[2020] Riot's strongest department is their sound design/music

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I was playing my lovely swain today and really appreciated how his ult incorporates the croaking sound ravens are known to make on top of the amazing demonic whispers.

https://youtu.be/XY1cXx0le2s?t=122

Then I got thinking about how awesome champion sfx are in general.

That worble sound before Orianna's ult hits? Awesome.

The spine tingling blood hunt music warwick has? Awesome.
Eternum Nocturnes ultimate sound? Holy sh*t yes!

Then don't even get me started on champion login themes. I still frequently listen to a lot of them.

What are your favorite league sounds or the ones you think are expertly crafted?

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almost 7 years ago - /u/semipriceysoap - Direct link

Originally posted by SyncingShiip

I ran into Riot Soundbear in an ARAM and we added each other. He was telling me how he made the sounds for Project Ashe and I was amazed.

He's the king of mouth wub wubs!

almost 7 years ago - /u/semipriceysoap - Direct link

Originally posted by Tiefman

Maybe this a good thread to post it on as its related to sound...

Does ANYONE know where to find the "song" on the role-select menu when playing draft/rank? When you go to pick your role but before you confirm if you turn up your volume theres a song

Not many people notice it - its kinda like a wooshing wind sound with a bird that makes for great study music

Hey /u/Tiefman! I think you're talking about ambience of the client/party lobby. It's unfortunately not something we can officially release by itself as anything standalone - it's a bit complicated.

Some similar things you can search on Youtube: nature ambience quiet nature audio quiet wind ambience

This seems kind of close: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNN7iTA57jM

It's a bit hard since a lot of nature ambiences have constant insects/birds but hopefully you'll find something you like!

almost 7 years ago - /u/semipriceysoap - Direct link

Originally posted by brokenblinker

And then you load into an ARAM on a patch and all you can hear are Xayah feathers and you have to turn all the sound down because otherwise you can't hear your friends in Discord over the broken sounds....-

... Sorry D: fix is coming, I swear!

almost 7 years ago - /u/semipriceysoap - Direct link

;_____; <3 there are also many wonderful Riot teams that don’t get much visibility from players but we really appreciate all the love!!

almost 7 years ago - /u/semipriceysoap - Direct link

Originally posted by VincentGankplank

Actually their sound design might be good the implementation into the game is mediacore.

Interesting video: https://youtu.be/ocbfYBslseI

Hey! You (and that video) definitely are not wrong - this is a very big and active discussion we are having. It’s partly why we are transitioning to the new audio engine (which resulted in some unfortunate bugs we are fixing for next patch- rip nexus explosion). It’s a long term project (there are so many variables) we are continuously thinking about and doing and we hope it’ll make the gameplay have more clarity. (Here’s another statement in parentheses for good measure.)

almost 7 years ago - /u/semipriceysoap - Direct link

Originally posted by Tiefman

Hey thats pretty good thanks. Did you work on the lobby ambience?

I didn’t - /u/Riot_Eno did! He’s a masterful sound designer :)

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