Well, I've gone and recorded more lines in my new microphone for my Marine Vox pack, and this time I want some general feedback before I release Ver 3.0.

Here's what I got so far:

DOWNLOAD (1 mg zip file)

No readme yet. Unzip into your \Steam\SteamApps\Your_Email_Address\half-life folder

Give it a listen and let me know how it sounds. Volume and equalization are preliminary at this point. As you can probably tell, I'm a big ALIENS fan and am trying to incorporate as many lines from the movie as possible. (This time I've extracted the radio static/clicks from the movie itself instead of generating my own).

I'll do another recording session later in the week, so if you've got some requests or favorite ALIENS lines (that fit into the context for each sound), I'd be interested to know.

BTW: I've got a huge backlog of taunt lines, but the following categories need more variety/inspiration:

"Covering"
"Need Ammo"
"Need Orders"
"Follow Me"

But of course, any and all feedback is welcome

Sounds alot better than my own attempts at voice-acting. Maybe I should try other things but eating on the microphone .

Nice sounds, I'd really like to hear the complete pack.

i love that heavy armor picup sound, and the rest are pretty good, but that HA sound, wow

great work... keep it up

"WEBS!"

Christ that's going to scare the hell out of me next time I run into some gorge's OC trap...

holy SH!*!! These are freakign awesome! I've never even thought of replacing the sounds like this. Dude I cant wait till you finish.

Sounding good as usual, they all sound tasteh tasty, slipping them all in for the next time I play to test em out.

after listeneng to them all over and over, ive decided that i really like how you did them, the *chhh!* and the mic-ness is excellent, but i find some of the speach lacking....

"WEB!!!" would be a prime example...

and what does he say when you get ha.. ? jamejame online?

I like the jetpack one a lot.. makes me feel like the master of the skies, gonna fly around, ruin some tango's day

you know what im going to say do you

DO dthe sound design for the spec ops 2 pack 8)

Everybody:
Wow, thanks for the kind words. I really appreciate it. But I need more ideas!

Godhand:
I'm glad to have stuff pointed out, but I'm really hoping to hear some suggestions, like what you'd rather hear. For example, the "WEBS!" sound actually plays whether you're caught in webs or if you cut them with a welder. Yelling "WEBS!" is the only thing I could come up with that would fit in both situations. But if you can think of something else, let me know!

BTW: It's supposed to be "HA online". Anyone else have a problem picking that out?

Dillinja:
I'll see what I can do. I might mssg you about some of your structures once this vox pack is done.

YA HE MIGHT HELP WITH THE PACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

for the web sound, personally i'd prefer it if the marine didn't say anything. just make a slightly more creative sound for the webs breaking.

i know you are going for the staticy radio-ish style here, but please try to keep the speech relatively clear and understandable. it gets really irritating when you just can't work out what he's saying (for instance the taunts in previous versions, i can't understand them for the life of me, so they are just really really annoying.)

i'll post some suggestions for the ones you are stuck on when i get home.

do you have any program recommendations for somone looking to convert sounds from one file format into an ns-acceptable version?

Kaine:
Thanks. Looking forward to some suggestions. Also, I'm trying to keep things understandable, but I admit sometimes I get carried away with editing audio. If you find any like that, let me know which ones they are!

Delarosa:
Yikes, what format are you converting from? The default Windows Sound Recorder works well enough...

In general, I follow these guidelines:

Weapon or Other Mission-Critical Sounds:
22 Hz 16 bit wav (Big file size/high quality sound. Keep 'em short!)

Short, Looping Ambient or Low-Quality Radio Sounds:
11 Hz 16 bit wav (Decent size/Quality ratio)

22 Hz, 8 bit wavs can also work when you need a small file size with lots of high treble, like the 5000k to 20000k range. This range gets cut from 11 Hz wavs. If you've got a long sound you absolutely don't want to trim, try reducing the quality (I think even 8 Hz 8 bit will play in HL)

And always, always match the extension of the original file! wav=wav, mp3=mp3.

If Windows Sound Recorder can't help you, google "Total Recorder", which'll grab just about anything.

Dragon_Mech and Daza400
Thanks, that's just what I'm looking for!

Great soundpack.
Just make the ones u havnt made yet the same style you made the others.
They sound radio like and they're really good.

Heres some ideas

For "follow me"

"Fall in guys, were heading out!"

"Fall in guys, let's head out"

"Hold the line!" (gladiator...lol)

"Comon, if we stay here, we're toast!"


For "need ammo"

"Requesting ammo, ASAP!"

"Sir my ammo supply is depleted!"

"Sir, were seriously running low on ammo!"



Oh.. and good game

in response to your question... Ooutwars sounds/taunts...

Quality: 89kbs
File format: microsoft ADPCM
22khz
4 channels (?)


in response to your request....

"Covering"
you just say it, and i'll just pop the clutch

"Need Ammo"
Sorry boss, but i've got nothing left
i wonder if pizza shack delevers out here
what am i suposed to do, swear at them?

"Need Orders"
i'm hot and ready to fire
cut me loose cheif

"Follow Me"
get out your dustpan, i'm sweepin up
grab some ---- cause this will be one sweet ride

"need health"
it hurts cheif it hurts
hey, i'm running outta blood to donate
i'm hurt here, tis but a flesh wound
anyone hear a fat lady singin?

"Taunt"
once the pin is out, mr handgrenade is no longer your friend
saftey? what's a saftey?
atention shoppers, we have a blue light special on LEAD!

Awsome, keep up the good work. And the whole staticy radio really adds to the atmosphere me thinks....

Godhand:
No, I understand I want to keep the comedy limited to the taunts, too. The funniness usually wears out the third or fourth time you hear something, and I want this to go smooth and by the numbers.

Kaine:
Come to think of it, there's no harm in including a version without voice. The voice data is usually the last thing I mix in, anyway.

Delarosa:
Doh. I should've mentioned that NS will refuse to play a stereo wav file; everything has to be mono. I've never seen a 4-channel ADPCM file, but the bitrate you quoted (89kbs) sounds about right for a 4-channel, 4 bit ADPCM wav file.

If you can open it in Sound Recorder, then go to File -->> Properties -->> Convert Now -->> And choose Format: PCM, Attributes: 22 kHz, 16 bit, mono, 43 kb/sec. Save and it's all set.

If it won't open in Sound Recorder, try GoldWave or the "Total Recorder" proggie I mentioned above.

Everyone:
Thanks a bunch! I think I've got enough for my recording (probably this Friday).

Since the feedback's been good, I plan on keeping the statickey radio style as it is. Hopefully I won't get carried away...

And now: another feedback request! I'm thinking of replacing the voices the commander hears, like "Soldier needs ammo", "Soldier lost" etc, and I'm looking for suggestions. Since all I've got is my own voice, I'm planning on doing the same "grunt radio" style.

Here's what I got so far (Default Line -->> My Line):

i don't really have any ideas as for what to use for the other missing parts, but i just wanted to throw in my 2 cents that this a great sound pack and would go great with the spec ops pack 2

Great pack so far! My feedback:

* Tone down the static a little. It *IS* sexy, but just a tad over the top atm. Like a few other comments here, I can't clearly hear words of some phrases.

* Add a little more bass I think, give some resonance and depth to the voice.

* Love the addition of voice to things effects like medpacks. Great idea!

M

Great pack MArr, but the marine death/pain sounds sound like a hissing/ dying drone alien, or animal not a human

Very, very very nice.

i dont think you shoudl infringe on the sexy CC voice. unless yo ucan make an equally sexy voice. I vote you find yoru local hot asian chick, to do some voice recording for ya ^^

Here's an idea for 'soldier needs help'. Just have someone scream, "MEDIC!"

the only two i *dont* like are:

marine_gamestart2.wav
marine_points_recieved.wav

other than that, this pack makes me very happeh! <3

edit: like....the gamestart2....it's...i dunno...all the others are so serious, but this one is so....laid back and silleh...i dunno...i dont like it [shrugs]

and that points recieved thing...what's it say? ".........status" or something? :\ i dunno. i can't dig it

but the rest, as i already noted, rock

Ooooo, I would love that. Like when you get wounded "&^%^! They goot me!!!" LOL, I would definatley dl that.