Elentari on 14/10/2006 at 03:07
I'm writing a short story for my friends - a sort of Return to the Haunted Cathedral type story. Since its all text, it tends to lack any real 'atmosphere', so I thought setting a nice background loop for ambience while they read.
Problem is, finding something to use.
I have the background for Shipping and Receiving - which I have used before and its great if the volume's lowered a little. It can be looped and does not get too irritating after the fourth replay. I also have one that says its the 'end' thats shorter but much the same. However, neither of those is particularly creepy or would set the right atmosphre for a spooky story.
Does anyone have anything that I might use for this sort of thing? I don't know where to look online to find such a thing and Thief has the best ambients that I've ever heard, but I'm not sure how to mix my own from the sounds I hear in these creepy missions, much less create my own from scratch.
Any hints?
Thanks! :)
Elentari on 18/10/2006 at 08:31
Ahh. THank you very much. :) I didn't even think about looking over there. (Probably because I wasn't going to use this in dromed. But hey)
Now to find one thats short and small enough to use. . . *rubs her hands together and digs in*
However, now I have a new question. I know some of you have played around with editting sounds. . .what software do you use to mix a track and overlay sounds? IE, I am using a little free editor, Audacity, that I can paste sounds together, making them play end to end. . . but I have not been able to figure out how to actually lay two sounds on top of each other. I have also tried in Goldwave, though that one did not seem much better. If its in there, I must be missing it. or do I need some special software just for that?
bob_doe_nz on 18/10/2006 at 09:22
Quote Posted by Elentari
However, now I have a new question. I know some of you have played around with editting sounds. . .what software do you use to mix a track and overlay sounds? IE, I am using a little free editor, Audacity, that I can paste sounds together, making them play end to end. . . but I have not been able to figure out how to actually lay two sounds on top of each other. I have also tried in Goldwave, though that one did not seem much better. If its in there, I must be missing it. or do I need some special software just for that?
Audacity? Don't you just open one file then drag and drop another into Audacity?
DarkHunter on 19/10/2006 at 04:16
Get Acid Pro..... you can overlay many tracks and play them simultaneously
Martek on 21/10/2006 at 01:47
>> Get Acid Pro..... you can overlay many tracks and play them simultaneously
Audacity does that quite easily. As well as allowing combinations of mono and stereo tracks, envelopes, equalization, multiple sound clips on a single track (the end-to-end the other poster referred to), all kinds of filters. And best of all it is both open source and there is a portable version that doesn't need any install (even the "normal" version can be copied to, say, a usb drive after an install, and from there you can run it basically anywhere without further installation).
(
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/)
It's actually quite good for the price. :)
>> ...I have not been able to figure out how to actually lay two sounds on top of each other...
In answer to the question - it's my son that uses it, not me - but I am pretty sure you just lay down a new track and put the new sound in it, and drag it left/right into the correct position (in relation to the other track). That's the gist of it. The docs and tutorials (online and offline) cover that basic operation as I recall.
Cheers,
Martek
