Anyone here familiar with sound editing or VO, personally or professionally? I have a little project I'm working on for a DnD game I plan on running, but my own experience with recording voice-overs is... amature, at best.
Specifically, I'm looking to make a pre-recorded PA system kind of sound with my dialogue, really tinny audio with clicks and fizzles and crackling, and I've gotten about as far as downloading Audacity.
Sound editing?
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Re: Sound editing?
Why do you need pre-recorded stuff for your campaign? You're just going to end up having improvised lines that you haven't recorded anyway.
In a game I ran just this week my players communicated with someone over the radio. You know what I did to simulate the person on the other end? I covered my mouth with a cupped hand and spoke with a muffled tone.
In a game I ran just this week my players communicated with someone over the radio. You know what I did to simulate the person on the other end? I covered my mouth with a cupped hand and spoke with a muffled tone.
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Re: Sound editing?
If you want you can send them to me. I have access to recording studios and engineers who'd be willing to help you out on this.
Otherwise I'll see if I can figure out how to do it in Audacity later today (I haven't used that program in ages) and get back to you.
Otherwise I'll see if I can figure out how to do it in Audacity later today (I haven't used that program in ages) and get back to you.
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Re: Sound editing?
If your looking for some sound editing software, Soundtrack Pro is the best in my experience (if you've got a mac) but if you've got a PC I've heard sonicfire Pro is the equivalent software. Either one should have just about everything you'll need and its pretty easy to use.
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Re: Sound editing?
The dungeon they're going to be crawling through is going to be blaring pre-recorded, automated messages at them at key points throughout. Having the messages pre-recorded will add that nice bit of flavor, and since there's absolutely no way their presence will be generated by anything other than specific event triggers, I don't need to wing it.DPDarkPrimus wrote:Why do you need pre-recorded stuff for your campaign? You're just going to end up having improvised lines that you haven't recorded anyway.
In a game I ran just this week my players communicated with someone over the radio. You know what I did to simulate the person on the other end? I covered my mouth with a cupped hand and spoke with a muffled tone.
Wow. That seems a little over the top for my DnD game, but I'm half tempted to take you up on that offer. My other problem at the moment stems from that I don't even particularly have a script yet, so the whole thing might be a while before I'd get to anyone about it. Thank you greatly for the assistance, though.Straha wrote:If you want you can send them to me. I have access to recording studios and engineers who'd be willing to help you out on this.
Otherwise I'll see if I can figure out how to do it in Audacity later today (I haven't used that program in ages) and get back to you.
I'll take a look, thanks.Koolaidkirby wrote:If your looking for some sound editing software, Soundtrack Pro is the best in my experience (if you've got a mac) but if you've got a PC I've heard sonicfire Pro is the equivalent software. Either one should have just about everything you'll need and its pretty easy to use.
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Phantasee: So extortion is cooler and it promotes job creation!
Ford Prefect: Maybe there can be a twist ending where Vlad shows up for the one on one duel, only to discover that Sun Tzu ignored it and burnt all his crops.
Re: Sound editing?
I'm partial to Sony Soundforge AudioStudio. They have a free trial and it's easy to do static and distortion in.