Popular Post durmij Posted August 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2019 So I came back to this game for two reasons. The game mechanics and forum arguments. In all seriousness, those reasons were to try somethings in FA that I didn't get off the ground in my previous run at the game, and to get some practice making audio, photo and video content in an arena were quality wasn't so high that my amateur status would embarrass me. The FA thing is whatever but the content creation is much more palatable and achievable. As some of you might remember, I hyped up an internet radio show/podcast some years ago and only ever ended up producing one episode. Why? Because coordinating three different guests who were relevant, knowledgeable and able to communicate well, then keeping the conversation on track, then editing and uploading the audio was far too much effort for a product that didn't differentiate itself that much from the lower effort and quality (not saying bad here, calm down) discord rants that could be produced much easier and had the upside of drawing a live audience. As some of you may also know, I edited Thalmor's show for a time. But if you've never tried to make audio listenable, let alone enjoyable, before, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it's not that bad in terms of a time sink. I certainly thought so when I started. But the most efficient I was able to crush all the sharp air intakes, ums and ahs, awkward pauses and false starts was at a rate of about 90 minutes per hour of audio. This was with careful pre-planning with audiovisual cues, macroing a gaming mouse to use Audacity like a L33T G4MR and rushing through. So, knowing now what I know about audio editing, if I wanted to get back into it, I would need a new format. So that's what I'm doing. I'm hoping to make The D a serious of interviews were I delve a little bit into the person behind the semi-anonymous forum and push them on the more uncomfortable past of their ingame past. My working template is this, so far: Introductions (handle, titles etc) History of Ingame activities Personal stuff (Nothing identifying, just getting a better sense of the person behind the account) The Grilling (I poke and prod someone on their past, present and future in the game) Turned Tables (The interviewee gets to go after me for a bit on ingame stuff, then gets to ask a personal question that I will answer if it isn't too identifying) Freeform Finale (Interview gets to go off on whatever ingame subject they would like to) Closing Advice (Both the interview and myself dispense and discuss life wisdom to round out the show and end on a positive note) The idea is to have much more intimate and personal format than is typically produced in this game. And as much as we laugh about the meme of their being a real person behind the other computer (I don't blame anyone, it's fricking hilarious), I think it would be good to humanize each other a little bit. In terms of production, my life is going to be a shit show until mid October, so I won't be interviewing anyone until then. But I wanted to get it out there now so people who are interested can contact me now and I can set up a spreadsheet of potential participants. The segments will be uploaded as there are done, I'm not drafting a schedule as I would not be able stick to it. The goal is 45 minutes to an hour of just the interviewee and I talking. There will be no live elements/community engagement because when it comes to good content, chat systems are awful in the moment and horrendous after the fact. So if you're interested, hit me up either in game or on discord, and I'll add you to the list. 14 Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI4ROuPyuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUEHv8GHcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripper Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Is this some trick of the ruling class to control the mass media and means of entertainment? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post durmij Posted August 15, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 15, 2019 1 minute ago, Ripper said: Is this some trick of the ruling class to control the mass media and means of entertainment? Did you just call me a member of the ruling class? I'm insulted, flattered and aroused all at the same time. 14 Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI4ROuPyuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUEHv8GHcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassan Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 "The Return of The D" Was it wrong to think this post would involve the D or do I just have a dirty mind? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bails Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Definitely the dirty mind thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micchan Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Give us the D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) De-essing (also desibilizing) is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate the excessive prominence of sibilant consonants, such as the sounds normally represented in English by "s", "z", "ch", "j" and "sh", in recordings of the human voice.[1] Sibilance lies in frequencies anywhere between 2–10 kHz, depending on the individual voice. I hope you used a plugin for that :P. Other than editing and some small modulation, theres techniques you should be using with audio that make the audio better, de-essing, compression, saturation etc. Edited August 15, 2019 by what is property? Quote Throw me to the wolves and I’ll return leading the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durmij Posted August 15, 2019 Author Share Posted August 15, 2019 8 minutes ago, what is property? said: De-essing (also desibilizing) is any technique intended to reduce or eliminate the excessive prominence of sibilant consonants, such as the sounds normally represented in English by "s", "z", "ch", "j" and "sh", in recordings of the human voice.[1] Sibilance lies in frequencies anywhere between 2–10 kHz, depending on the individual voice. I hope you used a plugin for that :P. Other than editing and some small modulation, theres techniques you should be using with audio that make the audio better, de-essing, compression, saturation etc. I'll definitely look into it. I'm not ruling out that I was doing manually what could have been automated. Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI4ROuPyuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUEHv8GHcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mars Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 (edited) its all good, no way of knowing it if you're not familiar with the subject. free crash course for a simple approach to having a good end recording: Original signal: this is the most important part. If you can have your guest adjust the microphone and do it in a room with as little weird reflections as possible that would be great. Constantly speaking into the mic as opposed to moving your face away from it helps as well. Every situation/recording is different but as a rule of thumb your signal chain should look something like: EQ: Roll down the bottom end under something like 150hz. That means applying a low shelve that brings down everything under 150hz by something like -12db , can probably do away with everything under 50hz completely since its mostly ambiental stuff in your recording that you dont use and it !@#$ with your other processes and also muddies the sound. De-essing your vocals but not to a level it where it sounds weird. Compression helps maintain the same level across the recording, bringing up the more silent parts and stopping any peaks or weird artifacts. You can use any freeware vsts off of google since you're using basic functions and most software is the same in that regard. There are of course levels to this, but use your ears and have fun. Edited August 15, 2019 by what is property? 1 Quote Throw me to the wolves and I’ll return leading the pack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchy Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 8 hours ago, durmij said: Turned Tables (The interviewee gets to go after me for a bit on ingame stuff, then gets to ask a personal question that I will answer if it isn't too identifying) Where do I sign. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durmij Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Sketchy said: Where do I sign. You just did Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI4ROuPyuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUEHv8GHcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
durmij Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 hour ago, what is property? said: its all good, no way of knowing it if you're not familiar with the subject. free crash course for a simple approach to having a good end recording: Original signal: this is the most important part. If you can have your guest adjust the microphone and do it in a room with as little weird reflections as possible that would be great. Constantly speaking into the mic as opposed to moving your face away from it helps as well. Every situation/recording is different but as a rule of thumb your signal chain should look something like: EQ: Roll down the bottom end under something like 150hz. That means applying a low shelve that brings down everything under 150hz by something like -12db , can probably do away with everything under 50hz completely since its mostly ambiental stuff in your recording that you dont use and it !@#$ with your other processes and also muddies the sound. De-essing your vocals but not to a level it where it sounds weird. Compression helps maintain the same level across the recording, bringing up the more silent parts and stopping any peaks or weird artifacts. You can use any freeware vsts off of google since you're using basic functions and most software is the same in that regard. There are of course levels to this, but use your ears and have fun. Thanks, I got a friend who does audio tech to show me the basics, but the only thing I really retained is that a minute of work pre recording saves you an hour in post. You brought up a lot of stuff he did and I appreciate the reminder. Quote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI4ROuPyuY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUUEHv8GHcE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roquentin Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, Ripper said: Is this some trick of the ruling class to control the mass media and means of entertainment? It is actually. Read The Prison Notebooks. Edited August 16, 2019 by Roquentin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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