Did you have any problems with my entry? If so let me know and I'll redo
it.
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From: "Kai" <wraith...@comcast.net>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 10:59 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Swamp Voice Submissions Cut-Off Date
Greetings list.
I've decided to set the absolute cut-off date for vocal submissions to
Swamp to February 29. I've been marketing the project for a while now, and
would like to instead focus on processing the received files. Please get
your voice recordings in soon, if you do indeed wish to be a part of
Swamp!
http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?id=7205
Please pay full attention to the instructions and script. Any voices
missing a category will be declined, and I don't have the inclination to
chase down everyone who submits a recording to give them a chance to fill
in the gap. This means that if you neglect to record a name for the file,
it will be rejected. If you forget to record pain sounds, it will be
rejected. If you only record two phrases for one category, and neither of
those phrases are useable, your entry will be rejected. (This is why we
ask you to record three.)
I'll stress it again. Please try to get the optimal situation for your
recording session. I fully realize not everyone has a professional
recording setup or environment (I myself don't), but there are steps you
can take to maximize the quality of your
recording.
Don't record near fans, refridgerators, or other noisy pieces of
equipment. There's only so much noise reduction I can do, and if that
process significantly damages the underlying voice I'm trying to clean up,
I'll deem the submission unuseable. Before recording, try and obtain as
quiet of an environment as possible. Record in a quiet room. Turn off your
appliances for the small duration required to record.
Don't record with the windows open, or when there's music playing in the
background. This also includes not speaking over your speech synthesizer
of choice. If your computer talking gets picked up by the microphone and
is interspersed with your phrase, and if there isn't a suitable
alternative, I'll have to reject your entry. If your computer can be heard
in the recording, make sure to start speaking after the computer stops.
Don't record using the internal microphone in your laptop or some other
device. The inferior quality of these microphones will more than likely
render your submission unuseable.
Don't record multiple times, and then join the results into one long file.
This makes my noise reduction efforts well nigh impossible. Just turn on
the microphone, read your lines, re-speak any lines you feel you've messed
up, then save and submit the entire file.
Similarly, don't submit multiple files. I have very specific requirements
and reasons for wanting a single file. applying noise reduction across
multiple files is tedious, and I'm going to be honest in saying that I'm
only willing to go so far to redeem entries which don't follow the
instructions.
I know all of this makes it sound like I'm doing my best to find reasons
to reject entries. I'm not. I have in fact done my best to make some
fairly difficult recordings work before having to discard them. In some
cases, my efforts were successful, and in some others they were not. I'm
going to do my best to make you a part of the game if you submit an entry,
but please also do your part to ensure that the file you submit is easy to
work with.
I sincerely appreciate each and every person's time invested in making
their recording, but I need to draw some lines. Otherwise, we'll
inevitably have some fairly rediculous entries.
Once again, remember that the cut-off date is February 29th. Submissions
after that point will regretably have to be turned down so that I can
dedicate myself to processing the available files.
Thank you in advanced for your efforts, and I look forward to seeing you
be a part of Swamp!
kai
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