Another big step of my Project Portal mod is complete. Yesterday, I finished replacing all of the delightfully depressing dialogue of the Aperture Science standard-issue floor turret. I hadn’t planned on replacing any dialogue when I started this mod. I…
Today I bring you more impulse response nerd fun. I recently finished recording and processing almost 100 IRs ran through a Lexicon LXP-15 “Multi-Effects Processor”. They ranged from basic rooms to stranger ones like “Jumpin’ Beans”.
A few days ago I read a great post on “worldizing” by Andrew Quinn. To be honest, I hadn’t heard that term before, but I understood the concept. Worldizing is an old technique used to replicate the quality of a sound…
Who wants to see a test run for some Project Portal sounds? You do? We’ll I’m glad I asked! In this update I bring you an in-game sample of what I call the “portal shoot sequence”. There are three core…
Being back in my hometown of Galesburg has been great. Aside from seeing family and friends I’ve been able to get a lot of audio work done over this break. My work load toward the end of last semester brought…
Check out this hilarious short film by Muve Music/Cricket Wireless I edited sound effects for. Step into the life of a shepherd who really loves his music. [youtube ]
I just finished a fun project that came to me randomly. I decided I would make an audio mod for VVVVVV using only Thor. I’ve beat VVVVVV before and I’d like to think I’m pretty good at it. I’ve also used…
This weekend I worked with my friend Drew to try out creating impulse responses for the first time. We used a sine tone sweep method. For those who don’t know, IR’s (in audio) are used to replicate the sound of…
This saturday I did some sound collecting for my Portal audio mod. I recorded just about everything in my apartment that makes noise, but I seemed to gravitate toward anything electric. Things like videogame consoles, lights, speakers, hard drives, space…
I’ve got a project in mind… the type of project I’ve been wanting to do for a long time. I’ve set a goal to create my own audio mod for Portal. After a lot of research and tinkering around with…