Standalone request: Machine sounds

[Bikerdude]

• Not so much steam.
  
• More steam.
  

Hope this sounds more like an airpump.

Much better, but if could make the sound of the pump more prominent then it would be perfect :-)

[Springheel]

The most important thing now is to get replacements that sound decent. If we take two weeks to make each sound perfect, we'll be ready to go standalone sometime in 2017.

[grayman]

The most important thing now is to get replacements that sound decent. If we take two weeks to make each sound perfect, we'll be ready to go standalone sometime in 2017.

 

Agreed. Perfection can come afterward.

[simplen00b]

First go at cpu_m3_loop:

http://beta.freesoun.../sounds/181011/

 

Made using a mix of these two sounds:

http://beta.freesoun...a/sounds/48353/

http://freesound.org.../sounds/138205/

which are both under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, so if the sound is usable we'll just need to credit them.

 

Started working on the elevator door noises, hope to have something uploaded after the Easter break.

[Springheel]

First go at cpu_m3_loop:

 

What do you mean by "first go"?

 

IMO it doesn't matter very much of the machine sounds sound exactly the same as the originals, as long as they're in the same ballpark. I'll add this to SVN, and if you want to improve it later that's fine.

 

Thanks.

[zergrush]

Opengameart also has a cool selection of CC-BY sounds some of which might fit what you're looking for. I'd say give it a look.

 

*EDIT*

 

I found these two cool sounds for instance

 

http://opengameart.o...-release-sounds

http://opengameart.o...iler-sound-loop

 

*EDIT 2*

 

And these would be cool for the werebeast

 

http://opengameart.o...sound-effects-2

http://opengameart.o...ntent/dog-grunt

http://opengameart.org/content/guttural-vocals

Edited March 27, 2013 by zergrush

[Springheel]

The werebeast ones could be useful, as those sounds will have to be done from scratch. Thanks.

[zergrush]

Just try and see if you can find something else that maybe useful there. They have a lot more mechanical sounds and such, but I'm not exactly familar with the nature of the currently missing sounds as I don't have TDM installed at the moment.

Edited March 27, 2013 by zergrush

[Springheel]

It would be helpful if someone else could actually look into that...it doesn't take any special skills or knowledge to look at D3 and compare it to existing sounds.

[SeriousToni]

it doesn't take any special skills or knowledge to look at D3 and compare it to existing sounds.

 

Important is the volume! Normalize the sounds so that they have the same sound volume as the old ones please!

[simplen00b]

What do you mean by "first go"?

You got me. It was my 227th go. (j/k)

IMO it doesn't matter very much of the machine sounds sound exactly the same as the originals, as long as they're in the same ballpark.

I've uploaded another set of sounds for the elevator/generator/light hum: https://soundcloud.c...one-replacement

Interested to know if you think the generator is "in the ballpark" (I'm fairly happy the others are). To my ears the D3 generator is quite Star-Trekky/futuristic - I looked around for something similar with no success so I ended up using the sound of an actual diesel generator.

[Springheel]

Those all sound great! Thanks so much. I'll add them to SVN today and then update the list of needed sounds.

[Sotha]

Very nice sounding stuff. How did you do these? Just had a sound recorder and found suitable sound producing thingies in your everyday environment?

[Springheel]

Updated first post with a few new sounds.

[simplen00b]

Really glad they sound OK.

 

@Sotha - I listened to the original sounds in DR, hunted around on Freesound until I found one or more sounds that sounded similar and then did some editing in Cool Edit 2000 or Audacity (mainly trimming & normalizing, maybe some basic filtering to boost or cut some frequencies). For the elevator door sounds I mixed an old elevator door with a heavy slamming metal door to make it more like the original.

 

BTW, all the source sounds for these are licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License - i.e. public domain - so no need to give credits (but I may drop them a line just to let them know anyway).

[simplen00b]

Just done a search for loop_hum_01 and I've found three, one in each of the following folders:

\pak003\sound\ambient

\pak003\sound\ambient\electrical

\pak003\sound\lights

Which is the one that needs replacing? (Or do they all need replacing?)

[zergrush]

Those sound wonderful, simplen00b. Have you checked the ones I posted from OpenGameArt? They might be useful for remixing as well.

[simplen00b]

Have you checked the ones I posted from OpenGameArt?

Just downloaded some files and playing around with them now for loop_machinery sound

[Springheel]

Which is the one that needs replacing? (Or do they all need replacing?)

 

I don't know...I didn't generate that list.

[Springheel]

Btw, we should make sure to sign up for sounds so we don't overlap...I was about to look into the machine hums too.

[simplen00b]

For now I'll have a go at (i) loop_machinery_01 & 02, and (ii) m3 start/stop as well.

Edit: loop_machinery_01 - https://soundcloud.c...op-machinery-01

Edit #2: loop_machinery_02 - https://soundcloud.com/simplen00b-1/loop-machinery-02

Edited March 29, 2013 by simplen00b

[simplen00b]

And finally the m3 start & end sounds which did my head in a bit : - https://soundcloud.c...pu_m3_start-end

 

Unless I hear otherwise, I'll assume the sounds I post are "in the ballpark" enough to be usable. Any comments/feedback/suggestions for improvements very welcome.

[Bikerdude]

@SN, all these new sounds are very impressive. I can honestly say when we go standalone will will have a better sound/texture library than the original doom3 we spawned from.

[simplen00b]

Thanks BD, that's really encouraging (and reassuring). I do feel a bit hamstrung by not having a studio, so I'm limited to copyright-free sounds I can find on the internet, but freesound has done the job so far.

 

Springheel - I'm happy to carry on working on all the remaining sounds in your first post if no-one else wants to take any. The only problem is the vault_clock_ambient - I can't find it in either in DR or the D3 pak files. Which folder is it in?

[simplen00b]

Loop_hum_01 now done: https://soundcloud.c.../sn-loop-hum-01

 

Production rate slowing down now the hols are over, but I'll carry on working on the remaining sounds when I can.

 

Edit: loop_machinery_03: https://soundcloud.com/simplen00b-1/sn-loop-machinery-03

Edited April 5, 2013 by simplen00b