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motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-28 00:50:39
March 28 2010 00:47 GMT
#1
Hello, Teamliquid. Please watch this video:



I am trying to do the same thing for SC2. I thought that this would be a genius idea that would bring me instant internet fame! As I booted up Audacity, visions of thousands of views on youtube danced in my head. However, it turns out that there are about 2,000 sounds that I would have to record and would take too damn long to do by myself.

This means that I need your help. I want to make this a collaborative project. You can help if you have a.) a microphone and b.) the ability to follow a simple tutorial. If you have both of those things and want to contribute to something that will, in time, be incredibly awesome, read on. Even if you were to only volunteer to record a few sound files, you'd be a big help.

+ Show Spoiler [Tutorial] +
First, you need to download Audacity. Audacity makes recording and exporting .ogg and .wav files extremely easy, and those file formats are the formats we need to use, so the choice of recording software here is pretty obvious. You can get Audacity here: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

Next, you need to download something that will allow you to access the files you need. Blizzard uses something called an MPQ archive, so you need to download this program: http://www.zezula.net/en/mpq/download.html

To get the sound files themselves, load up either the ~1.5GB file or the ~68MB file in the Starcraft II Beta > Mods directory into your MPQ program. If you sign up for the project, I'll be directing you to the files that you need to extract. In general, just look for the "sounds" folder.

The sound files themselves will be in either .ogg or .wav format. In order to listen to the sound files, you need a music player that a.) has playlist functionality and b.) plays .ogg files. I use VLC, but there are alternatives.

Finally, you are ready to record! Load up the relevant files into a playlist, and mess around with the settings in Audacity until your mic is working. I can't really help you with this since it varies from computer to computer. Now, listen to the SC2 files and try to imitate them!

If there are multiple SC2 files for the same thing (I think there are like 4 different colossus attacks), just do multiple takes of the same imitation. You don't have to try to match each variation of the same in-game action. Carrier movement has three separate sound files, and when I recorded, I pressed record, made a whooshing sound, paused, made a whooshing sound, paused, made a whooshing sound. To save time, this is what you should do, too, unless the SC2 sound files are wildly different.

Once you've got a recording, select it in Audacity. Make sure there is no dead space in the selection. There should be no pause before the sound starts playing. Go to "File > Export as .ogg" or "File > Export as .wav" depending on the extension of the source file. Export it to a folder and you're done.

Remember, the goofier, the better.


Anyway, is anyone up for this? Post in the thread with what you're willing to do, and I'll give you an assignment.
ModeratorGood content always wins.
Tyrokomos
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Greece43 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-28 01:30:53
March 28 2010 00:52 GMT
#2
boring

User was temp banned for this post.
eX-v1o
liosama
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
Australia843 Posts
March 28 2010 00:52 GMT
#3
Hi i'm interested but atm I don't have beta. So would you be able to send or upload and (link via pm) the soundfile?
Free Palestine
R A V
Profile Joined November 2009
United States217 Posts
March 28 2010 00:53 GMT
#4
Why does this sound so amazing :OOOO
Jaedong? More like JDAWG
motbob
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States12546 Posts
March 28 2010 00:54 GMT
#5
On March 28 2010 09:52 liosama wrote:
Hi i'm interested but atm I don't have beta. So would you be able to send or upload and (link via pm) the soundfile?

Yep!
ModeratorGood content always wins.
BroOd
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
Austin10831 Posts
March 28 2010 00:54 GMT
#6
On March 28 2010 09:52 Tyrokomos wrote:
boring

Don't be a jerk.

This has the potential to be really funny.
ModeratorSIRL and JLIG.
milly9
Profile Joined May 2007
Canada325 Posts
March 28 2010 01:47 GMT
#7
I've always loved that HL2 video. Bet a SC2 one could be funny too.
then i stick my treasures in a treehole
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
March 28 2010 01:58 GMT
#8
that's freaking awesome!
DoomBacon
Profile Joined February 2010
United States165 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-28 02:17:05
March 28 2010 02:09 GMT
#9
That is one of the best things I've ever seen on the internet. I'll try to help a little bit for sure :D
(also when I play HL2 I totally do the pha pha pha pha pha noise to myself when I shoot the pistol :3)
/boggle
SilentCrono
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1420 Posts
March 28 2010 02:12 GMT
#10
haha nice
♞ Your soul will forever be lost in the void of a horse. ♞
TheAntZ
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Israel6248 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-28 03:50:53
March 28 2010 02:28 GMT
#11
Signing up, I can do russian, british, and indian accents, if that helps. Im a bangladeshi of russian descent with decent english so I can (with some practice) manage a wide variety of accents I think.
43084 | Honeybadger: "So july, you're in the GSL finals. How do you feel?!" ~ July: "HUNGRY."
ZenDeX
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Philippines2916 Posts
March 28 2010 06:39 GMT
#12
SUPPORT! Let's make a soundpack contest! Winner gets a betakey lol.
TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10668 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-28 08:00:05
March 28 2010 06:59 GMT
#13
lol


User was warned for this post.
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QuothTheRaven
Profile Joined December 2008
United States5524 Posts
March 28 2010 07:12 GMT
#14
Best of all, once it's done you could make a soundpack and people could replace all their SC2 sounds and actually play with the soundpack instead
. . . nevermore
zealing
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada806 Posts
March 28 2010 07:17 GMT
#15
LOL OMG seriously i can't stop laughing...
Think you got lag? It took Jesus 3 days to respawn.
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
March 28 2010 07:21 GMT
#16
I vote for the Day9 overlord impression for the new overlord sound!
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ZenDeX
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Philippines2916 Posts
March 28 2010 07:27 GMT
#17
On March 28 2010 16:12 QuothTheRaven wrote:
Best of all, once it's done you could make a soundpack and people could replace all their SC2 sounds and actually play with the soundpack instead

This is hilarious. It is as if Blizzard never made sounds for the game.
DoX.)
Profile Joined December 2008
Singapore6164 Posts
March 28 2010 07:35 GMT
#18
On March 28 2010 16:21 shindigs wrote:
I vote for the Day9 overlord impression for the new overlord sound!

Yes please, the new ovie sounds too weak.
Kyuukyuu
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Canada6263 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-28 07:43:04
March 28 2010 07:38 GMT
#19
On March 28 2010 16:21 shindigs wrote:
I vote for the Day9 overlord impression for the new overlord sound!


Haha that'd be amazing. I might help once I get a non-shitty mic in a week or two.

What I think would be really kickass is if someone did one of those split screen a cappella style things and replaced the background music :D. Would be really difficult and time-consuming but imagine the finished product!

edit: replaced link with better one :O
keV.
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States3214 Posts
March 28 2010 08:01 GMT
#20
The pistol got me so bad.
"brevity is the soul of wit" - William Shakesman
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