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Nogrod · 04-17-2008, 03:55 PM

If and when this is going to take some time we should also start to think about the sound effects and possible music stuff as well?

I do not think we will be such wizards that we could get any chapter fully composed but we might go for some interludes - or if the narration in the storyline calls for music then why not try to add some background music then? Someone said s/he would be happy to do some. After we decide on the chapter let's hear from you (McCaber that was?). I could also do some if needed. And anyone having ideas do then come forwards!

Making of sound effects has been something I have loved from very early on. I remember we made a kind of "Radio dramas" with my little sister back in the late seventies / early eighties (when I was ten+!) and I was already then most interested in trying to find the way to make the sounds even if the equipment at that time were quite primitive (we had a Tandberg reel-to-reel and a C-cassette radiorecorder back then and we recorded the effects on one, then played it and acted on it recording on the other one).

But if we'll really decide to go on with this project I'd have one more reason to invest some money to a decent digital audio recorder with which I could start experimenting with different sound effects (I've dreamt about it for a long time! Now I might have a reason to invest in it!). During the summer we could go to our summer cottage where the noises of the city would not interfere and we might record stuff like basic walking of a group in ME envirovenments, the howl of the wind, shooting of arrows, any watery noises (our cottage is by a lake) or whatever we need. And surely that would make us try the limits of our creativity at home! I mean the opening of the doors of Moria were not bad in our latest...

If we can avoid using the sfx cd's the better. The more we do ourselves the better. The more people are involved the better.

So thoughts on the chapter we should go for?

So thoughts on who sholud then play whom?

So thoughts on if we need music there and who should try making it?

So thoughts in possible sound effects we'd need in that chapter?

And if someone's thinking it: this is no closed society! Everyone is welcome whatever s/he can bring to this effort! Remember this is not dead serious! But surely we do our best...

04-17-2008, 03:55 PM	#7
Nogrod Flame of the Ainulindalë Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wearing rat's coat, crowskin, crossed staves in a field behaving as the wind behaves Posts: 9,308	If and when this is going to take some time we should also start to think about the sound effects and possible music stuff as well? I do not think we will be such wizards that we could get any chapter fully composed but we might go for some interludes - or if the narration in the storyline calls for music then why not try to add some background music then? Someone said s/he would be happy to do some. After we decide on the chapter let's hear from you (McCaber that was?). I could also do some if needed. And anyone having ideas do then come forwards! Making of sound effects has been something I have loved from very early on. I remember we made a kind of "Radio dramas" with my little sister back in the late seventies / early eighties (when I was ten+!) and I was already then most interested in trying to find the way to make the sounds even if the equipment at that time were quite primitive (we had a Tandberg reel-to-reel and a C-cassette radiorecorder back then and we recorded the effects on one, then played it and acted on it recording on the other one). But if we'll really decide to go on with this project I'd have one more reason to invest some money to a decent digital audio recorder with which I could start experimenting with different sound effects (I've dreamt about it for a long time! Now I might have a reason to invest in it!). During the summer we could go to our summer cottage where the noises of the city would not interfere and we might record stuff like basic walking of a group in ME envirovenments, the howl of the wind, shooting of arrows, any watery noises (our cottage is by a lake) or whatever we need. And surely that would make us try the limits of our creativity at home! I mean the opening of the doors of Moria were not bad in our latest... If we can avoid using the sfx cd's the better. The more we do ourselves the better. The more people are involved the better. So thoughts on the chapter we should go for? So thoughts on who sholud then play whom? So thoughts on if we need music there and who should try making it? So thoughts in possible sound effects we'd need in that chapter? And if someone's thinking it: this is no closed society! Everyone is welcome whatever s/he can bring to this effort! Remember this is not dead serious! But surely we do our best... __________________ Upon the hearth the fire is red Beneath the roof there is a bed; But not yet weary are our feet...