Modifié par harrier25699, 24 mars 2012 - 06:27 .
Falcon509 wrote...
I have to agree, the musical score, the foley sound work, and the weapons were all amazing. It created a truly immersive experience. I loved almost every second of the game, due in large part to the technical expertise of your team.
I'll give you a cookie if you can figure out what I didn't like though.
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Rob Blake wrote...
Thanks for the kind words everyone, glad you noticed the audio! We put a huge amount of work into making the audio as deep and immerse as possible. I think it was a result of a lot of things, the technology was pretty mature and meant we weren't fighting against it the whole time. We're also pretty familiar with the tech now too, so we weren't learning it anymore... but rather pushing it to it's limits. I also think that we as an audio team have got a lot better at what we do too, we're always learning!
As for the volume being quiet. Yes, this is the case and was a deliberate decision. It's hard to explain without drawing diagrams and playing examples.. but basically most games are loud because they compress and crush the sound to make it really loud. This actually has a negative effect on the audio quality, but when compared side-to-side with a quieter sound people will prefer the loud one. This is why television adverts are always really loud, same for music. As people tend to not play games side to side, I thought it would be safe to make the audio of higher quality without heavy compression and for people to turn the sound up. For more reading, look up 'loudness wars'
As for the orchestral recordings of the music. We did a few pick up sessions with individual instruments and voices (for example, the Krogan female pieces) but on the whole the music is not live. We'd planned on recording live but it's so incredibly difficult to fit this into the schedule given the Mass Effect team's 'iterative' working style, the shifting schedules and various other stuff. We'd still love to do live recordings, but we value more the ability to modify music late in the process... and if recorded live this is obviously not an option. Some of the best musical moments in the game were crafted right at the end of production when the game has really taken shape. The DA team have used live recordings and they sound fantastic, but their development methodology is slightly different to ME... you have to do what suits each project.
Thanks again everyone!
R
xxskyshadowxx wrote...
Falcon509 wrote...
I have to agree, the musical score, the foley sound work, and the weapons were all amazing. It created a truly immersive experience. I loved almost every second of the game, due in large part to the technical expertise of your team.
I'll give you a cookie if you can figure out what I didn't like though.
Modifié par pjotroos, 24 mars 2012 - 06:26 .
Falcon509 wrote...
xxskyshadowxx wrote...
Falcon509 wrote...
I have to agree, the musical score, the foley sound work, and the weapons were all amazing. It created a truly immersive experience. I loved almost every second of the game, due in large part to the technical expertise of your team.
I'll give you a cookie if you can figure out what I didn't like though.
Cookies for you! Sorry folks. All the cookies are gone now.
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Esoretal wrote...
Sound was fantastic, music was fantastic.
Only complaint I would have is that the Reaper sound is SO LOUD when they come into the system while you're scanning. Scares the crap out of me, but I guess that's the point. XD
Modifié par Tiercel24, 24 mars 2012 - 06:36 .
Rob Blake wrote...
Thanks for the kind words everyone, glad you noticed the audio! We put a huge amount of work into making the audio as deep and immerse as possible. I think it was a result of a lot of things, the technology was pretty mature and meant we weren't fighting against it the whole time. We're also pretty familiar with the tech now too, so we weren't learning it anymore... but rather pushing it to it's limits. I also think that we as an audio team have got a lot better at what we do too, we're always learning!
As for the volume being quiet. Yes, this is the case and was a deliberate decision. It's hard to explain without drawing diagrams and playing examples.. but basically most games are loud because they compress and crush the sound to make it really loud. This actually has a negative effect on the audio quality, but when compared side-to-side with a quieter sound people will prefer the loud one. This is why television adverts are always really loud, same for music. As people tend to not play games side to side, I thought it would be safe to make the audio of higher quality without heavy compression and for people to turn the sound up. For more reading, look up 'loudness wars'
As for the orchestral recordings of the music. We did a few pick up sessions with individual instruments and voices (for example, the Krogan female pieces) but on the whole the music is not live. We'd planned on recording live but it's so incredibly difficult to fit this into the schedule given the Mass Effect team's 'iterative' working style, the shifting schedules and various other stuff. We'd still love to do live recordings, but we value more the ability to modify music late in the process... and if recorded live this is obviously not an option. Some of the best musical moments in the game were crafted right at the end of production when the game has really taken shape. The DA team have used live recordings and they sound fantastic, but their development methodology is slightly different to ME... you have to do what suits each project.
Thanks again everyone!
R
Modifié par Dusty Arne, 24 mars 2012 - 06:28 .
wasawsolos wrote...
yeah the sound was fantastic. I especially loved the Reaper sound....that combination of bass and horns caused an eargasm more than once, especially through my surround system.
Rob Blake wrote...
Thanks for the kind words everyone, glad you noticed the audio! We put a huge amount of work into making the audio as deep and immerse as possible. I think it was a result of a lot of things, the technology was pretty mature and meant we weren't fighting against it the whole time. We're also pretty familiar with the tech now too, so we weren't learning it anymore... but rather pushing it to it's limits. I also think that we as an audio team have got a lot better at what we do too, we're always learning!
As for the volume being quiet. Yes, this is the case and was a deliberate decision. It's hard to explain without drawing diagrams and playing examples.. but basically most games are loud because they compress and crush the sound to make it really loud. This actually has a negative effect on the audio quality, but when compared side-to-side with a quieter sound people will prefer the loud one. This is why television adverts are always really loud, same for music. As people tend to not play games side to side, I thought it would be safe to make the audio of higher quality without heavy compression and for people to turn the sound up. For more reading, look up 'loudness wars'
As for the orchestral recordings of the music. We did a few pick up sessions with individual instruments and voices (for example, the Krogan female pieces) but on the whole the music is not live. We'd planned on recording live but it's so incredibly difficult to fit this into the schedule given the Mass Effect team's 'iterative' working style, the shifting schedules and various other stuff. We'd still love to do live recordings, but we value more the ability to modify music late in the process... and if recorded live this is obviously not an option. Some of the best musical moments in the game were crafted right at the end of production when the game has really taken shape. The DA team have used live recordings and they sound fantastic, but their development methodology is slightly different to ME... you have to do what suits each project.
Thanks again everyone!
R
Modifié par shnellegaming, 24 mars 2012 - 06:31 .
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