Sound Editing – SSSibilants and FFFricatives

Kris Takahashi Sound Editing 2 Comments

Here is some more amateur sound editing tips and shit I like to do when fiddling with tracks. Most of this is all self-taught, so take it with a grain of salt and maybe a side of hamburger. I don’t know what that means, but maybe you do. If so, or if you know of some better techniques to utilize, I’d appreciate any advice.

Now, some other topics to discuss as we approach the day of the update:

Of the three new followers, Meresine will be the most complete. Daenlyn still has some idles and hellos that need to get done for him to be a worthwhile companion, but Matt’s generally quick about recording. Arghus probably will not be a follower in this version because the lines aren’t recorded. He may be at some point, or he may go the way of the Duraz.

A couple quests are pretty close to being done, but given I’ve waited six to eight months for a single line to be recorded, spatial closeness doesn’t necessarily equate to time.

On that note, I think I have a date. With a woman. No, I mean the other kind of date. I think January 6th will be the release, because that will give the actors the weekend to record.

Edit: Also, Happy New Year! 

Creation Kit – Serendipity

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At some point while poking around in the Creation Kit, I pressed the wrong button. I’m not sure what I did, or how I did it, but the result was clear. The faces in the preview window weren’t showing up. At least, not the entire face. There were no bones, no flesh, no hair and no muscle. All that was left was a ghoulish monstrosity of eyes and teeth.

This, of course, was pure serendipity. Mainly because it removed the natural instinct to make a symmetrical face. Now I could throw the sliders in all direction without compunction, and not be influenced by the sad face in the window, crying because God made her ugly. No, the lipless freak was always smiling. No matter how far I pushed the sliders, it never blinked.

So when I set out to meet my latest Frankenstein, I was caught off guard. “Bear-Foot” Froa was going to be a strong Nord woman with gnarly ass feet. She wasn’t supposed to be so goddamn…pretty.

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In the past few weeks, I’ve tried to diversify the marriage pool. Taking into account the actors who are the most reliable, Hagravi Gray-Wave, Jaspar Gaerston, and possibly an Argonian male will be added to the list.  The last thing I want to do is add another human female. Froa, though, is just too adorable in her bare feet. I don’t want to change the face – I never question the Slider Gods – but I feel like releasing her like this will make her too attractive, and thus prompt a flood of marriage requests. In these instances, it’s better to write it first so the actor knows what she’s signing up for.

 

In any case, this is really just a protracted excuse to try out the poll feature. I’ve been wanting to put this thing into a post for some time, but I feared it would look pathetic given so few people would actually vote. That will probably still be the case, but at some point I need to make better use of WordPress’ features. I need to get wacky with the bells, whistles, and sliders, and stop worrying so much about the results.