Sith Holocron

Some of the GenoHaradan lines that G0-T0 says to the bounty hunters on his yacht seem to lack the "mechanized" sound and echo that the others have. Have you altered those lines so they all sound comparable?

I hope it's not compensating for something. (har har har)

Plosive Sounds It turns out that these pops and thumps occur mainly on what are known as 'plosive' sounds, prime examples being words that start with the letter 'B' or 'P'. If you were to hold a lighted candle in front of your lips while speaking or singing 'plosives', you'd see the flame flicker, because we tend to expel a blast of air when making these sounds. By contrast, if you sing a sustained 'Ahh' sound, the candle will barely flicker at all, because you're mainly just producing sound vibrations with your vocal cords and expelling very little air in the process. Sibilant Sounds In addition to above problem letters, there's also the sneaky sounding S - and also Z. The S can produce a hissing sound that's difficult to edit out as well. Professional voice actors have training on how to deal with such things with various facial exercises. Like the above, the reason for this occuring is once again air. In this case however, the harshness of the sound is usually due to the exhaled air hitting the teeth, However, if you're reading this - and you're making a mod - you probably don't have the budget to hire a professional voice actor or actress. What is one to do? The answer is three words is . . . A Pop Filter A pop filter is a nylon-mesh screen that clips onto the microphone and is placed between the speaker and the microphone. It lessens the aforementioned air issue by filtering it out. Pop filters are commonly used in music studios. Of course, you could buy one . . . but what fun would that be? I'm going to link you to a video that will show you how to make your very own for under 10 (U.S.) dollars. (No, it's not me in the video.) If you need more than one pop filter, this might be the best way to go. The savings will be quite apparent. A few hours ago, I ordered a pop filter from Amazon. I decided that for my next blog, I'll describe my set up and perhaps give a layman's review of the filter. I'll probably re-record lines from the original M4-78 mod by Darth Stoney - so I don't "spoil" anyone waiting for the "M4-78 Enhancement Project" stuff. (I'll probably have links to YouTube videos for that.) A note: I'm no audio engineer so hopefully I'll satisfy the curiosity for our standard viewers without going overboard. I will provide links where I acquired my equipment and have prices and more information on my microphone, computer, and pop filter for those that crave that sort of thing. Oh yeah, I'll have pictures too but I might just grab those from the ever popular Google. Until next time . . . whenever that might be

It's nice to see a crisp shot of one of the Archon chambers. Can you reveal which of the archons we're seeing to the public?

G0-T0 discusses the HK-50's in a few of his conversations. Reasoning explaining why the HK-50's continue to attack after he rescinds his bounty can be inferred from them. Examples follow:

I was thinking about voice overs earlier today and was wondering why I've never posted a blog before. It seems like the two things might go together. This first entry is likely to be very exciting as it mostly relies on a link to an outside source. An admission, this is mostly copied word for word from a post I made over at Lucas Forums. Those that follow Half-Life at all might be familiar with the Black Mesa Source mod. The concept was to redo the first Half Life 2 game engine using the latest Source engine. (I believe the last engine mentioned was the one right before Portal 2 but they may have started using that one for all I know.) Over at SteamCast (now renamed to SteamChat due to legal problems), they've posted a podcast with some of the voice actors for that mod. If you start listening at about the 20 minute mark, you'll hear some interesting takes on voice acting and some tips as well. Here's a link to an archive of the relevant SteamChat podcast. Don't worry - I'll get better at this sort of thing in the future.

Wrong thread, Nsinger.

Kerk, Zbyl2 asked Zhaboka that because he's a beta-tester.

HH has sent many of his updates via email. The situation isn't entirely dire.

In a week, we'll still need testers - and for some time after that, as well!

GenoHaradan discussion should be directed here and not in the TSLRCM section. Let's not muddy the waters. folks.

Just a little bump, but for a good cause. Over the past few years, I've been inundated with requests on how M4-78 EP is doing. (Great, if you haven't heard. *wink*) It seems folks are interested in this mod. If you're not part of the TOR/Mass Effect/Skyrim armies and have a some time to spare, would you consider beta testing for us? Since this thread opened, we've had one beta tester sign up. We could use more, I'm sure. If you're interested, check out the initial post in this thread to find out what's required and shoot Zbyl2 a PM. Thank you for your attention.

The only time I've seen that happen was when I was using randydg's Ebon Hawk Restored 1.0 mod I'll quote my comment to him: JCarter426 thought it be the following:

The game will crash.