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Author Topic: Aira Plays Blightfall: My new LP on Youtube - Custom Music! Shaders! Good Times!  (Read 19586 times)

Sappho

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I was going to wait until I had a few episodes done before making a thread, but I already seem to be attracting views, so here you go!

Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8

I'll add links when I make new episodes. Progress might be slow-ish due to the extra time it takes me to compose music, but now that I have a few tracks made, I won't have to start from scratch for each episode.

I'm aware that the microphone quality in episode one is atrocious, and for that I apologize. My headset of about ten years had finally died, and I bought a new one that seemed similar, but apparently NOT SO. Yesterday I bought a standalone mic (not an expensive one, but should be much better quality than the headset), so from now on the sound should be much better.

If you like the series, please consider throwing me a like, subscribing, or leaving a comment. All these things help a lot to get my video listed in search results and such, to get me more viewers. As of now, this is just a hobby, and I haven't monetized my channel, but if I manage to start to get serious attention, I may reconsider that. It wouldn't be so bad to earn a tiny bit of extra cash from something I put so many hours of work into.
« Last Edit: October 20, 2015, 04:53:57 am by Sappho »
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Mephansteras

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I like the first video! Looks like an interesting pack. Not my cup of tea, since I despise dealing with taint, but fascinating to watch. :)
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Glacies

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Subscribed. The music reminds me of early nineties games; The Dig in particular. It's great.

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That was a great intro Sappho, and I enjoyed main content as well.
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Sappho

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Thanks guys! I had hoped to have the second episode done for today, but the new microphone I bought is, it turns out, absolute shit. It's so quiet that even with Minecraft sound at 5% you can't hear a word I'm saying, and if I use the Windows mic boost to make it louder, it gets super noisy and crackly. I have to throw out the episode I filmed, revert to my last save (fortunately I'm backing up after each episode) and do it again with a new mic... Hopefully I'l get to it today. I can only upload episodes at work since my internet at home is so slow (would take 15 hours per episode - at work it takes 10 minutes), so if I don't get it uploaded tomorrow, it'll have to wait until next Tuesday. Maybe I'll try to do a few in advance over the weekend and schedule them to release over a week or so, if I can find the time.

If anyone has experience with recording sound on the computer without spending gobs of money, please get in touch. The microphone I bought (Trust Starzz) had good reviews, but no matter how I fiddled with the settings I couldn't get it to sound good (or loud enough) on my machine.

Actually, a thought occurs just now as I am writing this: When I was recording, I didn't use my headphones (I have tinnitus so I thought I'd take the opportunity to protect my ears) but I turned my speakers down low so the mic wouldn't pick up the game sound. Maybe I need to turn down the system volume? Maybe the reason the game was so loud in comparison is because OBS respects the system volume, and if I turn it down, maybe I can get this to work... I need to do some science on this after work today. Again, if anyone knows more about computer sound than me (probably just about everyone), please make yourself known! I've only ever recorded with a headset before, so the microphone is a new thing for me.

EDIT: Other info that might be useful: the reason I had to turn the mic boost off is it creates a LOT of hiss and white noise. It's also really very quiet and I have to have my mouth right next to it for it to hear me. If I'm more than a few cm/about an in away from the mic, the sound quality and volume drop off drastically. I tried using the Windows white noise remover setting but it messed up the sound of my voice so I had to turn it back off. My headset creating a lot of static and hiss is the main reason I replaced it with this new mic, so if I can't at least reduce that somehow, this thing is not really worth the money. But on the other hand, I do not have gobs of cash sitting around for a really high-quality mic... I need to find the best I can for cheap. : /

There's also the rattling issue. When I move the mic around, I can hear something rattling inside. It's so cheap, I wonder if that's just part of the design - but of course, the mic does pick up that sound. Maybe I'll see if I can exchange it and see if the new one is any better. It's just a hassle to do this since they don't speak English at the electronics place and I always feel I've gotten ripped off slightly because my Czech isn't so great and they find unreasonable excuses to charge me extra money.
« Last Edit: September 03, 2015, 12:32:54 am by Sappho »
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LoSboccacc

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I found it useful to record the microphone track on it's own stream, then merge and equalize later
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Sappho

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I found it useful to record the microphone track on it's own stream, then merge and equalize later

Any chance you can explain how to do that using OBS? I only know how to record everything (and tweak the settings to get HD).

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well OBS multiplatform supports recording each audio in it's own audio track so programs can split them up afterwards...



but I personally just run a second capture software for the mic because video editing software that understand multitrack audio mixing is hard to find for free.
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Sappho

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Hmm... I'll have to see if my computer can handle running two recording programs at once while running shaders and smooth lighting and everything. I want to make sure nothing lags. But it would be helpful to be able to adjust the relative volumes later. No matter how much I test, something always ends up being unexpectedly louder or quieter than it should be.

EDIT: Looking at the electronics store web site, it seems there isn't another standalone microphone available that uses a 3.5 mm jack (I don't have the equipment for anything higher-end), other than even cheaper ones which I assume are lower quality. Maybe I should consider buying a new headset instead. I wish there was a reliable way to know before buying whether the microphone will be good or not. Reviews on everything seem to vary wildly...
« Last Edit: September 03, 2015, 04:10:07 am by Sappho »
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Does that mean no new video soon? I just watched the first one, and I like the tone you set. There is something poetic is rushing to save those trees... Any chance you might save the third one?
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Sappho

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I'll get the next video up as soon as I can. There's a small chance it could be tomorrow (I'll do my best!), but if not, then probably next Tuesday when I'm at the office again. Sorry for the delay! Technical blahblahblah. :/

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No pressure, but absolutely do want to see more of this.

Sappho

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I'm really pleased by all the support I'm getting. :) Sadly, I still don't have a tolerable microphone, so it'll have to wait. :( I've posted in the life advice forum asking for some help finding a mic. I hope someone can give me a hand. In any case, this weekend I'll be hanging around lots of musician friends, so hopefully one or more of them can be of assistance in getting me some decent sound quality.

I promise there will be more as soon as I can manage it! And serious thanks to everyone who has been so encouraging. You have no idea how motivating it is to know that lots of people like my work. Makes every second of effort worth it.

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Episode 2 is up! I'm still waiting for it to process into HD but that should be ready within a few minutes: https://youtu.be/YagghLF2TJA

EDIT: We are go for HD! I'll try to get episode 3 up by the end of the week. Maybe I'll make longer episodes, since I won't be able to update super often. What do you guys think?
« Last Edit: September 08, 2015, 05:18:04 am by Sappho »
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Episode 2 is up! I'm still waiting for it to process into HD but that should be ready within a few minutes: https://youtu.be/YagghLF2TJA

EDIT: We are go for HD! I'll try to get episode 3 up by the end of the week. Maybe I'll make longer episodes, since I won't be able to update super often. What do you guys think?

I prefer longer episodes, myself. Half hour is a good length, but really anything up to an hour is fine.

Looking forward to watching the episode on my lunch break today. :)
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