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-Sulan-
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Hello!
We (Minsu and -Sulan-) would like to look through all sound files for the Skyrim mod. This so we can master them (basicly we?ll try to "up" the audio quality of them by gating/EQ?ing and probably run it all through the same preamp) to get an even and as good quality as possible. :)

Guidelines for recording voice

Some guidelines for recording voice to achieve a good enough result:
* Make sure where you record is as quiet as possible, !!!especcially from computer fans!!! Interference and "scratch-like-noise" is pretty much unavoidable with a regular computer mic, but those can often be dealt with by gating and EQ?ng etc...
Recommendation: A closet/cupboard filled with clothes make a great recording room!

*Make sure the input volume/gain is as high as possible but not clipping/disting/peaking.

*This one is obvious: Don?t blow into the mic, try on a popkiller (a sock on the mic) or place it to the side of your mouth.

*Generally it?s preferable to keep the mic close to your mouth.

*Experiment with different placements and angles of the mic, different surroundings/rooms etc. It can make a lot of difference.
Try to get as clean a sound as possible, with as little interference as possible.

*There are some good sound editors (like audacity for instance) that can remove limited amounts of noise and interference without making any audible changes to the rest of the sound.

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we?ve been thinking of some sounds that we?ll start working on when the game comes out (to see how things work).

Since it?s all white outside here still for a month or so, we thought we?d prioratize recording the weather-depended ones first such as:

*Footsteps in different types of snow - To have the ability of much variation.
*Sounds of snowmasses falling, from roofs etc - Maybe they?ll come in handy, for traps maybe?
*Maybe some ice-cracking sounds - Have?nt checked if there?s still ice on the lake, but the cracking it makes when it looses can be cool for some lakes in the mod maybe.
*And well, general snow sounds... :)

Any more ideas would be appreciated!!

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*Footsteps in different types of snow - To have the ability of much variation.
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I only know about two types of snow... white and yellow. Are there more? Wink

Going off the ice cracking sounds, you have the sound of ice breaking, like somebody or something falling through. Maybe wind and ambience sounds...
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lol yup. There are several sounds for snow! Walking through slushy, half melted snow; walking through snow with a thin crust of ice on it; fresh powder snow.. deep, soft and hard to walk through; hard, frozen snow from deep winter.. very crunchy.

I love the sounds of spring in the mountains! The ice breaking on the lakes can sound like gunshots! On the rivers you hear it grind and crack, so loud it can scare you. You can hear the icicles on the eaves dripping and even outside, amidst the first songs of the birds you can hear the soft tinkling drip of ice and snow melting off the trees. Creeks and rivers sound totally different when there is just a narrow margin of open water with a rim of ice along the edges. A frozen waterfall is truly an image to treasure for life. And nothing.. nothing! beats taking a canoe out on a lake when there's just enough open water around the edges to navigate. So peaceful and quiet you can feel the world sleeping beneath the snow.

hehe.. yeah.. I do love that.

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Wow! Your writing is awesome Galrina :) I?m amazed...

I think it could be very nice to get some nice ambient and environmental sound, it?ll take up a lot of space, but I think it has the potential to further Skyrims identity and define the landscape and setting.

I really hope Minsu and I can get some nice material for this!! Sounds of water dripping off the walls and echoing slightly through a dungeon also come to mind.... a lot of things come to mind...

I hope to be able to post some nice sounds soon!!

Any and all suggestions and contributions are welcome!!
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Wow Galrina, I want to see that! Sulan's right, you make it sound awesome, I can only imagine actually seeing it. I live in Oklahoma, so I don't get to see much snow. Ever. We do get a lot of open skies though. Speaking of which, there hasn't been any rain (except two sprinkles) for about six months. We have a High Fire danger right now. It's crazy.

Make sure you get branches breaking and snapping and other things like brushing up against a pine tree..
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Thanks guys! :) hehe.. We've been under flood watches twice so far this month.. only another 10 weeks of storm season to go here. I do feel for ya though Noremorse. A few years back when I was still in Tennessee we went from March to the end of October with no rain whatsoever. It took two years before the dogwoods and redbuds even bloomed again. The Tennessee river was so low you could walk the banks and pick up shards of the indian pottery from the village that used to be there before the river changed its course (a few hundred years ago).

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I can only agree with Galarina its absoloutely marvelous!

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