hippyjon Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 okay, im starting work on this. Deimos had the idea of using the sound of a flash (from a camera) recharging as a kind of charging up noise for the laser. unfortunatley i havent got any recording equipment yet so if anyone could get a sample of it then thatd be top ill try not to upload too many versions on this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[Micah]] Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Maybe a charge noise similar to Doom2's BFG9000. That was a nice charge, but a shorter one would probably suit the laser sound better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcen Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Hi! I tried to record my flash charging up but I need an environment with less noise... damn it's too hot in here and I need all kind of fans running or I think everything will burn up... I hate summer I'm gettin new equipment soon, I'll try to record it then (yeah, hwat I need is conditioned air ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Micah, the BFG is kind of the thing I was thinking but if you read below you'll understand what I wa trying to acheive. Xcen, A friend of mine does some voice over work and radio advertising and he uses his computer. How he does it is he gets a thin cloth (like a cleaning cleaning cloth and places it over the mike. That kills breath sounds and stuff but keeps clarity of his voice. To muffle any outside sounds he uses a thick blanket or duvet over himself and to hear his stuff you'd think you'd think it had been recorded in a studio. Maybe that'd help with your capturing the sound? Disclamer, I'm not going to be responsible for any ridicule you guys get from talking to your computer under a duvet. In fact I'll deny you exist To the concept for the sound. I was thingking the sound should be like noise an SLR 35mm camera flash makes. That sort of a bass poof noise as the flash goes off followed by the capacitors rechearging, that increasing pitch whistle. The increasing pitch noise it the capacitors charging. Say four capacitor whines for the rifle, maybe timeshifting each one by a few microseconds to get the effect of multiple capacitors followed by the 'DOOF' noise of the weapon discharging. The discharge noise could well be quite bass intensive, ok not earth shaking but something that'll feel good to fire For the pistol the bass should be lifted by quite a bit and the heavy laser should have a heavy bass effect to it. Maybe put extra capacitors in there maybe eight? For the hit of the laser, the visual effect will be a very bright flash and the noise should reflect that, have you ever heard lightining close up? Apart from being incredibly scary (I'm speaking from personal experience, about 30ft away from me) the sound is really unique. I'll try to describe it as best I can. It's like the air is being split apart its an incredibly violent noise like instant ripping of paper the size of a house. Tie that into a large spark jumping a gap and you've got the sort of sound it makes. Its bloody loud too In reality there wouldn't be a pause between the laser discharge and the hit but I'm thinking for the purposes fo the game the sound could be a second long. In that there's a click of the trigger (barely audible) capacitor charging, and laser discharge 'DOOF' (sorry, I like that sound ) followed by the hit noise. We'd need two sounds for each weapon, one without the hit noise and one with as some shots won't hit anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 for laser sounds, i like PSU! http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/laser3.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 generaly, everything you said should sound good deimos. only thing i disagree on is the pause between the shot and the hit sounds, from reading the laser/plasma thread it seems its gonna be a short lived static beam visualy so there isnt room for a second long pause between the shot and hit sounds.i do like the idea of having two sounds though, but the hit sound should start at most 0.2 secs after (probaly less) and be a seperate event. im thinking that the panning on it (since it origionates from a different place in the battle screen) should distinguish it from the firing shot. just out of interest, is 3d sound going to be implemented? cus thatd be cool for laser sounds, i like PSU! whats that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Sorry if that sounded wrong, I meant the whole sound should last at an absolute maximum a second. If anything the pause between discharge and hit should be a fraction of a second. That would have to be tweaked to fit with the visual effect. Of course having the actual laser sound and the hit sound seperate will help bigtime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 ok, cool. going to start work on that now. cant find a decent lightning strike either (presumably cus anything that loud would just clip all to heck). i'll use it as a guideto what it should sound like though. oh yeh, and i will post unfinished versions since everyones comments are really helpful. as long as it doesnt get on anyones nerves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 24, 2003 Report Share Posted June 24, 2003 Post away, we need to tweak it till it's right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 with PSU i mean, try saying pesu, very quickly. Sounds like a laser effect? ...Maybe its just me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Psu.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 25, 2003 Report Share Posted June 25, 2003 Aaaaaaahhgggggh cheesy 80's laser sounds :whatwhat: take me away where's my straitjacket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 yes it was that i was after! maybe a bit sloooower, and it might even work? I've tried adjusting it! i found some amazing sounds! hehe! ...but i like the music of the 80's better PSU2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 sorry, we're keeping away from dodgy synth sounds here if you like that kind of thing get stomper hyperion, its a funky little freeware analoge drum synth, then you can tweak to your hearts content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 not what like i was planning but hey. what dyou think? loose the bass? faster attack? start again?laser_take3_v1.1.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikker Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 hmmm....it sounds more like something for the stun rod, like a massive energy jolt, not like something for the laser weapons... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Yeah I'd agree with mikker there. At the moment there's no way around the fact that it's a flashgun. Have you had any luck with the capacitor charging noise yet? I think if the charging whine goes in front of the initial flash sound withouth the raising pich noise after it it might be better. I was rifling through my old cd's (I've gto too many:)) and found some zips of FX sounds. I obviously kept them as they'd come in handy one day. Anyway here's the first one. Hopefully there'll be some useful base sounds in them for use on the project.sfx1.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 No.2sfx2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 No3sfx3.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 No4sfx4.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 No.5sfx5.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 No.6sfx6.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 No.7sfx7.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deimos Posted June 27, 2003 Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 Finallysfx8.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2003 nice one deimos, i'll have a gander... i was aiming for a energy discharge sound, seemed apropriate. oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 (edited) i recently got dsl and have discovered the joys of playing bounce on half life against 15 people with virtualy no lag :D... so i'll try again with the laser sound propaly soon, honest anyway, this ones better, if its no good for the lazer im sure we could find something for it.laser_take3_v1.2.1.zip Edited June 28, 2003 by hippyjon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim69 Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 I am really crap at explaining noises, but oh well, I'll try I think that if the last sound posted was the second part of the sound, kinda like a release, with some kind of charging noise b4 it would sound pretty damn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted June 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 yeh, weve got plans for the charging noise (see above) i forgot to point out that this is only the firing noise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim69 Posted June 28, 2003 Report Share Posted June 28, 2003 Yeah, I did read that, but I wasn't sure if u were still goin along with it. In that case, ignore my comments, carry on, good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revenant4 Posted June 29, 2003 Report Share Posted June 29, 2003 Sounds like a chain hitting a fence post (metalic)... ...maybe when I hear the whole sound (charging and firing) it will sound more like a laser...this is for the laser_take3 that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4t Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 rev, i got that idea too. the camera charge idea is really cool. for 3 automatic it could charge once in the beginning and then fire the 3 bursts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted July 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 errr, are you sure your posting in the right thread there c4t? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c4t Posted July 8, 2003 Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 just commenting on some ideas. while i was reading it i was thinking how they would do 3 round bursts. i thought it would be too slow if you charged each one, but im not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted July 8, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2003 oh right, good point then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted July 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 sorry ive been so lazy recently, its too hot for me (:Blush: anyway, i thought id better get back into it so here is my latest completley new attempt at the laser firing noise :laser:laser_take4_v1.2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshiro Posted July 16, 2003 Report Share Posted July 16, 2003 Might try lowering the frequency some and maybe extended the end so it fades off more slowly. It's a little bit uncomfortable to listen to atm. Of course, that might make it good for an alien attack sound of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp_21 Posted July 24, 2003 Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 Hey HippyJon, I took your laser sound and played around with it.Try it out..MOD_laser_take4_v1.2.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted July 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2003 (edited) hey thats not bad, not sure about the double attack though, played with your version, see what you think... definatly easier to listen to (than my version i mean ) edit: newer and better version below. Edited February 14, 2004 by hippyjon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp_21 Posted July 26, 2003 Report Share Posted July 26, 2003 Definitely better. I added the double attack because somethingseemed to be missing. It ended up sounding like a blaster fromStar Wars. I couldn't decide if that was a good or bad thing.. It still doesn't seem quite right. I can't put my finger on it though. Moving in the right direction though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xcen Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 Woah late reply Deimos: we're talking about too many goddamned fans running here a cloth won't help though it's a good trick. Hippyjon: I just got a camera I'm gonna try to sample sounds with that and work with it a little... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted September 3, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2003 nice one xcen. if you wanna do the whole dam sound that would be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 heh, i was a bit annoyed with not being able to get this sound right when i wrote that. sounds a bit peevish now, it wasnt meant to be. anyway: heres take 5laser_take5_v1.3.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted February 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 (edited) oops, double post. i got some kind of weird error ("mail could not be sent") so i assumed it hadnt posted. Edited February 12, 2004 by hippyjon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robo Dojo 58 Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Laser 5 is cool. I like the discharge-ZORTCH sound to it. It sounds like a laser rifle. I wonder, how would it sound with a light gust of wind? Like the air is getting heated by the laser? It might be a nifty thing for the heavy laser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted February 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 (edited) ok, modified it for the laser cannon. i have a feeling the pistol is going to be a pain... edit: latest versions of cannon rifle and pistol below. i also think that the attatchment was 32-bit... please feel free to shoot me if i upload 32-bit sounds, they won't play on most things. (or at least let me know) Edited April 27, 2004 by hippyjon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milesteg Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 If you need some weapon sounds maybe you should visit A1 Weapon Sound Effects. These sounds are free for non-commercial use and because Xenocide is to be a non-commercial project this means that there should be no problem with copyrights or sth like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted April 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 alrighty, done something for the pistol, gave the rifle more bite, and normalized the cannon sound. all 3 are here. what was next on the list...Laser_all_3.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippyjon Posted April 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 (edited) and here they are in .ogg only 50k rather than 250k if you hate them please say so -_-Lasers_in_ogg.zip Edited April 27, 2004 by hippyjon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stow Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 maybe we should just call them "Beam weapon" sounds... I wasn't aware that light made noise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robo Dojo 58 Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Big lasers make noise.Electricity on the starting end, and everything suddenly melting on the receiving end. The air itself might make some noise with really powerful lasers, but I'm not a laserologist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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