Sound guy speaks!

Post by **King of Creation** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:08 pm

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Mark “Wolfric Tugmutton” Lampert, Bethesda sound guy extraordinaire, has put up a <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... ry10487814" target="_self">nice post</a> on the Beth forums.<blockquote>I’ve been doing a lot more field recording so far and will continue to
do a lot more for Fallout 3 compared to previous projects I’ve worked
on. I expect to do more recording of interior kind of stuff than
exterior, though — various everyday machines are very useful
(refrigerator, microwave, sources of 60Hz electrical hum like a
fluorescent light, etc.) can provide endless amounts of source material
for use in the more populated areas where there’s actual machinery and
electricity present. And those source recordings can be cut up and
manipulated to be just about anything. Good, mechanical sounds are
great like that because they can be used in so many contexts.

It’s sort of the polar opposite of the world in The Elder Scrolls. In
those games the outside world is what’s alive with the different
forests, foliage and general climate (Great Forest vs. marsh vs. Anvil
coastline in Oblivion, for example), whereas in the Fallout world all
that life is largely missing, aside from NPCs and creature encounters.
So I expect to focus more on giving a sense of life and activity to the
interiors such as your Vault or other pockets of humanity. I’m hoping
that the sound of electronics and general man-made activity will feel
sort of welcoming compared to the most empty and desolate world beyond
the blast doors.

As far as where I pull most of my source material from, it’s all over
the place. Sometimes it’s from libraries, sometimes a mix of libraries
and field recordings, sometimes purely field recordings, and sometimes
there’s a lot of synth material in there, too. It doesn’t matter to me
so long as it (in my own order of importance) 1) fits in the world, 2)
sounds good, and 3) is original. I’ve said this before, but in audio
the ends justify the means, so however I get to the ‘right sound’ is
the right way to do it.</blockquote>Just get me ambient music like Mark Morgan's work. Read the thread <a href="http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index ... ry10487814" target="_self">here</a>.
Spotted @ <a href="http://fallout3.wordpress.com/">Briosafreak's Fallout 3 Blog</a>

Mad Max RW · Post by **Mad Max RW** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:23 pm

What good is it without the music of Mark Morgan?

PsychoSniper2 · Post by **PsychoSniper2** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:36 pm

Ambient sound is one thing, but it also tends to get annoying after a few hours....... but then I dont expect to even buy this game so Im not worried.

johnnygothisgun · Post by **johnnygothisgun** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:52 pm

Mad Max RW wrote:What good is it without the music of Mark Morgan?

probably none?

Dreadnought · Post by **Dreadnought** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:14 pm

Sound boy... you're too young to play that sound...

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:21 pm

PsychoSniper2 wrote:Ambient sound is one thing, but it also tends to get annoying after a few hours....... but then I dont expect to even buy this game so Im not worried.

Stop your mindless blabblering, asshole. Every fucking movie and every fucking game has ambient sounds. I know Bethesda sucks and FO3 might be a total disappointement but, you know, probably not the whole of the game will suck. I mean, we're not even talking about music, but ambient sounds.

PsychoSniper2 · Post by **PsychoSniper2** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 5:36 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:
PsychoSniper2 wrote:Ambient sound is one thing, but it also tends to get annoying after a few hours....... but then I dont expect to even buy this game so Im not worried.
Stop your mindless blabblering, asshole. Every fucking movie and every fucking game has ambient sounds. I know Bethesda sucks and FO3 might be a total disappointement but, you know, probably not the whole of the game will suck. I mean, we're not even talking about music, but ambient sounds.

This isnt a fuckin movie that you watch once.

Its a game, and ambient sounds tend to be linked to an area.

That means youre always gona have the same fucking sound play in location X.

It gets annoying after a while in any game.

Killzig · Post by **Killzig** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:16 pm

what's it mean when the dev that gives us the most concise, clear and well written answers is the sound guy?

<3 THE WOLFMAN <3

DaC-Sniper · Post by **DaC-Sniper** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 6:32 pm

It`s good, another Mark, we don`t have much Mark`s in germany anymore, so it`s good.

Thanks for the reply - I work at AudiovisionSF, a hifi store in Northern California - your game has a future on one of our half million dollar 5.1 systems and I'm excited to hear what you've done when the time comes. Incidentally - is there any single truly decent 5.1 card out there with pro performance and a wide spectrum of support? Is it really all just Audigy and M-Audio out there or are you using something arcane and shiny? Does it run on bad intentions? Is it in fact -- THE MANGLER!! No? .. .

(spotted on the Bethforum, who would`ve guessed it)

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:44 pm

I thought this was about Killa

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 10:41 pm

omg libraries

um bongo um bongo

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:26 am

I thought Bethesda's sound manager was deaf-mute and blind. :beethoven:

PsychoSniper2 · Post by **PsychoSniper2** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:05 am

Killzig wrote:what's it mean when the dev that gives us the most concise, clear and well written answers is the sound guy?

<3 THE WOLFMAN <3

I gotta agree, this is the most of an answer weve gotten,

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:54 pm

PsychoSniper2 wrote:
S4ur0n27 wrote:
PsychoSniper2 wrote:Ambient sound is one thing, but it also tends to get annoying after a few hours....... but then I dont expect to even buy this game so Im not worried.
Stop your mindless blabblering, asshole. Every fucking movie and every fucking game has ambient sounds. I know Bethesda sucks and FO3 might be a total disappointement but, you know, probably not the whole of the game will suck. I mean, we're not even talking about music, but ambient sounds.

This isnt a fuckin movie that you watch once.

Its a game, and ambient sounds tend to be linked to an area.

That means youre always gona have the same fucking sound play in location X.

It gets annoying after a while in any game.

What's your point? Pretty much every game has ambient sounds also.

PsychoSniper2 · Post by **PsychoSniper2** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 1:06 pm

S4ur0n27 wrote:
PsychoSniper2 wrote:
S4ur0n27 wrote: Stop your mindless blabblering, asshole. Every fucking movie and every fucking game has ambient sounds. I know Bethesda sucks and FO3 might be a total disappointement but, you know, probably not the whole of the game will suck. I mean, we're not even talking about music, but ambient sounds.

This isnt a fuckin movie that you watch once.

Its a game, and ambient sounds tend to be linked to an area.

That means youre always gona have the same fucking sound play in location X.

It gets annoying after a while in any game.
What's your point? Pretty much every game has ambient sounds also.

Oh average, ambient sounds suck or are just annoying.

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:09 pm

Funny, the only sound I remember from Oblivion is captain Picard.