[2022] TennoCon 2022 | Sounds of the System Panel | Warframe Dev Tracker

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1s	this is by far the biggest group of
3s	students i have seen come to class thank
6s	you so much for rocking out to tennocon
8s	2022 my name is gemma laurel i had the
11s	absolute privilege of voicing for
12s	cephalon malika i can honestly say that
15s	the warframe community is the best in
17s	video games so have an awesome one and
19s	be great to each other
21s	hi tenno i'm maya grant and i play our
23s	comedian yanta it was a pleasure to
25s	voice the character and i'm so grateful
27s	for you for playing thank you so much
29s	and have an amazing tennocon
31s	goodbye for now
34s	if it isn't my favorite grubber
37s	i'm brent mukai the voice of cavalero
40s	and i hope your tennocon is
43s	uh enjoyable that's it right that's all
46s	i got to say perfect
49s	oh
50s	and will someone just give me a damn
52s	kubrow already is that too much to ask
56s	greetings tenno
58s	so good to see all of you again
60s	[Laughter]
64s	hey guys my name is carol valchopp i
67s	voice hombask um i just wanted to say hi
70s	and let each and every one of you know
72s	how thrilled i am to be part of warframe
74s	enjoy tennocon 2022. hi it's david
78s	ottavino voice of the husband in the
79s	ceremony arg just making a quick video
81s	to say happy tennocon what could go
83s	wrong
84s	please someone help open this door it's
86s	jammed and i i have to pee
88s	how long have i been trapped in this
90s	booth of anguish as the stench fills my
93s	nostrils because i
95s	i wet my pants
96s	happy tennocon
98s	my angels
99s	hey tenno my name is capritano and i
102s	voiced kyra in the warframe erg some of
105s	you may have known her as zeri john
108s	or cephalon fogg i don't know who cares
110s	anyways i really appreciate you for
112s	finding all those logs and i really hope
114s	you have a great time khan bye hey there
116s	tenno i'm calvin joyal the voice of viso
119s	or vico or tico depending on who you ask
122s	the warframe community is genuinely one
124s	of the kindest gaming communities i've
126s	ever encountered and your sweet comments
128s	about piso means so much to me have a
130s	great tennocon for profit
133s	hey tenno this is adam bennett the voice
136s	of call 175
138s	wishing everyone watching a happy
140s	tennocon
141s	and from the bottom of my heart thanks
143s	to all of you for your love and for your
145s	support
148s	it's me
150s	varsia
151s	remember me
153s	amigitos it's me gigi saul guerrero a
156s	big hello all the way from vancouver
158s	canada queridos tennos i hope you guys
161s	have an amazing amazing time at tennocon
165s	sending a big hello and just like marcia
167s	says let's shake the walls ow
171s	hi
172s	i'm davina doyle aka captain vala
175s	glarios i'm so happy to be here with you
177s	today hope you're enjoying yourself
180s	i have one thing to sing to you
183s	sisters below below we're going where
186s	the winds don't blow
188s	yeah we're all bound down in the deep
190s	and we'll all be sleeping in the cold
192s	below below
194s	sleeping in the cold
200s	even though it's very hot here obviously
202s	enjoy
205s	hello everyone and welcome to the
206s	tennocon 2022 sounds of the system panel
209s	this is a pre-recorded panel and my name
212s	is marcus kretz i work here digital
214s	extremes i am a senior community
215s	coordinator and for the next hour we'll
217s	be taking a deep dive into all things
220s	sound design music dialogue and warframe
223s	now this is a general spoiler alert for
226s	anyone who has been playing through
227s	warframe
228s	if you have not completed the main
230s	storyline content for warframe yet there
232s	will be heavy spoilers ahead uh
234s	specifically for the new war quest and
236s	for the angels of the xerement update so
238s	you have been warned heavy spoilers
240s	ahead
241s	now without further ado i would love to
244s	introduce
245s	the panelists that are joining me today
247s	i'm very honored
248s	to be joined by three incredible people
251s	first up we have george spanos audio
254s	director for warframe george how's it
256s	going
256s	good good how is everyone doing
259s	doing great doing great yeah that's good
261s	yeah
262s	we also have eric preston lead sound
264s	designer
266s	hello happy to be here and happy to talk
268s	about the sounds of warframe yeah we
269s	love it thanks for being here eric and
272s	uh one of our favorite composers keith
274s	power thank you for joining us again
275s	this year great to have you
277s	oh so very happy to be here yeah it's
280s	nice to see you guys
281s	yeah it's great uh honestly it's been so
283s	long i mean this is the first time i've
284s	seen eric and george uh in two years in
287s	person so it's incredible how's uh how
289s	time has just flown by
291s	and speaking of which in terms of uh
293s	the audio team you know operationally
295s	are are you guys still working from home
297s	or have you been able to come in back
299s	into the office uh at all
301s	it's still mostly from home it's you
303s	know we've we built a new sound studio
306s	and so we've china been you know coming
308s	in now and then to kind of use it and
310s	that uh you know recording some foley
312s	and and doing some voice stuff and that
314s	kind of thing but it's mostly from home
316s	right now and hopefully soon ish we'll
319s	we'll get back in all together because
321s	uh yeah it'd be great to to to see the
324s	whole team day in and day out uh instead
326s	of over a screen and a camera so
329s	keith i'm pretty sure uh you you're
331s	you're still working from home correct
332s	that's your
333s	that's your uh that's your studio in the
335s	back there
336s	well i commute every day and it's it's
338s	about a 30-second commute right i walk
340s	from house through my yard and you know
343s	and then i'm here so so it's more of the
344s	same it's i've been working from home um
348s	for for many years and uh and i'm gonna
351s	probably keep that up i like i like it
353s	that way nice yeah that 30 uh that 30
355s	second commute probably can't be beat so
357s	uh no that's great to hear that's great
359s	to hear very nice well
361s	it's been an incredible year for
362s	warframe looking back the uh the amount
365s	that's been achieved in the past
366s	year really can't be overstated but you
368s	know really i have to start with going
370s	back to the new war you know after eight
373s	years of warframe it was the longest
375s	quest in warframe history you know it
378s	brought an incredible amount of work
379s	behind it but it certainly had
382s	an incredible amount of of love and work
385s	that went into it from the sound team
386s	especially so you know we touched on it
389s	briefly on last year's panel but you
391s	know for the sheer amount of dialogue
393s	that was recorded for the new request
395s	was there any logistical challenges in
397s	terms of capturing just that much audio
401s	yeah it was a lot like it it's it you
403s	know looking back on it now and thinking
405s	about it you know
408s	actually i should have i you know i
409s	should have
410s	highlighted all the lines to see what
412s	the line count was
414s	but it was a lot and it was a lot of
415s	coordinating with all the different
416s	actors uh and it was a lot to kind of
419s	get it all hooked up in the game and
420s	everything um so yeah but you know in
423s	the end you kind of
425s	you're so
426s	in the mindset of doing it you're in
428s	this kind of eye of the storm and then
430s	you release it and you're like wow and
431s	you take a look back and you're like wow
433s	that was a lot of work that we put into
434s	that um so yeah yeah very very proud of
438s	the team and and what we were able to
439s	accomplish with that for sure mm-hmm
442s	yeah it was just just an insane amount
444s	of because i think even before that i
445s	can't even think of the second longest
447s	quest in reference to that like
449s	but the fact that the new war was i
451s	think uh on many first playthroughs was
453s	around four hours it's just an
454s	incredible leap in terms of in terms of
456s	length
457s	and of course you've got all the
458s	operator and drifter dialogue times four
461s	right so you're here you know you finish
463s	one and then you're like okay we're done
465s	it's like well no you gotta do that
467s	three more times and you know we you
469s	know in the cinematics we would have to
471s	time it out so we had one actor who was
474s	kind of the lead
475s	um and then everything was timed out to
477s	uh to his uh his his reads so all the
481s	other actors would have to follow the
482s	timing and the pacing
484s	because of course when they do the
485s	animations they just do one version
487s	right so
488s	wow melts have to kind of move at the
490s	same speed and you know we
493s	a couple of our team members uh slater
495s	and chris in particular did a lot of
497s	finagling of dialogue lines to make sure
500s	they all lined up you know choosing
502s	operator we call them operator a b c and
504s	d
505s	you know testing them to make sure that
507s	that they work and then you know
509s	making another choice and testing
510s	another cinematic and does it line up
512s	does everything okay so that was a lot
514s	of work i i i distinctly remember that
517s	even from a tech point of view making
519s	sure that they switched properly based
521s	on player choice so
523s	yeah incredible to have you have like
525s	you said four different contexts for
527s	both operator and for drifter across
529s	four different voices like what what a
531s	challenge that must have been now
532s	another moment from the newer quest as
534s	well that i just i've been dying to talk
536s	about uh that was probably one of my
539s	favorites of the whole of the whole
540s	quest and again another spoiler warning
542s	for
543s	uh the new war if you have not yet
544s	completed it massive spoilers ahead
546s	uh there's a moment towards the end of
548s	the quest where we finally see the man
551s	in the wall
552s	um as uh i guess i would say a true void
555s	manifestation you know literally a wall
557s	uh and this moment of you know seeing
560s	the man on the wall in you know perhaps
562s	her true form and there's that really
564s	haunting vocalization
566s	that comes out from them uh it
569s	absolutely terrified me i know it really
571s	resonated with fans as well
573s	for that moment was that something that
575s	you know
575s	years back you know perhaps you'd always
577s	known that this you know form was going
579s	to come and you always thought oh we we
580s	know what voice we're going to use for
582s	that uh or we know how that's going to
583s	sound or is that something that
584s	organically came up uh during
586s	development
587s	we had no idea and but i have to say
589s	that the actor is among us right now so
593s	what so you're hearing it here from the
595s	first time it was me
597s	yes
598s	that was yuki no no no
602s	no it's
603s	me eric yeah and eric definitely speak
606s	to it um yeah i think it took a few
608s	iterations to kind of figure out what we
610s	wanted to do because we didn't have that
611s	preconceived notion of what it should
612s	sound like but man you hit it out of the
614s	park uh and it turned out awesome but
616s	yeah yeah i remember i remember seeing
618s	the the concept art and i just found the
621s	concept art to be as terrifying as what
623s	it ended up being in game
625s	and um i was working on the the sounds
628s	for that that cinematic and i started
630s	playing with some ideas and sort of one
632s	of the earliest things that i tried uh
635s	was a walrus
637s	so i had this pitch down walrus and it
639s	had this really menacing kind of tone
644s	i then did a pitch drop and a kind of
646s	like a minor pitch drop and it felt
648s	really strange and and big and scary
651s	um so that was kind of the basis for
655s	uh what ended up being that voice
657s	so using that as a base i overdubbed
660s	myself on it
662s	hitting the same note as that walrus
664s	kind of hit except adding words in
667s	and then i layered it multiple times so
670s	my own performance multiple times
671s	pitched it down
673s	added some effects and processing and
675s	mixed it together and that's what the
677s	the kind of the final result was
680s	and it's cool too because we've got
681s	those words in there right that the
682s	writing team came up with that that he
684s	says and i don't know has anyone kind of
686s	figured out what the like deciphered
689s	what it is and i don't know if the
690s	community is kind of they probably tried
692s	to pick it apart to kind of get those
694s	words and see there's been some very
696s	valiant attempts i've heard some
699s	youtube videos where they've pitched it
700s	up where you can really get close but i
703s	can tell you that no one
705s	no one has found it yet i always thought
708s	it was seriously i always thought it was
709s	eric is cool
714s	exactly that's what it was originally
716s	but we had to change it yeah yeah
719s	you got it there we got it there for
721s	sure but yeah
722s	oh we more yeah like in all honesty i
725s	think that's one of the best kind of
727s	endings and cinematics that we've done
729s	sound design wise musically vocally all
731s	of that stuff it really came together
733s	really nicely um and also for being one
735s	of the last things that we tackled right
737s	like i think especially musically i as i
739s	recall that was probably one of the last
742s	um cinematics those last couple that you
745s	and your team worked on keith so
747s	yeah it was
748s	turned out great though
750s	yeah absolutely thanks
752s	eric was awesome
756s	and i mean i think that speaks to
759s	you know how great that that audio is at
760s	the end that you know to me i thought it
762s	might have been something that's been
763s	you know cooking up for for years but to
765s	hear that it was you know something that
767s	you know had to be brought about almost
769s	in the the 11th hour is is pretty
771s	incredible look at where you guys are
773s	now could you imagine you know all those
775s	years ago
776s	thinking oh you know
777s	who knows down the road will be uh doing
779s	the score for a four hour quest you know
781s	what what uh
783s	what might you say to your you know your
785s	former selves for that
786s	yeah it's like the movie version right
788s	it's you know
790s	get to 10 years in or eight years in or
792s	so and
793s	let's do the movie version of this
796s	yeah that's a good point actually
798s	it's better than
800s	it's better no
801s	no but it's true it's kind of like it's
802s	taking a lot of the older ideas and
805s	building upon them and kind of bringing
806s	them together and kind of you know you
809s	know making it feel more fleshed out and
812s	and that's what i love about you know
813s	all the stuff that we've been doing
815s	especially lately is it's taking a lot
817s	of those older ideas and and kind of
819s	melding them into something new and
821s	incorporating them and so you really
823s	have this through line of of um
826s	sound design and voice and music
827s	especially that has continued and
830s	you play warframe and i'd like to think
831s	i mean you play it you know it sounds
833s	like warframe you know which which is
835s	kind of always the goal um
837s	yeah and it's it's always a good thing i
839s	think so agreed yeah
842s	yeah it's incredible how moving forward
844s	that that sonic palette has still held
846s	up even though you know you've been able
848s	to take us in so many new interesting
849s	directions um as we'll talk about later
852s	on in the panel for sure but next up
854s	we'll actually be seeing a behind the
856s	scenes video from the sound team that
858s	they've prepared we'll be taking a look
859s	at the sound design behind the angel of
861s	the zerman update we'll specifically be
863s	looking at the sound design behind some
865s	of the new mission types
867s	as well as a very highly requested look
869s	at the vocalizations for the angels
872s	enjoy
873s	hey everyone jess here from the sound
875s	team today i'm going to be taking you
877s	through some sound design from the
878s	angels of zeraman update let's take a
879s	look
880s	so we are in void flood game mode right
883s	now and we're going to take a look at
884s	making a sound for one of these void
886s	fractures here let's start by recording
888s	some audio
898s	[Music]
903s	oh my gosh
909s	all right so we are here in reaper we've
912s	got some mouth sounds we've got some
915s	ghost voices pitched up and down
918s	some spooky breaths some synthesizer
921s	let's take a listen
923s	[Music]
930s	okay so that's a lot of me making some
932s	weird sounds
933s	but we are going to do some processing
936s	so on some of our voice breathing sounds
940s	throwing a bit of flange on there here
942s	and there throwing a bit of ring mod
944s	the ring mod really makes it rattly
948s	you might hear the sound and some other
949s	gameplay elements in the zoom in as well
952s	this was really fun
958s	we're gonna throw some similar chains on
960s	me pretending to be a ghost
965s	i was able to grab a sample of uh some
969s	sparks from a welding torch we're gonna
970s	time stretch that and we're gonna lower
972s	it in pitch just to make it sound super
974s	weird and artifact-y
979s	and i took the void ooze loop from the
981s	new war i time stretched it a bit and
983s	just snuck it in as a texture layer and
986s	here's everything
995s	together okay very spooky let's throw
998s	this in the game and see how it sounds
1001s	here it is by itself
1008s	and here it is with the rest of the game
1010s	audio
1018s	that's all from me thanks for watching
1020s	thanks for playing and i'll see you next
1022s	time
1023s	hello tenno and welcome to tennocon 2022
1026s	i'm eric part of the sound team and
1028s	today we're going to show you how we
1029s	made the vocals for the void angels
1038s	we wanted the void angels to elicit a
1040s	sense of beauty but also fear
1042s	and what better place to start than with
1044s	a mayan death whistle
1054s	it's terrifying
1056s	we recorded the death whistle and added
1057s	some extra effects
1059s	[Applause]
1063s	that was feeling good but we wanted to
1065s	punch it up a notch so this time we
1067s	recorded the death whistle again and
1069s	pitched it down
1070s	here's what that sounds like
1075s	[Music]
1078s	and here's the two performances combined
1081s	[Music]
1088s	once the death whistle was feeling
1090s	appropriately terrifying we wanted to
1092s	add the beauty element so for that we
1095s	used a reverse reverb trick on some
1097s	female laughter
1099s	we started with unprocessed laughter
1101s	[Laughter]
1104s	and to begin this trick you first have
1106s	to reverse it
1107s	[Laughter]
1109s	at this stage you can add your favorite
1111s	reverb or echo
1115s	and then you record that to a separate
1117s	track
1122s	once you have that recorded
1123s	you can move that to a new track
1126s	remove your reverb
1128s	and once again reverse it to get the
1130s	final product
1135s	here it is combined with our death
1136s	whistle
1142s	once the death whistle and the beauty
1144s	element were combined it was time to add
1146s	a little bit of size and a little bit of
1148s	danger for that we used a microphone
1150s	called the sank in c100 it records
1153s	sounds above human hearing and what that
1155s	lets you do is pitch down your own
1157s	vocals by several times
1159s	to make something simple turn into what
1162s	sounds like a beast or a monster this is
1164s	what our original unpitched recording
1166s	sounds like
1170s	and this is what the same recording
1171s	sounds like pitched down several times
1174s	[Music]
1177s	and then we added that to our death
1178s	whistle and our reverse laughter for the
1180s	final product
1182s	[Applause]
1189s	and that's how the void angel vocals
1191s	were created i hope you enjoyed this
1193s	behind the scenes look and i hope you
1195s	enjoy the rest of the show happy
1196s	tennocon
1199s	thank you for that i mean you know once
1201s	the angels of the zeraman update dropped
1203s	you know we had that preview trailer
1205s	that came out where we got that first
1206s	glimpse of the angel and that first from
1208s	that first shriek i think fans have been
1210s	pretty curious to hear how uh how those
1212s	sounds were developed so that was a very
1213s	cool look at that thanks eric
1215s	yeah no problem yeah and speaking of
1217s	this airman uh earlier this year we
1219s	finally got to you know step on board
1222s	the zeraman proper we'd had a little bit
1224s	of a visit during the new war but you
1226s	know since uh since warframe began
1228s	people have been hearing you know echoes
1230s	of of the zeromen uh and finally we got
1233s	to take a look and go on board uh that
1235s	doomed colony ship so
1237s	you know it was a really remarkable
1240s	mission it was a really really great
1241s	update in terms of the sound design the
1243s	music
1244s	and all the audio and you know i just
1245s	have to say from you know even the the
1248s	track that was playing over the uh over
1250s	the warframe launcher uh when the update
1252s	went out you know the music just went in
1255s	an entirely new direction and still very
1257s	much warframe but it was really cool to
1259s	hear how you know the music was
1261s	developed for that update so you know
1263s	keith i have to ask you you know what
1264s	inspired you to use something like an
1266s	organ uh on the tracks uh for this
1268s	update
1269s	eric
1272s	eric that was eric's idea
1275s	yeah we were we were dialing it in
1277s	dialing it in dialing it in and you know
1279s	much of the approach was inspired by
1282s	the sounds that you sent me the the
1284s	shrieking sounds
1285s	um
1287s	i think you sent me those right
1288s	initially yeah early on yeah right it
1291s	was very helpful it was it became a task
1293s	of
1294s	matching those sounds so enormously
1297s	helpful and then
1298s	um
1301s	and then it was it was eric it was your
1303s	idea it was like a last minute sort of
1305s	you know
1306s	this might be crazy but let's try it and
1308s	it really it was such a great idea and i
1311s	think it it worked works really well it
1314s	just
1315s	you know it's it's it's it's hype organ
1318s	that just makes the whole thing
1320s	um that
1322s	little it's a little bit more grand for
1324s	lack of a better word you know it just
1325s	like gives it
1326s	the scope that it didn't have until we
1328s	added the pipe organ so
1330s	it was almost like uh because of the the
1333s	angel theme running through it it was
1335s	kind of like how can we push this
1337s	and give it sort of a cathedral vibra a
1340s	gothic vibe
1342s	and sort of you know organ came to mind
1344s	and thought it would be interesting to
1345s	try and of course keith knocked it out
1347s	of the park with the parts that he wrote
1349s	and worked it in beautifully with the
1351s	tracks that he had written so yeah very
1353s	thankful that uh
1355s	he was able to make it work so well
1356s	yeah and i'd love to add sorry that i'm
1359s	sorry an interrupt but uh that matthew
1361s	chalmers before i forget matthew
1362s	chalmers brilliant composer who helps me
1365s	um on a lot of things uh worked with me
1367s	on on all of the
1369s	the zariman music yes
1372s	so thank you matthew thank you matt out
1374s	there watching shout out matthew he
1376s	worked on some of the uh new war as well
1378s	right absolutely yeah yeah matthew uh
1382s	chalmers evan duffy steve davis were my
1386s	you know
1387s	uh very very helpful collaborators on
1390s	all of that music so nice well yeah as
1392s	george said you know absolutely knocked
1394s	it out of the park it was uh it was
1395s	fantastic
1397s	um
1398s	you know given the zerement you know
1399s	it's got that
1400s	intense lore and such a specific
1403s	important part in terms of the in terms
1405s	of the lore and the history of warframe
1407s	and nintendo you know when you're
1409s	creating that ambient audio on board the
1412s	zeraman you know was there a specific
1415s	layer or sound that you started from um
1418s	in terms of like you know capturing the
1419s	theme in the in the history of the
1420s	ceremony where was the where's the
1422s	starting point for that uh for that
1423s	ambiance
1425s	i think it kind of started in the new
1426s	war eric like a bit i mean you know it
1428s	was a bit of that and then brought
1430s	through into that into the zariman
1431s	update but uh yeah you worked on a lot
1433s	of that as i recall yeah absolutely it
1435s	totally started in the in the new war
1437s	and that that mission
1439s	really much uh set the tone
1441s	for what we did for the zeraman update
1443s	in terms of ambience
1445s	a lot of it was kind of
1448s	trying to weave in some memories of an
1451s	echoes of what would have existed on the
1453s	ship before
1456s	what happened
1457s	and but also trying to keep it somewhat
1459s	realistic and in in uh
1462s	in an area where it would be believable
1464s	i didn't want to make it too spooky um
1467s	didn't want to make it a haunted house
1468s	or a house of horrors but definitely
1470s	wanted to feel that there was a
1472s	presence there
1474s	before
1475s	what happened
1477s	so yeah lots of iteration lots of going
1478s	back and forth with the team and working
1480s	with george to get things right we put a
1482s	lot of time into our our ambience work
1484s	as well
1485s	and i know a lot of time people don't
1487s	hear it under the gun fire or you know
1489s	some of the missions get right to the
1490s	point very quickly
1492s	but uh yeah we we take a lot of a lot of
1494s	time with it and kind of give each space
1496s	its own
1498s	characteristic sound so
1500s	yeah if you're ever interested and you
1501s	can get away from some enemies for any
1503s	amount of time turn the sound up and
1504s	take a listen
1506s	yeah you'll find some stuff yeah yeah
1508s	honestly i just want to mention too
1509s	sorry to cut you off marcus just before
1511s	i i forget as well talking about other
1513s	team members and just acknowledging
1515s	the other people on the sound team and
1517s	that's giovanna gapito
1519s	jess buscema slater groves
1522s	jeff hartling mark perkin willem shonkin
1525s	jem sermon and chris tashera they all
1528s	did a fantastic job on
1530s	yeah on all of these updates and can't
1532s	thank them enough for their
1533s	collaboration as well so
1536s	but in terms of some things in the
1538s	update that are uh i guess a little
1540s	frightening i did want to talk about um
1542s	our favorite void of manifestation as
1544s	skitter girl uh because you know for
1547s	anyone who's been playing through the
1548s	angels of the ceremony you've probably
1550s	been uh chased by this lovely void
1552s	manifestation so i have to ask is it
1554s	more fun to do sound design for a creepy
1558s	child than it is to be chased by one
1563s	i think you have to be chased by one to
1564s	know how to sound designed for life yeah
1569s	yeah yeah
1571s	a little bit of both a little bit of
1572s	both
1573s	um that was uh that voice was
1575s	archimedeanta
1577s	um and she recorded some lines for us
1579s	for skitter girl and uh giovanni one of
1582s	the sound designers he did the
1583s	processing and and got that working and
1586s	made it made it extra creepy with the
1588s	echoes and the reverb and all that stuff
1590s	so that's pretty great i mean fitting
1592s	that it's also archimedenta's uh you
1595s	know it's her own manifestation so very
1597s	cool to use the same uh to use the same
1599s	voice actress for that yeah absolutely
1601s	yeah it's uh
1603s	not not a not a fun chase but it is it
1605s	is cool it's a it's a good time and then
1607s	in terms of you know the zeraman it very
1609s	much uh has some certain tendrils into
1612s	duveri for sure so i just wanted to ask
1614s	you know in terms of any sort of you
1617s	know sound qualities was there anything
1619s	that perhaps we might hear from duvery
1621s	that is sort of layered in uh into the
1624s	onboard the zeraman you know are there
1625s	any maybe
1627s	sonic easter eggs that we might be able
1629s	to find on board
1632s	yes
1635s	i think there is there is a sonic easter
1637s	egg in zareman some of you i think a lot
1639s	of people have have definitely found it
1642s	um and there will be some sonic easter
1644s	eggs in duvery from
1646s	zereman as well so yeah keep your ear
1648s	out
1649s	very cool so next up we're going to be
1652s	seeing another video from the sound team
1654s	at this time we'll be taking a look at
1656s	the revamped audio for the eximus
1658s	enemies that came with the angels of the
1659s	zeraman update as well as we'll be
1661s	taking a journey with our very own
1663s	george spanos to do some field recording
1665s	enjoy
1667s	hey everyone i'm chris from the sound
1669s	team i'm going to show you my
1670s	electromagnetic recording rig today
1673s	these are electromagnetic sensors which
1675s	capture electromagnetic fields instead
1677s	of sound waves through the air like your
1679s	typical microphones on the left here
1683s	[Music]
1691s	the magnetic field is strong
1693s	with these dimmer switches here
1696s	[Music]
1703s	don't worry i'm not doing anything
1705s	dangerous
1712s	[Music]
1717s	so i think i have something very usable
1719s	that i'm going to try some sound design
1720s	with so i have reaper open here and i'm
1723s	going to be sound designing for these
1725s	little electrical orbs that come from
1727s	the bioelectric xmus unit um so we're
1730s	going to start with the electrical panel
1732s	sound here
1735s	and it needs a little something so i'm
1737s	going to add tremolator here
1741s	gives it a little bit of rhythm
1744s	and then i'm going to add this plug-in
1746s	which is a grains and pitch plug-in it's
1750s	really cool
1751s	[Music]
1754s	so what i did next was i changed the
1757s	parameters here
1759s	and uh
1760s	basically played around until i found
1762s	something that was really unique and
1764s	interesting
1765s	and uh i went with that
1769s	[Music]
1775s	augmenting these styles here
1777s	a little bit of eq compression phase
1780s	panning
1781s	pitch shifter
1783s	and delay and reverb and just like that
1786s	the sound was done here's the final
1787s	result
1799s	thanks for watching everyone enjoy the
1800s	rest of tennocon
1803s	hey everyone
1804s	this year we thought we'd show you some
1805s	ambience recording now i know we've done
1808s	it in the past but we've never used the
1809s	binaural microphone in the past
1812s	binaural microphone aims to replicate
1814s	the human head so it's got two ears on
1816s	it and in each ear there's a microphone
1818s	and so what it does is it records sound
1821s	and a really interesting in-depth way
1824s	that you would normally hear the sound
1826s	if you were out in that environment
1828s	some of you know this as asmr
1831s	the other thing we did was we got a
1832s	seismic microphone a seismic microphone
1835s	you can stick it onto metal plastic
1837s	glass whatever
1839s	and it records sound like normal
1842s	microphones can't so it gives it a depth
1844s	and a clarity that you normally wouldn't
1846s	get it really adds
1849s	importance and resonance to the sound
1851s	which is really interesting
1852s	so make sure you're wearing headphones
1854s	for this especially for the binaural
1855s	part and enjoy
1882s	so
1899s	[Music]
1942s	so
1956s	next up of course uh as we've looked
1959s	back at the new war and at the angels of
1962s	the airmen update we now of course have
1964s	to look forward to the diviri paradox
1966s	we first got our look at the duveri
1968s	paradox uh during that tennocon 2019
1971s	trailer where you know we saw that lone
1973s	rider above that on that skeletal horse
1976s	and uh it was it was pretty incredible
1978s	to see that sneak peek and you know now
1980s	here we are uh looking looking ahead to
1982s	diviri so you know in terms of that 2019
1985s	tennocon trailer
1986s	how is the sonic palette from that
1988s	trailer held up have you you know still
1990s	been able to kind of draw on that as you
1992s	know the the inspiration for de vere
1994s	moving forward or have you had some
1996s	different realizations uh between
1998s	creating that trailer and then now uh
2000s	creating the update
2002s	it's always funny to look back on things
2004s	from a few years ago and and
2006s	and uh and try to you know incorporate
2009s	some of those ideas and you know uh
2012s	definitely i mean i guess answer the
2013s	question there definitely some of it has
2015s	is uh being incorporated into
2018s	into what we're doing now and but of
2019s	course there's a whole bunch of new
2020s	stuff as well
2022s	um
2023s	you know it's interesting when you you
2024s	know working on a trailer versus working
2026s	on the game as a whole requires kind of
2029s	a different kind of approach um and so
2032s	what might work for a trailer may not
2033s	work in the game and vice versa um but
2036s	the general tone of it for sure i think
2038s	we're trying to carry some of that
2039s	through but also kind of build on it you
2041s	know and keith has been writing some
2043s	great music for that um and i know the
2045s	rest of the team has been has been
2046s	working hard on on making sounds um
2050s	for certain things in it i don't know we
2052s	i don't know what i'm allowed to say and
2053s	what i'm not allowed to say but
2055s	i know it's always a challenge right
2056s	yeah
2060s	yeah the whistling is very very western
2063s	uh which i love and and you know
2065s	speaking of you know different themes
2066s	and you know ideas to draw upon you know
2068s	is there a specific kind of
2070s	uh you know um list of themes or
2073s	inspirations that you want to draw on
2074s	for duvery you know is there a
2077s	kind of maybe like a genre you're sort
2078s	of looking at in terms of where you want
2081s	to develop perhaps the sound design even
2084s	yeah it's a pretty wide range and i mean
2086s	eric you can speak to this too
2087s	you know i think like you know
2089s	everything from western to kind of
2093s	i don't know i mean i guess you could
2094s	say kind of space opera in a way um so
2097s	there's a lot of that that we're
2099s	incorporating into it and trying to
2100s	bring it into a new territory you know
2102s	um
2103s	you know it's a big update it's it's
2104s	kind of it's a whole new world it's a
2106s	whole new area for for players to
2108s	explore
2109s	and so you know the question is always
2111s	like how do we make it feel kind of
2112s	familiar in tone but yet new and
2115s	exciting um
2117s	so yeah
2118s	so i do have to ask before we move on uh
2120s	from duveri you know george you touched
2122s	on this briefly before but are there any
2124s	you know directions that will go
2126s	sonically or perhaps you know in terms
2128s	of maybe a vocal performance that we
2130s	haven't heard yet in warframe you know
2132s	is there any sort of untrodden ground
2134s	that duviri will go to that we haven't
2136s	yet seen
2137s	100 yes and actually
2139s	you know i think keith keith has been
2141s	working on something that's going to be
2143s	pretty damn cool don't go don't look at
2145s	the screen though
2147s	yeah yeah
2148s	yeah um it's yeah it's gonna be pretty
2151s	cool we're pretty excited about it
2152s	actually um so yeah and we always try to
2155s	do that right i always try to like
2156s	hey what can we do on this update to
2158s	make it new and exciting and refreshing
2160s	um and there's going to be plenty of
2161s	that on devery i guarantee it from all
2163s	departments really yeah no it's been
2165s	it's been incredible to see the work
2167s	already going into it and i just you
2169s	know of course fans may get another
2171s	sneak peek later on in the show today
2172s	for tennocon 2022 but it's been uh
2175s	incredible to see the work that's gone
2176s	into it and it looks uh it's it's it's
2179s	going to be pretty special
2180s	so i also i i have to ask for you know
2184s	there's probably
2185s	i mean there's certainly some aspiring
2186s	sound designers and composers uh
2189s	watching today you know for a sound
2191s	designer or you know someone who wants
2193s	to get into composing you know what's
2195s	something that they could even do today
2197s	to start working and honing their craft
2200s	you know like in this day and age i mean
2202s	there's there's you know there's youtube
2204s	there's trailers everywhere there's so
2206s	much content out there you know grab a
2208s	trailer from your favorite game
2211s	and uh redesign the sound you know and
2213s	and try that try downloading unreal try
2216s	unity try you know all these game
2218s	engines that i think most of them you
2220s	can get free versions of or demo
2222s	versions of um and just start working
2225s	away at
2226s	kind of figuring out how what makes them
2228s	tick you know um you know from the
2230s	technical side and and yeah and then the
2232s	trailers from the creative side you can
2235s	put a lot of different ideas into into
2237s	them and and and kind of build up your
2239s	skills that way i think is a good way of
2242s	approaching it for sure
2243s	yeah really it does take a long time to
2246s	to learn the craft and there's really no
2249s	replacement for experience of just
2252s	trying and getting things wrong
2255s	so i always say the sooner you can start
2257s	getting things wrong the sooner you're
2259s	going to start getting things right so
2261s	yeah that's cool jump in
2263s	oh that's awesome no thank you thank you
2265s	for those insights those are those are
2266s	really great to hear
2268s	uh so next up for our panel we're
2270s	actually going to be playing a little
2271s	game so for those of you that are fans
2274s	of the ever popular wordle there's
2277s	another version uh called hurdle where
2279s	you need to listen to music and guess it
2281s	uh quickly enough as fast as you can and
2283s	so today we're bringing you warframe
2285s	hurdle wardle
2287s	and so and you guys get to play it for
2288s	the first time ever so
2290s	very very exciting so that's great
2292s	object of the game is you want to try
2294s	and guess the source of the audio
2297s	in as small of a duration of a clip as
2298s	you can so we'll play a small duration
2300s	of a clip and then if you're unable to
2302s	guess it we'll start playing longer and
2304s	longer until we until we max out uh i
2306s	think we've got about four or five
2308s	samples for each
2309s	that we'll play so you guys are working
2311s	together on this don't worry and uh
2312s	we'll have it separated by category so
2314s	you can kind of stay in the same head
2315s	space uh so first off we'll be starting
2318s	with uh the music category so these will
2321s	all be songs uh so to guess correctly
2324s	you just need to either
2327s	guess the title
2328s	if you want or you can guess what update
2330s	the song is from
2332s	so
2333s	here's our first track and this will be
2334s	about a second long
2337s	[Music]
2339s	sounds of jiren oh shoot keith sorry
2343s	he wrote it so what am i doing
2345s	[Laughter]
2347s	i didn't give it the name
2349s	no
2350s	i was gonna say the werewolf one
2352s	yes yes yeah what was that that was uh
2356s	with ballas and what was that update
2358s	called um the sacrifice exactly
2361s	sacrifice yep yes yeah it's one of my
2364s	favorite tracks in the game i love that
2365s	track it's one of my favorite
2367s	pieces i've ever written for anything um
2371s	i'm uh yeah i think melodically it was
2375s	it was
2376s	successful i guess i don't know very
2378s	soon yeah fantastic it achieved what i
2380s	was going for um and you know i don't
2383s	always quite get there and i felt like i
2386s	got there without them
2387s	okay and uh let's check out the next
2390s	track
2395s	this
2395s	uh uh i think i know it
2398s	did you know it's uh yeah angels of of
2400s	the ceremony
2401s	um
2403s	that's the angel ost yeah the boss fight
2405s	yeah all right i forget the name of that
2407s	one but yeah i think uh it's uh on
2409s	corroded wings
2411s	odd corroded
2412s	that's what i was going to say
2414s	yeah
2416s	very fitting titles bananas
2420s	yeah i never thought of those like
2422s	[Laughter]
2424s	that's awesome um all right so next up
2427s	so that was our music category we'll be
2429s	moving on to dialogue
2430s	so if you can guess either the character
2433s	or honestly even the update that it's
2435s	from uh both will suffice so
2438s	you'll be hearing a shorter amount of
2439s	dialogue and then you'll just have to
2441s	guess from there so here's our first
2443s	clip of dialogue
2448s	oh that's hun howe vainglorious whelp
2451s	yup i forget the updates but yeah you
2453s	got the line though yeah yeah man it's
2456s	weird hey how that just clicks in
2458s	yeah it's like memories rushing back
2463s	in the matrix
2465s	yeah you absolutely snapped that george
2466s	yeah i think that was a i think that was
2468s	a fan favorite among the community team
2470s	for sure we love that line of vain
2471s	glorious whelp it was just that's from
2473s	the new war isn't it i think it is yeah
2475s	it's a new award
2476s	yeah excellent delivery and um yeah it's
2478s	such a such a good bit of dialogue
2481s	we loved it all right and uh here's our
2484s	last bit of dialogue
2489s	laura knight is that dreamers
2491s	no this is
2493s	oh
2494s	oh i'm out then
2496s	all right let's hear the second bit
2501s	dream
2503s	let them defile
2505s	oh
2509s	i should say they do scale up in
2510s	difficulty as we go across each category
2512s	so this will be the hardest one
2514s	this is a tough one this is a tough one
2516s	it rings a bell but i can't all right
2519s	ready for the for the full uh for the
2521s	full duration
2529s	this is in the new war
2531s	and it's um
2533s	when you get to one of like near the end
2536s	and you climb the the
2538s	the tower the uno
2540s	it is the universe
2542s	of course for the word yeah
2544s	i know uh
2545s	it was a pretty special moment in that
2547s	quest because i don't think
2548s	you know there's different characters
2549s	you expect to hear from i don't think
2551s	the unum is someone anybody expected to
2553s	hear from so that was you know when that
2555s	when that you know everything slows down
2557s	there and you get that angelic voice
2559s	that comes through really really cool
2560s	moment of that quest uh and i think this
2562s	next category is also uh increasing in
2565s	difficulty as well now we're moving on
2566s	to the
2567s	sound effects or the sound design
2569s	category um so if you can identify you
2571s	know the source um of these bits of
2574s	audio or the update that's from both
2577s	will both will work so here we go here's
2579s	our first
2580s	sound effect
2586s	some kind of infested or something
2588s	i need a little bit more of that flavor
2597s	the bell too but
2600s	that's tough that's a tough one that's a
2602s	tough one
2603s	increasing a difficulty you said
2606s	where did we start
2607s	there is actually there's actually a
2609s	hint i had uh a plan for this one that i
2611s	can give now it is
2613s	one of the archons
2616s	oh okay but you'll have to identify
2618s	which one it is
2619s	right
2621s	our economy
2626s	keith has it was that keith that's it
2628s	number three
2631s	you're absolutely correct it is our car
2632s	number three
2636s	nice nice
2638s	that's perfect awesome good job keith
2640s	yeah there you go excellent
2642s	all right here is our next sound effect
2647s	um
2649s	oh it's on the tip of my tongue
2652s	that's not um
2654s	what's in the uh in the orbiter um
2656s	what's the
2661s	um
2663s	i'm forgetting the name of the of the
2665s	the beast thing in your orbiter oh the
2668s	helmet the
2669s	the helmets
2671s	this is uh this is uh the latest
2673s	warframe yes um
2677s	like a beastly yeah cool it is uh do you
2680s	want to play the uh the full sound
2681s	effect
2684s	yeah that's her fourth ability
2686s	correct eric yep you are correct it is
2688s	gyres roto rotoswell rotor swell that's
2691s	nice yeah nicely nicely done yeah you
2693s	had after that uh
2694s	after that first second clip well done
2696s	well done all right well thank you guys
2698s	for playing wordle uh that was a blast
2700s	uh it was very cool to see uh here are
2702s	some of the you know the bits of a
2704s	history behind those uh different pieces
2705s	of dialogue and music and you guys were
2707s	proved you're quite good at wordle so
2709s	well very well done a few weeks ago we
2712s	did uh
2713s	ask the warframe fans both on the forums
2715s	and on reddit
2717s	to pose some questions uh for the three
2719s	of you uh so we can jump into those now
2722s	um
2723s	so guts440 on the forums asks why in the
2726s	metro why in the middle of foreign armor
2728s	do you use a sample of what sounds like
2730s	the intro to this is what you are why
2733s	i'm trying to remember why i think it's
2735s	something along the lines of just trying
2738s	to bring an echo of
2740s	this is what you are
2742s	um like like a distant memory of of um
2747s	of how things used to be
2749s	sort of that kind of idea like a little
2752s	echo that
2753s	you know
2755s	you might miss it but it's you more than
2757s	likely will just get this sense that
2759s	it's connected to
2762s	the past
2764s	and keith i have to ask how did that
2765s	feel taking
2767s	you know uh taking that anthem of we all
2769s	left together this hopeful beautiful
2771s	song and then kind of inverting its
2773s	entire theme you know was that was that
2775s	your idea to corrupt your original idea
2779s	um
2781s	i don't remember whose idea
2783s	it was also it's all very collaborative
2785s	you know
2786s	um but george and i had a i think it was
2789s	a two-hour call one day zoomed quite
2791s	like this
2792s	um where
2794s	where it was just ideas back and forth
2796s	and um the good ones are usually
2798s	george's and
2800s	i and then i you know attempt to take
2801s	credit for them later
2805s	but but you know it definitely i i i
2808s	love the idea no matter whose idea it
2810s	was i love the idea of having two pieces
2813s	that you could actually almost overlap i
2815s	wanted them to to play at the same tempo
2818s	um
2820s	in the same key but i don't think we
2822s	ended up doing it in the same key for
2823s	vocal range reasons um but
2826s	you know the melodies play off one of
2828s	another and and um a corrupt version of
2831s	it is is exactly the the
2834s	the concept ender leia on reddit asks uh
2837s	what sound effect in the game is the
2839s	most transformed from its original
2841s	recording
2843s	wow that's a good one a lot of them
2846s	actually hey eric i mean it's funny like
2848s	we were saying earlier you know you
2851s	you know you come in with an idea and
2852s	you kind of twist and turn things until
2854s	it kind of it's kind of like having like
2856s	molten steel or something and you're
2858s	hammering at it into like bend it into
2861s	your will into the shape that you want
2862s	it to be
2863s	um
2865s	yeah i've i've done the
2867s	one thing kind of comes into mind i i i
2870s	remember what it was for unfortunately
2871s	but just
2873s	taking
2874s	uh the sound of like a lion roar and
2876s	just really like stretching it out and
2878s	putting plug-ins on it and making it
2880s	something kind of like completely
2882s	different i'm sorry i can't remember
2883s	what
2884s	what i use that on but it happens a lot
2886s	though you know
2889s	yeah we're always trying to
2890s	you know refresh things and keep things
2892s	updated where we can
2894s	um without changing things too much
2897s	but yeah i wouldn't say there's any one
2899s	one particular sound it's lots of little
2901s	things over the over time
2904s	and improving the technology that we use
2906s	to play our sounds is a big part of it
2907s	too
2908s	and that kind of indirectly affects
2910s	older sounds and gives them new life and
2913s	puts them into a slightly different
2914s	context
2916s	yeah i can only imagine as you know as
2918s	time goes on yeah that technology would
2919s	just only enhance the you know those
2921s	original recordings for sure
2923s	absolutely surprise yourself too right
2925s	like you'll you'll pull the sound and
2926s	and you'll you'll try different things
2928s	and you kind of i think that's a big
2929s	part of sound design is like you just
2932s	you can't be afraid to try things and
2934s	i'm sure it's the same with music too
2935s	it's like something you would think
2937s	would sound a certain way it's like well
2939s	how can we make this sound something
2941s	different and just ah let's just try
2943s	things on it right and not really
2945s	thinking of the rules as it were in that
2947s	sense and you can come up with some
2949s	really interesting stuff that way so
2950s	nice
2952s	def techno on the forums asks uh what is
2955s	your favorite sound effect that you
2957s	haven't found the right place to use in
2959s	game yet
2964s	easy george
2968s	rubber chicken
2981s	when a build would be broken someone
2984s	would squeeze the rubber chicken and
2985s	you'd hear
2986s	yes through the office
2989s	so
2989s	where is that rubber chicken where is it
2991s	it's in my it's
2993s	in my office just waiting to be used
2995s	tucked away
2997s	yeah man in the wall 2.0 yeah exactly
3000s	that would be really those chickens do
3002s	sound honestly pretty terrifying so that
3003s	would uh yeah i'll bet it would sound
3006s	horrifying yeah
3011s	you know
3013s	yeah
3014s	gotta try it now what's gonna happen
3016s	next warframe yeah yeah
3018s	easter egg
3019s	[Laughter]
3021s	amazing
3022s	i think uh one fan question that we've
3025s	we definitely received a lot uh from
3027s	this forum post and on reddit but i
3029s	think across many avenues i'm sure you
3031s	all have heard it a lot for sure but uh
3033s	when should fans potentially expect uh
3037s	the next warframe soundtrack
3040s	well i was talking to keith about this
3042s	not too long ago actually we have one in
3044s	the works um it's funny because i was
3046s	combing through all of the music that
3047s	we've
3048s	written since what 2018.
3052s	he's got it right there oh look at that
3055s	yeah and and it's i was talking to our
3058s	um
3059s	our merchandising team and it's
3061s	literally four records worth it's it's
3064s	an
3064s	incredible amount of music that has has
3067s	been written in the past
3069s	four years wow um and
3072s	so we actually are hoping for the end of
3074s	this year but i can't make any promises
3076s	as to that for sure but
3079s	it's long overdue and we need to get it
3080s	out there and it's definitely in the
3082s	works and uh
3084s	yeah we will definitely do it that's
3086s	amazing yeah it will be six records by
3088s	the time we're done it will be six
3090s	records
3091s	exactly well that's the thing because we
3093s	started talking about it like earlier
3095s	this year and so now angels is there man
3098s	those tracks have to get added on and
3100s	now whatever else comes out before it so
3103s	um
3104s	yeah but it'll be good though
3105s	excited for that i like your spirit
3107s	keith i like that let's add let's add a
3108s	couple more records on there let's get
3109s	up to six yeah let's make it look at the
3111s	collection
3114s	fantastic now i am very excited now uh
3120s	earlier on uh you guys informed me that
3122s	we actually have a bit of a sneak peek
3124s	of some music in coming from the
3126s	upcoming duvery paradox update that we
3129s	will play for you now
3136s	[Music]
3146s	[Music]
3164s	[Music]
3204s	thank you for sending that along that
3205s	was uh it's pretty special
3207s	yeah and honestly a massive thank you to
3210s	the three of you but also to the entire
3212s	sound team at digital extremes for all
3214s	the work that you do for warframe uh
3216s	it's it's absolutely incredible and and
3218s	thank the three of you thank you to the
3220s	three of you uh for joining us today for
3221s	the sound panel it's been an absolute
3223s	blast
3224s	well thank you marcus it's been uh it's
3226s	been really fun enjoyed us thank you
3228s	marcus yeah it's been an honor yeah no
3231s	uh honor's all mine thank you so much i
3232s	also want to give a special thank you to
3234s	d.e corey on the community team who
3236s	helped co-produce this panel so thank
3237s	you corey uh for your help you were uh
3240s	instrumental in this for sure um and
3242s	don't go anywhere for tennocon 2022
3244s	because next up we have a live panel
3247s	brought to you by our very own megan
3248s	everett as she goes through a live
3250s	developer q a she's joined by pablo kaz
3253s	and d e matt as they answer all of your
3256s	questions live so enjoy tennocon 2022

[2022] TennoCon 2022 | Sounds of the System Panel

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