
Thanks! I'll do my best to get those lines done.
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We're still short of voice actors. There are about 20 roles remaining. All of them are very small. Most between one and three lines.
If you have a mike and some free time (how long would recording three lines of diologue take?) please see the first message of this thread to find out how you can contribute.
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Did you get my sample?
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Not sure. I don't know your real name off the top of my head. We'll need more than just you anyhow :). Come on people, sign up.
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I was wondering if you recieved my sample.
Real name: Cody Miller
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Nope Cody. Didn't get that one. Resend it to [email protected] . You do the same Xaphod.
With you two guys that's 18 roles remaining...
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15 now :)
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I tried to make sample, but my microphone sucks and it sounded terrible, i will try to borrow one from my friend and try then again, and with luck, it will work :D
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Sent. :) sorry again for a bit crappy quality, I need to get an cable for one of my better mic´s.
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yeh I sent mine as well but I'm still trying to get my hands on a proper mic. the samples' quality isn't too good.
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Am recording now, just trying to make it sound 'right'...
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Good good. Just 11 roles left to fill now.
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I've sent mine back to you. Let me know if you need me to redo them.
Abersoch
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I´ve sent better samples now. Hope they´ll do. :) Added an russian accent sample too (I study russian language) :)
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Sent all voice files, tell me if you want me to retry it. :)
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For those who are interested. All roles are now assigned and everyone has received a new copy of the script. I have half the samples back and am waiting on the remaining half. So things are progressing :)
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Waiting for samples from under 10 actors now.
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I'm so spaced out this weekend. Anyway I backtracked and found the mail you sent me, seesh all I had to do was look here eh?;) Anyway my lines are done, zipped, and sent (and lableled rw 38 001-012) . Any probs let me know, I think it's not great but hopefully you can still use them. L8tr!
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How's it coming? Sent my lines in the 13th, but didn't receive an ack; hope you got them...
-Jason Carpenter
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Got those thanks. Still waiting for a very small number of samples from a very small number of voice actors. I might have to chase them up again shortly. Doing some bug fixing in the mean time.
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Only one pesky line left-- just sent you a message on the subject, IPAndrews. The other 71 you should have.
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Finished. All lines sent + dead air sample. Have fun putting the whole mess together.
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Originally posted by Holmes
Finished. All lines sent + dead air sample. Have fun putting the whole mess together.
Great. Now let's see if I can get rid of that nasty echo your samples are having when I clean them. :)
Unless you are a Goddess, that would explain why there would be a echo at all. ;7
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I didn't notice an echo when I was trying to clean them. One of us must have a problem with their ears. Then again I let Ken Noga's cathedralesque samples slide, so it's probably me with the ear problem.
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You just gave me a good reason to check out her samples.
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Sorry about that cathedralesque stuff. Should I record in a closet or something? If the editing won't fix it ... yes i will do them again. Don't we have the technology to fix it? Was my volume setting wrong maybe? You could have told me after the first batch IP!!?!? This stinks, I don't wanna sound like a monk
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
You just gave me a good reason to check out her samples.
You'll be impressed.
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Originally posted by PSI-KILLER
Sorry about that cathedralesque stuff. Should You could have told me after the first batch IP!!?!? This stinks, I don't wanna sound like a monk
Whoa there Ken! I did tell you. I thought you were post processing remember? You said you were doing everything as per instructions. Knowing that, I said record the samples anyway because I wanted your voice for the part. So they can blame me.
Anyway who cares if your samples have a little echo. We're not paid professionals here! Besides we're going to add a radio style effect to everyones samples which will disguise it anyway.
If at some point you decide for your own peace of mind to hire a professional recording studio and record spotless new samples that'd be great :). In the mean time your existing samples are fine. Like Emily our Scylla captain you did a damn good job too considering the hokey diologue.
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Yeah I do remember. The setting was put at "what you hear". the sample is how I sound. A sound recording studio is what is needed but I don't have one maybe I can convert my water closet
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Yes indeed, I've heard you all have done very good job on the voice acting. Thanks guys and gals. :)
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If there are still guys or girls re-recording stuff, the way to get rid of that damn annoying cathedralesque echo is to use to two different volume setups in recording programs.
What I mean is that you put your soundcards microphone volume settings to maximum and adjust the volume setting on your recording program (Goldwave, Audacity, Adobe Audition etc.) to 50-60%. At least I fixed my recording problems that way in the past. It will result into a strange humming effect but in my opinion, it is a way better alternative to echoing.
Also, progress report. Every role, not including General Maxwell Snyder and Captain Jane Tennison parts, has now been cleaned. Of course, there are still some parts which have way too many recording errors on them that I could not fix. I have discarded those samples and thrown them into Sector 14. I'm going to paste the roles which need to be re-recorded with my notes on later date. Most likely that day will be upcoming Thursday (5.5.). So voice actors, keep your eyes peeled on this thread at the end of this week.
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Thread stuck until we're done with RW voice acting.
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Well..Again my apoligies abot the Catherdral thing
I have upgraded to a brand new computer
An Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe..The 1 gig Thunderbird had to retire.
I have noticed on my new mobo that I have a built sound card and it has built in Noise Surpression for recording. I am waiting and will assist since I am not downloading TBP till new version is relased then full Max out on graphics.. I can't wait!!!
I asked IP to let me know if anything had to be done or redone. He did stay I had an echo but it would be worked out at a later date. He has my email to let me know.
I willl be checking thread daily. Since I got a working Computer now.
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IPAndrews will be unavailable for some time due to his job taking a lot of time at the moment. Darkblade will handle this from now on, I try to assist him where I can.
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Originally posted by PSI-KILLER
I asked IP to let me know if anything had to be done or redone. He did stay I had an echo but it would be worked out at a later date. He has my email to let me know.
I willl be checking thread daily. Since I got a working Computer now.
There are some problems with your samples. The first one is the echo which you mentioned. Once put through TBP Radio Effect filter (courtesy by Black Sheep), your samples sound pretty awful.
Second problem is your volume settings. You have had your settings way up and the placement of your microphone could have been way better.
I'm not sure if it is wise to do re-recordings since your part was massive. Unless you are willing to pull your hair out and record all of your lines within a week, then I give you a go but let me give you more information how to make the samples sound better tomorrow.
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I will redo then my samples. If IP asked me a month ago I would have done it and no problems. Now the deadline within a week is crazy. If you don't want me to do the voice just tell me. You know how rough it will be to redo all sound files in 72 hours you must be joking. You are saying none out of over 100 files are good.
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Originally posted by PSI-KILLER
I will redo then my samples. If IP asked me a month ago I would have done it and no problems. Now the deadline within a week is crazy. If you don't want me to do the voice just tell me. You know how rough it will be to redo all sound files in 72 hours you must be joking. You are saying none out of over 100 files are good.
I'm not sure how fast we are actually trying to get 3.2 patch out. And yes, I know how rough and crazy doing >100 lines in a week can be.
You have a great voice, I'd like to hear you as General Snyder in the final version. I'll give you plenty of time to re-record the lines but the absolute deadline will be end of this month. Mr. Fury can barbecue my ass for this but what the hell, at least I go out with a bang. ;)
And if it is not too much trouble, try this.
Previously posted by Darkblade:
... put your soundcards microphone volume settings to maximum and adjust the volume setting on your recording program (Goldwave, Audacity, Adobe Audition etc.) to 50-60%. At least I fixed my recording problems that way in the past. It will result into a strange humming effect but in my opinion, it is a way better alternative to echoing.
Also a big list of Black Sheeps voice recording directives:
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1) Don't record using Windows Audio Recorder!
2) Use Cool Edit 2000, Adobe Audition, Audacity or GoldWave to record your scripts.
3) Open a new file with these settings: 44 Khz, 16 Bit, Mono
4) Now record your script
5) Don't stop the record, when you have recorded the script. Please record one or two seconds of the backround sounds. This is required to filter them out of the sample later. DON'T CHANGE THE MIC POSITION FOR THAT RECORD. LEAVE THE MIC WHERE IT WAS DURING THE RECORDING!!!
6) Don't compress the wave.
7) Don't reduce the quality. Leave the wave in 44Khz, 16 Bit, Mono
8) Don't save in MP3 format. You may however save in an ADPCM format.
Recording tips:
-Don't breath into the microphone
-The position of your microphone should be on the left or right side of your mouth with a distance of 2-3 cm
-Don't record the whole script in one piece. Even if you do only a sample of two sentences....
-Don't alter your voice too much, it would be noticeable.
-Make sure you do a clean record (that is the most important point.) :)
-Record a second or two of background noise to every sample. One second is usually sufficient.
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Do not save the files in OGG format since then I need to convert the samples back to wave format with CDEX, which sometimes work and sometimes doesn't.
So save the samples in ADPCM compressed wave format and you'll save me a whole lot of trouble. :)
Make a few test recordings while utilising these advices and send them to [email protected]
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I haven't set any deadlines for Base 3.2 or RW 2.0.
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Ok
I am buying a new handsfree mic today. I will send a sample to your email address [email protected] . Once I get the go ahead I will start and re record all. I will follow all your directives in regards to volume settings and file format saves. I am sure with the new mobo their will be no problems.
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Originally posted by PSI-KILLER
[BOnce I get the go ahead I will start and re record all. /B]
Ok well I'm not asking you to do it PSI-KILLER, blame Darkblade :). If you really want to though well do a few with the new kit and negotiate with Darkblade to ensure they're up to his standards. Plus whilst I'm here Scylla is Sylluh (not Skylah) and G.O.D. sat is god sat (not gee oh dee sat). Oh and the voice acting has to be up to the standard of your existing set :D
In the meantime I've asked DB to release a beta using you existing sample set. So you should get to play the VA campaign before you record the new set.
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Originally posted by IPAndrews
Ok well I'm not asking you to do it PSI-KILLER, blame Darkblade :).
Yeah, I'm a real devil when quality is required. Guess my path will be the Dark Side one. :lol:
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well they are sent let me know.
Also let me know if any of the orginals are usable. It would be mighty helpful.
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Originally posted by PSI-KILLER
well they are sent let me know.
Also let me know if any of the orginals are usable. It would be mighty helpful.
I sent some e-mail back too. The difference between the original record is huge, at least in my opinion.
The main problem with your original records is that they crackle even during normal speak. I tried to tweak the volume by normalising, hard limiting, frequency altering but didn't get it sound any better, but then I'm no professional sound editor.
This whole ordeal is primarily my fault, I acknowledge that, since I forgot to give the recording tips and other advices before everyone began their recording process. For that I blame army for being a stress factor so my head was full of garbage.
I don't want to get all sore eyed telling how much trouble I had in the army. I'll give you one hint: myocarditis.
Now I have to get in contact with Emily Holmes.
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Emily does not have the time or the equipment to re-record. I'll tell you that for nothing.
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Darkblade I assume that is a go ahead I will start doing this again ths weekend. I will use the noise surpression built into the mobo too.
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Originally posted by PSI-KILLER
Darkblade I assume that is a go ahead I will start doing this again ths weekend. I will use the noise surpression built into the mobo too.
Make it so. :yes:
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I sent everything including the kitchen sink and fridg. You should have 9 or 10 emails from me.
It is done 2nd round...
Let me know about any needed redo's when you can
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Originally posted by PSI-KILLER
I sent everything including the kitchen sink and fridg. You should have 9 or 10 emails from me.
It is done 2nd round...
Let me know about any needed redo's when you can
Gosh, you should have packed the samples. Too many save as dialog windows opened up, I'm getting drowned.
Damn, you are fast. :)
Only received two e-mail thus far.
"Emailing: rw 17 125, rw 17 126, rw 17 127, rw 17 128, rw 17 129, rw 17 130, rw 17 121, rw 17 122, rw 17 123, rw 17 124"
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"Emailing: rw 17 029, rw 17 030, rw 17 031, rw 17 032, rw 17 033, rw 17 034, rw 17 035, rw 17 036, rw 17 037, rw 17 038, rw 17 039, rw 17 040, rw 17 021, rw 17 022, rw 17 023, rw 17 024, rw 17 025, rw 17 026, rw 17 027, rw 17 028"
I hope the rest of them gets into my inbox soon.
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Two new batches arrived. Waiting for the rest of them.
OT: PSI-KILLER, what microphone did you buy? I just want to know since I need a new one. :)
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I used an Altec Lansing model AHS-201. The mic itself had a noise cancelling circuit built in. The headset guaranteed the same mic distance.
Spec sheet
http://www.alteclansing.com/downloads/EUR/AHS201%20sell%20sheet.pdf
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*sigh*
I'm beginning to suspect my e-mail service provider lost the remaining 6 e-mails.
PSI-KILLER, could you send all the samples, excluding 001-009, 021-045 and 121-130 lines. Compress the remaining files with WinRAR or WinZIP and send them to [email protected]
Sorry for the extra trouble.
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You two should sort out an ICQ transfer.
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OK OK
Listeing to my b5 battle theme album I am drinking and smoking and compactiong the files too email.. work in 5 hours this srtinks!!!