TennoCon 2024 | Sounds of the System (Full Panel) | Warframe Dev Tracker

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2s	[Music]
12s	[Music]
20s	hi everybody my name is Sean Slater I'm
22s	the voice of tager in Warframe thank you
24s	so much for playing it's so exciting to
26s	be part of this amazing community and
29s	have a great
31s	conference hey tenos my name is Micah
34s	Mason and I had the
36s	absolute hey tenos my name is Micah
38s	Mason and I had the
41s	absolute hey tenos my name is Micah
43s	Mason and I had the absolute pleasure of
49s	voicing hey tenos my name
52s	is stupid
56s	words anyway I love it when you use the
60s	bang make flat keep being awesome and
62s	have a great con greetings Tenon my name
66s	is Kieran flinton and I have the
68s	absolute pleasure of voicing this fellow
70s	right
71s	here thank you all so much for coming
74s	along this incredible journey with us if
76s	you're continued support your enthusiasm
78s	and your Immaculate gameplay we would
81s	not be here without you now on to the
84s	next adventure welcome all to ten oon
89s	this is Stefan rodniki aka the voice of
93s	albre and
94s	tratti I am so proud to
99s	be you are
104s	late I am so proud to be a member of the
108s	Warframe family welcome I look forward
112s	to seeing you don't be
115s	late hey there tenno it's Ben star here
118s	at play Arthur in Warframe 1999 and I
120s	just wanted to come on here and say I
122s	hope you have an amazing tenoc con I
125s	can't believe that I get to be a part of
126s	this community this game would be
128s	absolutely nothing without you so thank
130s	you for welcoming me and I can't wait
132s	for us to go on this journey so let's
133s	celebrate it together and have an
135s	amazing time lot of
137s	love
139s	so you come here to tenacon
143s	Alpha it's a party
146s	tenno see you there
154s	amazing hello
156s	everyone big round of applause for our
158s	amazing voice actors who wanted to say
160s	hello and welcome to the tanon 2024
163s	sounds of the system
167s	panel my name is Zach and I we have a
170s	fantastic hour of auditory experiences
173s	for you all but before we Dive Right In
175s	it's my honor to introduce our panelists
178s	for today to my right you'd recognize
180s	that voice anywhere it's Rebecca Ford
183s	hey
184s	everyone hello hello thanks for joining
187s	I'm very excited for the panel Zach it's
188s	going to be awesome me too next up a man
192s	who loves walks in the park but mainly
194s	just to record the sound of snapping
196s	Twigs it's Eric Preston hey everybody
199s	thanks for being here
201s	hello on his right a newcomer to the
204s	tennocon stage but a master of sound
206s	design please welcome Mark
208s	perin hi everybody thanks for coming
211s	out next up a familiar face who makes
214s	music for space it's George spos hey
217s	everybody great to see
220s	you last but not least a special guest
222s	who you have most definitely heard
224s	before it's Matt chamers hey everybody
227s	thank
229s	you all right shall we get started let's
232s	do it let's do it our first topic of
234s	today is music and effects for quests
238s	let's jump back to December Eric
241s	Reb comes to you and says we have an
243s	eight-legged creature that players are
244s	going to fight what's the first step you
246s	took to create such a unique boss theme
249s	uh this was an amazing enemy from the
252s	get-go uh the concept art looked
254s	phenomenal when it came across my desk
257s	and uh I think the first thing that we
259s	started thinking about was what the
261s	voice would sound like um the writers
263s	put together a really cool language
265s	called void tongue and I think naturally
267s	we're like yes we need to do void tongue
270s	uh so a lot of his uh barks ability
273s	barks uh are all based in that language
277s	and uh it's uh Mark and I actually did a
279s	session for that where we recorded a lot
281s	of the dialogue and then it's kind of
283s	manipulated and pitched down uh to
285s	eventually form the final uh sounds that
287s	you hear when you fight this guy um and
289s	yeah a lot of the Void tongue stuff that
291s	we started there eventually made its way
293s	into the music as well I love it now
295s	when you guys are creating themes for
297s	bosses do you get to see the earliest
300s	concept of how a fight is going to go
301s	and does it help you make the music or
303s	do you create a song and then the
305s	designers go from there uh we actually
307s	usually get to see really early versions
309s	of the boss fight uh so it's a it's a
311s	it's a combination between looking at
313s	the mechanics of the boss fight looking
314s	at how the boss fight looks and then
316s	deciding on the intensity level where do
318s	we want to go with the music how do we
320s	want people to feel when they fight the
321s	boss uh this one's a bit of a slam dunk
323s	in terms of theme big imposing menacing
327s	uh void tongue being the basis for the
329s	for the language it all came together
331s	pretty well actually um and then at that
333s	point uh yeah getting on the phone with
335s	Matt and starting to talk about how we
337s	want to craft it yeah yeah and we we had
339s	done some void tongue on the combat and
343s	I think you told me like let's push that
346s	even further let's feature the the huge
350s	enormous layers of vocals and uh so I
353s	got Fran who actually was the vocalist
356s	for uh duviri the opera singer she
359s	actually helped me on some of those
361s	crazy uh void tongue chants and her
365s	friend Ana and the three of us just
368s	layered up all these
372s	like and then we put a bunch of effects
375s	on them and yeah that was kind of the
378s	vibe for that uh that boss fight can we
381s	just get a whole live performance of voy
383s	tongue from you here sure yeah yeah I
385s	won't have a voice after it but
387s	yeah amazing amazing well let's take a
389s	quick look listen to what you guys came
390s	up with
398s	[Music]
425s	awesome love
427s	that it's awesome nothing quite
429s	resonates like the sound of the human
431s	voice too right like whenever there's an
433s	opportunity to to put some you know
435s	vocals in something it always gives it
437s	this much more flavor right it's just
439s	yeah yeah I remember when we were
441s	talking Matt and I we'd always go back
442s	and forth with notes more voice more
444s	voice more layers yeah yeah it it was
446s	just like oh can we add another Rhythm
449s	on top of all those sure let's try it
451s	and then you just like were like yes
453s	even more it adds to the playing
455s	experience when enemies with hands are
457s	jumping at you while vocals are playing
459s	as you're fighting them as well love
461s	that the same update Whispers in the
463s	walls also brought a brand new tile set
465s	to Warframe alick's laboratory filled
468s	with beakers gilded machines and vials
471s	of Elemental ooze there are many things
472s	to break in this tile set I must
475s	personally destroy everything in my site
477s	so I have to know how many glass jars
479s	were broken in the recording process and
481s	did you have a favorite recording
483s	technique for the labs uh I mean we
486s	we're always breaking jars and glass we
488s	have been for 10 years so we have lots
490s	of sound libraries of all sorts of stuff
492s	that we've kind of broken over the years
495s	um but actually uh Laura and Jeff were
497s	the sound designers who handed all the
498s	breakables and as they started kind of
501s	coming in we were starting to see all
502s	these kind of little levels of detail
504s	that were happening you could break the
505s	little vase on the desk and the desk
507s	itself and the machines on the desk so
510s	they did a great job uh going through
511s	and meticulously placing all those
513s	sounds for all the different items that
514s	you can break and when they all kind of
516s	break together it's very satisfying it
519s	is very satisfying and players can even
521s	just walk around without breaking
523s	anything you can hear the machine moving
524s	and all of that so it's a very
526s	complicated tile set would you say it
528s	was the most complicated tile set you've
530s	had to work on I think so far yeah I
532s	mean the open World stuff is obviously
533s	very complicated and there's a lot that
535s	goes into the open worlds but in terms
537s	of tile sets this is probably the most
539s	complicated but I I I knew immediately
541s	that the breakable stuff was was working
543s	when I couldn't stop breaking things
545s	it's like every time I'm running around
547s	testing it's just just constant constant
550s	breakables I love that we also met some
553s	new faces in the labs let's talk about
555s	the
556s	CIA Reb how did this cast of characters
559s	come to be right well when we originally
563s	came up with the idea that we would find
565s	Albert and trade's laboratory we were
567s	trying to think of how we could make a
568s	Syndicate out of kind of nothing cuz we
571s	didn't know what the laboratory would
573s	would host and I think there was a
576s	moment when I remembered like how the
577s	Russian sent Leica to space as like the
579s	first animal in space and I was like oh
581s	Alber would have sent animals into the
583s	void at some point and they would have
585s	come back speaking in void tongue and
587s	that seems like a really compelling way
589s	to start a character Arc for Al in some
592s	of his lesser known science especially
594s	because we knew he had a bond with
595s	animals because of Kos from his entries
598s	so um we the first one that came
600s	together was the norg and I was like oh
602s	sending a fish to the void and coming
604s	back smart just makes sense and then we
607s	actually had the um tag for as an art
610s	asset I think one thing that we learned
611s	in our pace of updates is if you have
614s	something and it can work in an update
616s	and you believe in it just go so we had
618s	tager who is actually a deer species
621s	that we were going to use in the planes
622s	of idolon that never got used so I was
624s	like oh he's going to the void and the
627s	bird as well I was like sorry folks no
629s	planet Earth for you you're going to the
630s	void and we sent them all on their
632s	journey and the rest is history I think
635s	I remember an early version of that
637s	actually that's right and I think we had
638s	done sounds for it and everything and
640s	then we pulled it I was like I'm not
641s	going to waste work yeah into the voy so
645s	yeah so it's all uh yeah sorry animals
648s	we're efficient in our casting yeah for
650s	people listen we got to got to do it
653s	love it and the sound team how different
655s	was it setting up all this voiceover
657s	work for Animals I mean when we saw this
660s	I think in initially we went to oh we're
662s	going to have to process the voices a
663s	lot add a lot of animal sounds in
666s	between words but as we began to receive
669s	the performances back from the actors
671s	they were so strong that the decision
673s	was made to just feature them basically
675s	without any processing I think there's a
677s	tiny little bit um here and there Bird 3
681s	almost sounds like there's animal noises
684s	introduced but that's just the actor's
685s	performance um so yeah we just kept it
687s	super clean super raw and and featur
690s	their their Great Performances it's all
692s	about the casting too right like it's
693s	such an important part of of the whole
696s	thing and people don't think about that
698s	as much it's like obviously great
699s	writing and everything as well but when
701s	you cast the right person it just works
703s	and they embody that character right and
705s	it just makes our job so much easier too
707s	so yeah yeah totally I mean getting your
710s	heartbroken by a ston you just end up as
712s	a talking fish in Warframe that's I the
715s	ultimate payback payback payback it's
718s	been yeah the team that worked on on
719s	that the writing everything was just
722s	really lovely to behold and watch it
723s	come together let's check in on our cast
726s	of Critters
728s	now hey how's it going are we
733s	winning we all got something to do Mr
736s	Fish and ai's got his thing Mr tager got
739s	his thing I got my thing it's so nice
750s	another day another nrel another poke in
753s	the eye for the mother hugger that
754s	consigned us to this mess come on let's
761s	roll are we heading out
766s	then
770s	yep on you day dwns let us to
775s	work yes yes go good
782s	a good day to
783s	you I love
787s	you I love that line so so much love
791s	you uh as you know we had a followup
794s	update to Whispers In The Wall Dante
797s	Unbound now the team had a chance to
799s	cook up some unique vocals for this
801s	update theme and they bring such a great
803s	tone to the update Matt tell us a bit
806s	about how the process of setting the
809s	stage for page master Dante went yeah
812s	well uh we had a piece that we I think
815s	we actually showed this at last tenoc
817s	con um a friend of mine Alex Samra sang
820s	on it um and it was a section of an
823s	ambient track that I did and I think it
825s	was actually word from Reb that that was
828s	like your favorite section and so we
830s	were like how about we make a a combat
833s	section or a combat track out of that
835s	section um so I got Alex back over I
838s	wrote a a new piece and featured the
841s	same Melody but like the combat version
843s	of it um and Alex just nailed it he he
846s	had done a bunch of throat singing and
848s	stuff for me as well um so he has like
851s	the ability to do the really straight uh
854s	beautiful melodic singing but then he
856s	can also do the really intense like low
859s	throat singing so we kind of just found
861s	a happy medium and uh yeah his
864s	performance was amazing I love it and as
867s	you mentioned the vocalist Alex Sam does
870s	make your return and we have a behind
871s	the scenes video of him recording some
873s	of the vocals for the Dante Unbound
874s	update theme
890s	[Music]
902s	[Music]
907s	[Applause]
912s	amazing love it such a great Melody a
916s	great little little Melody there
918s	fantastic and some more void tongue
920s	there too yes did Alex mention it was
923s	hard to sing in a language he's never
925s	read before it was actually okay cuz uh
928s	he's also a singer so he does a lot of
931s	do's and da and bips and Bops so he uh I
934s	just I transl I said like this is kind
936s	of how I'm saying it sorry writers if we
939s	pronounced anything differently than
940s	what you imagined but you know we just
942s	used our our best interpret
944s	interpretation of it so uh yeah
947s	hopefully there's no void tongue
948s	Specialists out there yeah anyone
951s	scrutinize I love the uh void tongue and
953s	Jazz connection I know I feel like jazz
955s	just caught so much shade for being also
957s	like it's the jazz is like the voice
959s	tongue of music so I love it well let's
963s	switch gears to a very recent Quest Jade
967s	Shadows o spoilers kind of spoilers
971s	actually yes spoilers yes uh rep this
974s	Quest is an incredibly unique storyline
976s	for Warframe keeping it light on
978s	spoilers did you have an idea of where
980s	you wanted the music to transport us
981s	with the story of stalker and Jade yeah
984s	so Jade shadows as a quest had actually
986s	been in development for about 18 months
988s	with different story beats and it was
991s	like stock like we wanted the new war
992s	ends stalker story stalker story and we
995s	kept churning and churning and then when
997s	Mike skyers proposed the choir frame
1000s	that you know as Jade it really made
1002s	every piece of idea fit together with oh
1005s	Okay Jade and stalker are in the same
1006s	update and they have a story together
1008s	and when skyers called it the choir
1010s	themed frame right away that set in
1013s	motion a series of sound decisions and
1015s	then when the story finished and we kind
1018s	of like looked over the script and it
1020s	was this is what's going to happen like
1022s	how can you make this work because
1024s	there's I don't think there's any way
1026s	that the story we told in Jade Shadows
1029s	would have worked with like of course
1032s	you know if you can't hear it that's of
1033s	course fine but the music was an
1035s	artistic Choice uh to S to pair with the
1038s	animations that you can see so that uh
1041s	yeah yeah we took that theme and and ran
1044s	with it and with with the theme for Jade
1047s	Shadows specifically I think we wanted
1049s	bring together a lot of themes from uh
1053s	older parts of Warframe as well uh so
1056s	we're we're bringing in you know
1057s	stalker's theme Jade's theme tying it
1060s	together with you know the Naga drums so
1062s	there's a lot of pieces that we wanted
1064s	to incorporate into this so kind of this
1066s	big ball of stuff you know eventually
1068s	throwing that over to Matt and then uh
1070s	when I heard kind of Matt's first draft
1072s	it was like yes this is this is totally
1074s	going to work the big beautiful section
1076s	where the choir kind of swells and
1078s	ascends um yeah it was It was kind of
1080s	great from the get-go and then after
1082s	that it was just on to polishing it up
1084s	and working on different production
1086s	elements love it and you guys got to
1088s	work with a choir and did a lot of
1089s	recording sessions for that how was that
1091s	experience for you with the uh for you
1093s	guys oh it was amazing I mean I love
1096s	being able to go to a studio and record
1099s	live anything any musicians vocalists
1102s	and uh this was a special one because we
1105s	were able to get 12 singers all in one
1107s	same the same room and
1109s	uh you know hearing my theme the first
1112s	time was just like oh yeah okay that's
1114s	perfect that's way better than the midi
1117s	um that was just a placeholder and uh
1120s	yeah yeah it it it was it was great
1122s	awesome and we do have a behind the
1124s	sounds look at how that choir session
1126s	went let's take a look get your Kleenex
1128s	ready
1132s	[Music]
1159s	I'm Eric Preston I'm audio lead at
1160s	digital extremes I've been here for
1162s	coming up on 10 years and here to talk
1164s	about the music and sound effects for
1166s	Jade Shadows they kind of do a pitch for
1168s	her landing and and then I guess you'll
1169s	take that middle section as the move
1171s	right exactly yeah I'm Mark perin I'm a
1174s	sound designer on Warframe here at
1175s	digital extremes I've been here for uh
1178s	just about 5 years we'll get those
1180s	shouted as well as like an awe I've got
1182s	a choir background myself so when I
1184s	heard that there was going to be the
1185s	choir frame I asked Eric if I could take
1187s	the sound design that's one ability that
1190s	chord right you can cast any of the
1193s	three f a c sh abilities while you're up
1198s	there
1200s	so we need to keep keep it pretty keep
1202s	it the
1205s	same when Mark was kind of workshopping
1208s	his ideas for the choir he had wanted to
1211s	record a live choir we were going to do
1213s	it separately but after I'd spoken to
1216s	Matt and we decided to record a choir
1218s	for the music then we thought it was
1221s	just a natural progression to do a
1222s	session that included both the music and
1225s	the sound effects for the Warframe so
1227s	yeah
1229s	so we wanted there to be that Coral
1231s	aspect for sure but we also wanted there
1233s	to be a bit of
1238s	dissonance and add a little bit of that
1240s	strange tone that you hear in the
1242s	Warframe so there's lots of offkey
1244s	singing lots of whisper shouting from
1247s	the
1249s	choir we kind of played with all sorts
1251s	of different vocal effects chords
1255s	notes we wanted to tap into the strange
1258s	sounds of that they were able to
1260s	[Music]
1264s	produce the choir is so talented that
1267s	whenever we would suggest ideas or want
1269s	to try different ideas they could
1271s	reproduce that very quickly on the
1274s	fly it felt like s having your own live
1278s	synthesizer except they're human beings
1280s	and they're
1281s	amazing cool was the tuning of those
1285s	chords okay all good Eric definitely had
1288s	some great ction as to how he wanted the
1291s	frame uh overall to sound I had some
1294s	specific ideas for the four abilities
1296s	that I wanted to hear and then Matt was
1299s	able to pull that all together in a very
1301s	musical way and in a way that fits with
1304s	the music that we'd also recorded for
1306s	Jade all of the notes that you hear in
1309s	the frames abilities are all in the same
1311s	key and in one chord actually that fit
1313s	really well with the music that we'
1315s	already recorded
1323s	whenever you're in the studio recording
1326s	the magic and the feel that you get from
1328s	live musicians you just can't reproduce
1330s	that uh so that's something that we'll
1332s	definitely be looking to do for score
1334s	again in the
1335s	[Music]
1343s	future amazing
1352s	now Mark a choir background oh tell us a
1356s	bit more about that uh yes shout out to
1359s	am choirs of Canada uh yeah local very
1364s	renowned local choir here uh I grew up
1366s	uh singing so I've got a coral
1367s	background yet I was very excited when I
1370s	heard about Jade I absolutely wanted to
1372s	grab the sound designed for her was
1374s	there something how come I'm only
1374s	finding out about this now Mark come on
1376s	where have you been hiding this
1380s	secret might have come up in an
1381s	interview
1382s	George
1383s	oh what were some of the specific things
1386s	from your time in acquir that jumped out
1388s	when you were making the ability sounds
1389s	for J sorry say that again Zach what
1391s	were some of the things that you had
1393s	from your time inquired that jumped out
1395s	right as you were making these
1397s	abilities honestly a lot of the Sounds
1400s	in Jade and a couple people in the choir
1402s	uh that we recorded with Matt remarked
1405s	on this that it's really a lot of vocal
1408s	warm-ups that you're hearing in Jade
1410s	it's a lot of that that whisper shouting
1413s	the dissonance it's uh people loosening
1416s	up their voices and you just get some
1419s	really cool creative sounds when there's
1421s	a group of people doing that and they
1423s	play off each other as well uh yeah it's
1425s	just something that you need live
1428s	singers to be able to do like Eric said
1430s	you can't just use a synthesizer for
1432s	that I love it right let's move on to
1435s	our next topic weapons and warframes if
1439s	you've seen a devstream before we love
1440s	taking a look at how certain weapons in
1442s	warframes are made directly from the
1444s	deaths of our sound designers and we do
1445s	have a few videos for you today covering
1447s	all things Jade Shadows but before we
1450s	dive in Mark again you had a chance to
1453s	do some of the ability ons for Jade as
1455s	we were talking about how did that
1456s	differ from previous Warframe sounds
1458s	that you you've worked on yeah I guess
1460s	just coming back to the coral background
1462s	for Jade I had a pretty good sense right
1465s	out of the gate
1467s	the the old overall tone that I was
1469s	going for um it wasn't something that I
1472s	had to figure out or sit down
1474s	and you know Workshop I had a pretty
1477s	good sense in my own mind of the type of
1480s	tone we were going for and that's pretty
1481s	similar to what you hear and then for
1483s	the more to to bring that into the
1486s	Warframe language of sound design Eric
1488s	had some great uh design Direction there
1492s	as well and in terms of dealing with the
1495s	choir themselves I mean Matt's the choir
1498s	Whisperer over here he was able to take
1500s	what was in my head and just communicate
1502s	it to them in just an incredible way and
1505s	try out some new things too well Mar
1506s	Mark had a lot of great ideas and I
1509s	would just be like okay let's try that
1511s	and then uh basically direct them if
1513s	we're wavering pitch or something I'd be
1515s	like if I go up we're all going up or if
1518s	I'm like going up on this side and down
1520s	on this side so we just like got them
1522s	all doing a bunch of experiments and and
1525s	you'll hear it in the upcoming videos
1527s	that they were put to good use yeah
1530s	absolutely we got a great library of
1532s	sounds now with this choir um you're
1535s	going to hear a lot of it even later on
1537s	today on some of the 1999 stuff oh yeah
1540s	oh my goodness hell yeah well let's take
1545s	a listen to what you cooked
1547s	up hey I'm Mark and I'm a sound designer
1550s	here at digital extremes today we're
1552s	going to be taking a look at the sounds
1554s	behind Jade's thirdd ability let's take
1556s	a quick listen to how the ability sounds
1558s	in
1562s	game now let's check out the reaper
1564s	session so we can peel back the layers
1566s	that make up this ability sound let's
1568s	take a listen to Just the Coral sounds
1570s	in this
1572s	[Music]
1575s	ability now let's mute the choir to hear
1578s	everything
1579s	[Music]
1580s	else that's good but what really makes
1583s	Jade special is all that choir and so
1585s	here's how that fits in first we have
1587s	the initial impact
1591s	this is made up of a
1595s	shout some harsh
1598s	Whispers And the choir singing
1603s	Accord we also have this sustained
1605s	section which represents the eyes that
1607s	surround Jade during this
1611s	ability and making up this section we
1614s	have another more dissonant choir chord
1617s	[Music]
1619s	and some more sustained choir
1621s	[Applause]
1623s	Whispers And now let's listen to these
1625s	without any effects to get a better
1627s	sense of how the choir sounds on their
1632s	own that's incredible but we still want
1635s	to add a bit of movement there are a
1637s	handful of plugins on each of these
1638s	tracks but this spin Tracer is really
1641s	doing some heavy lifting it's kind of
1643s	like a granular synth meets Doppler and
1645s	it has some pretty good visuals to show
1647s	how we're throwing the Whispers all
1649s	around to add some movement and now that
1651s	we have Jade's voice nailed down let's
1653s	take a quick listen to the other layers
1655s	that make up a lot of the impact and
1657s	sci-fi elements of Jade sound we have
1660s	our LF layer truly a must for any
1663s	Warframe some glass impacts with delay
1666s	added for Fantastical Vibes and some
1669s	mid-frequency synth to round it all
1671s	[Music]
1672s	out with an ear for these elements on
1675s	their own let's take one last listen to
1677s	the ability in game
1689s	love it thanks Mark yeah thank you
1691s	thanks
1693s	amazing the whispering is making it very
1697s	hard to play Jade late at night because
1699s	they're all around your head and you're
1701s	like someone's behind me awesome uh of
1705s	course this update also featured a fan
1707s	favorite character the
1710s	stalker yeah cheers for the stalker I
1712s	love the stalker but more importantly
1715s	stalker generously donated the blueprint
1716s	for his sick ride the new stalker
1719s	landing craft there it is uh sound
1722s	designer Chris Tara is going to take us
1724s	behind the scenes on how the sounds were
1725s	made for this one-of-a-kind landing
1729s	craft hey everyone it's Chris from The
1731s	Sound team today I want to show you how
1733s	I did the sound design for stalker's
1735s	Terror landing craft skin let's go for
1738s	the terror landing craft I wanted to
1739s	have sound elements that sounded ominous
1742s	and Powerful just like stalker I also
1744s	wanted it to be completely recognizable
1747s	as stalker ship but first I needed
1749s	realistic sounds for the landing Craft's
1752s	engine lucky for me our team recorded
1754s	jet sounds at the London air show a few
1755s	years back I used these jet flybys as a
1758s	core part of my
1765s	sound thanks guys first here's the jet
1768s	sounds on their
1770s	[Applause]
1778s	own then I added some low frequency
1780s	droning and some aggressive Thruster
1793s	sounds now let's stalker IE it your
1797s	sentence
1799s	is death I started with the stalker bow
1802s	fire sound first I Tim stretched it then
1806s	I added some processing then I ramped
1808s	the pitch up over the course of the
1811s	[Applause]
1812s	[Music]
1813s	[Applause]
1813s	[Music]
1818s	sound next I took samples of stalker's
1821s	breathing I pitched it down and I added
1823s	some processing
1825s	[Applause]
1829s	and here's the final result the terror
1831s	landing craft taking
1833s	[Applause]
1845s	off and there you have it thanks for
1847s	watching and enjoy the rest of
1849s	[Music]
1853s	tenacon love it thanks Chris thanks
1856s	Chris is here right now somewhere Chris
1858s	here sh sh K yourself Chris thank you uh
1862s	now we did have a taste of some stalker
1863s	gameplay with the DU Paradox last year
1866s	but his ability's got a Fresh coat of
1868s	paint for Jade Shadows sound designer
1870s	Giovanni agapito is going to show us how
1872s	those ability sounds for stalker were
1875s	made hey ten my name is Joan and I'm
1878s	sound designer at De today I'm going to
1881s	show you how I created the sounds of one
1884s	of the stalker abilities first let's
1887s	listen to the sound in game
1894s	for the stalker we wanted to maintain
1896s	the balance between a very feared
1898s	character like an overall dark Vibe but
1901s	at the same time without losing the
1903s	game's Sonic pet for the punishment
1906s	ability I created three sounds that play
1909s	at the beginning middle and end of it
1912s	let's hear the first of these sounds
1917s	[Music]
1919s	this one has some really cool layers for
1921s	example this energy layer that has a
1923s	pitch Automation and becomes more acute
1926s	over time creating a Sonic tension until
1929s	the stalker releases the projectiles at
1931s	the
1933s	[Music]
1936s	end for the build up sound there are
1938s	more tonal and sci-fi elements as you
1941s	can
1946s	notice one of the layers say a really
1948s	cool Automation in one of the plugins
1951s	which makes the sound becomes a riser
1953s	until the last sound is play
1959s	it let's hear the sound of projectiles
1962s	being released at
1966s	enemies for that I created several
1969s	wishes using my own mouth and made them
1972s	very high pitched distorting each layer
1975s	a little to contribute to a more sci-fi
1977s	vibe
1981s	after putting out together this is what
1983s	the punishment ability sounds like in
1995s	game so that's it thank you very much
1998s	for watching this behind scenes and I
2000s	hope you enjoy the rest of the show
2002s	bye
2004s	bye thanks Giovani
2009s	all right before we move on we actually
2011s	have an audience question all the way
2013s	back from a Dev shorts in April the
2016s	question is what is your go-to software
2019s	for creating these sounds do you have a
2021s	plug-in or tool that you can't live
2023s	without we'll start with you Eric unless
2025s	Reb you've been dabbing in some sound
2027s	design lately hey I just do what Eric
2029s	tells me when it comes to sound so get
2031s	in the booth cry cry some
2034s	more cry
2036s	more okay
2039s	yeah uh we use a uh well I use a program
2042s	called Reaper I think most of the team
2043s	does too uh Matt you use logic right
2046s	yeah yeah um so yeah we use Reaper as
2049s	our as our Daw that's what you saw on
2051s	the screen in the videos and uh yeah my
2053s	favorite plugin is the L2 limiter I
2056s	definitely cannot live without that one
2057s	so did they pay you to say you that some
2060s	big L2 heads Mone in the
2064s	house my turn right your uh you you see
2068s	the uh spin Tracer I'm milking every
2070s	drop I can get out of that he's also got
2072s	shares in spin Tracer that's
2075s	right uh another one that I uh probably
2078s	put on it's in every session almost
2081s	every track uh kiloh Hearts has this
2082s	little plug-in called hos and basically
2086s	what that does is just delays your left
2089s	or right channel by a anywhere from a
2092s	few to 100 milliseconds and spreads your
2096s	stereo image
2098s	so you can turn any mono sound into a
2100s	stereo sound is what you're saying uh I
2103s	think it already needs to
2107s	be no you're
2109s	right it's my boss you're
2111s	[Laughter]
2113s	right you're hired
2116s	yeah yeah for me I think Q3 I really
2119s	love Pro Q3 just great EQ I like
2122s	microshift as well and I use that on uh
2125s	uh on all the prime trailers uh widen
2128s	the voices and stuff but you know at the
2130s	end of the day we get this question a
2131s	lot too but it's it's important to just
2134s	not think too much about plugins and and
2136s	software and everything and it's like
2137s	it's more about what you put into it and
2140s	where do you start with you know what
2141s	the sounds you start with again like the
2143s	voice acting it all STS it all starts
2145s	with good source right so you have good
2147s	source going in and that's that's the
2149s	big thing and then the creativity behind
2151s	it um yeah don't let don't let that
2153s	limit you in your creativity if you
2155s	don't have a certain plugin for sure so
2159s	I think the analogy that probably a lot
2160s	of people here would would is easy to
2163s	digest is if you've ever played the
2167s	vocal patch on an electric keyboard and
2170s	you can hear the Oz doesn't sound like a
2173s	real choir but going back to the real
2175s	choir that we were able to record and
2177s	that Source that's what we're talking
2179s	about when we talk about having good
2180s	sources is it's always unique right
2182s	there's always a unique performer it's
2184s	in a unique space it's a unique delivery
2186s	it's always going to feel different and
2187s	that's it's the magic there right the
2189s	magic of the of the performance and and
2192s	of the the sonic fingerprint really yeah
2194s	it's so important for sure yeah I'll
2197s	give a shout out to a little plugin
2199s	called little alter boy um it's uh I it
2203s	was used a ton on anytime I need to have
2207s	really low vocals and I'm doing it
2209s	myself and I can't sing a certain low
2212s	note I just you can pitch it's basically
2215s	you can pitch it down but you can also
2216s	change the formance so you can adjust
2220s	how you can make yourself sound like a
2221s	chipmunk and you like get really high
2223s	and nasally or you can have sort of this
2226s	dark sort of sound and so for all the
2231s	like that I think i' pitch that down an
2235s	octave and and you can adjust it to make
2237s	it kind kind of sound natural um but I I
2240s	think it worked really well with the
2241s	void tongue and stuff CU it just sounds
2244s	kind of
2245s	Otherworldly that's a great plugin yeah
2247s	back there that one up for sure boy
2249s	tongue brought to you by little alter
2251s	boy exactly just big alter boy oh my God
2255s	hey I love the hey yeah I sang it in my
2257s	head for like yeah that's awesome well
2259s	if you asked that question back in April
2261s	there you go my next question for the
2263s	cast is focused on our weapons many of
2266s	our weapons can be identified just from
2268s	their shot reload or swing how do you
2272s	craft a weapon's identity through sound
2275s	yeah weapons are a really fun uh process
2277s	and I think everyone on the sound team
2279s	really enjoys working on them um we all
2282s	take turns doing weapons I would say um
2286s	but the the core experience of doing a
2289s	weapon is an iterative one uh because
2291s	it's a sound that you hear so often uh
2294s	there's often a lot of time put into
2297s	just playing with it so after we've done
2299s	our first draft getting the character
2301s	right getting the punch right and
2302s	getting the power right then it's just a
2303s	matter of hearing it over and over and
2305s	over and kind of sanding off all the the
2308s	off edges um yeah it's it's a super fun
2311s	process and uh each one is unique uh
2314s	because we all work on them we it's
2316s	funny too because it's like you have to
2318s	kind of be happy with what goes in
2320s	because if you try to change it later
2322s	you know you'll hear about it in the
2324s	forums no bueno and it's it's but it's
2326s	great though it's like the fact that
2327s	people get so attached to the sound of a
2329s	weapon it's just yeah it's so it's so
2332s	awesome to to to see that the Sonic
2334s	identity is is just so resonates with
2336s	people so much sometimes in bad ways but
2339s	most of the time in good ways seems like
2341s	you're still traumatized from the Braton
2342s	Vandal sound change and lot of little
2345s	trauma there the heck too I think back
2347s	in the day it was what the heck cuz we
2349s	changed it but we changed it back too so
2352s	that's okay that's okay now there is
2354s	such a thing as riters block do you guys
2356s	have sound block have you ever just been
2359s	struggling to find that perfect identity
2361s	for a weapon through the sound oh yeah
2363s	for sure all the time it's a totally
2365s	normal part of the process I think I
2367s	think with any kind of creative
2368s	discipline you you're always going to
2369s	run into a block or where the ideas
2371s	aren't coming as easily and uh usually
2374s	like you said at the very beginning of
2375s	the panel a good a good long walk in the
2377s	park does the trick for me at
2380s	least sometimes for me too like when
2382s	that happens I'll just go into the sound
2383s	library and instead of using Search
2385s	terms I'll just randomly click on things
2387s	and listen to them and sometimes you
2389s	come up with the most unique sounds that
2391s	way because something you wouldn't
2392s	expect would be like oh that'll actually
2394s	work really well for this weapon and
2396s	that's what gives you the Unique Kind of
2398s	weird sounds right the unexpected I find
2400s	I do that a lot actually yeah exploring
2403s	old libraries that you've recorded that
2405s	you're just like when am I going to use
2406s	this but you record it anyways I've got
2408s	stuff that I recorded a long time ago
2410s	and come across it and I'm like oh man I
2412s	forgot about this sound this is just
2413s	perfect here so yeah it's always fun
2415s	it's like Christmas every day when you
2417s	do
2418s	that love that well a similar topic but
2422s	something more new/old let's talk about
2425s	some 1999 stuff today as we saw on the
2428s	art panel things are a lot more real how
2432s	was the sound design process for things
2433s	that have a real life counterpart was it
2435s	easier or was it
2437s	harder uh Mark I'll let you handle that
2439s	one man if you want you've designed a
2441s	lot of the 1999 stuff we're talking
2443s	about we'll leave the thing for later
2445s	we'll leave the thing okay so uh working
2448s	on 1999 stuff I'd say it's more of a
2452s	technical challenge uh if anything to
2455s	get uh to get some of these real world
2458s	sounds uh into the game uh in ways that
2462s	we new systems that you're able to
2465s	interact with things that you haven't
2466s	really been able to interact with before
2468s	and figuring out how are we going to
2470s	ground that in reality while also giving
2473s	it that signature sci-fi sound that you
2477s	know um that we love to put into
2479s	Warframe yeah a lot of it comes down to
2481s	subtlety as well um I mean in in some of
2485s	weapons traditional Warframe weapons we
2487s	can go as crazy as we want especially
2489s	with the kind of the Corpus stuff uh
2491s	there's really no limit to how Wild you
2492s	can get um for these we're definitely
2495s	taking it a more a more realistic
2497s	grounded approach but we still love to
2499s	put our spin on things you know kind of
2501s	subtle interesting layers here and there
2503s	that maybe are from a synthesizer or
2505s	from just a weird library that we
2508s	recorded a long time ago so there is
2510s	still a little bit of that war frame
2512s	iation that goes into uh all the sounds
2515s	we've been making awesome of course
2517s	course we have uh two Familiar Faces by
2519s	now from 1999 Arthur and OE you may have
2523s	seen him walking around the convention
2524s	but the amazing benar and alphat
2526s	Takahashi lend their voice to these new
2528s	faces George once there was a time where
2531s	we were recording our own staff for
2533s	Warframe characters what's changed over
2534s	the years now that we have these epic
2536s	cinematic quests yeah it's pretty crazy
2538s	to think like that it was from humble
2540s	beginnings right where it was pretty
2542s	much all staff you know like darvo uh
2545s	sargus Ruck Lotus obviously um and yeah
2549s	it it was a lot of fun because you could
2551s	just like just grab someone after lunch
2553s	and be like hey can you meet me in my
2554s	office and we have some lines to record
2556s	and it's kind of crazy too cuz one of uh
2559s	you know one of the uh the employees who
2562s	impressed me the most James he's so
2564s	quiet and he's so like unassuming he's
2566s	like oh hey how's it going then he gets
2567s	in the booth he's like and you're just
2570s	like where did that come from and so
2572s	that was always cool but you know
2574s	obviously as we've grown the universe
2576s	and we've developed the character it's
2578s	important to you know seek outside
2580s	Talent as well but we still use people
2581s	from in the office but yeah it's uh it's
2584s	always great again like the sounds to
2586s	have a mixture of of different flavors
2588s	in there right so yeah love that uh now
2592s	we do actually have a little tease of
2594s	another character from 1999 just a
2597s	little audio tease let's take a
2600s	listen a slug dares to show its face at
2605s	night o who Could That be I guess we'll
2608s	have to just watch and find out now I
2611s	know you guys had some fun with the
2613s	music design for 1999 and we did get a
2616s	little bit of a taste and Whispers In
2617s	The Wall but Matt did it feel like you
2619s	had a blueprint for '90s music We
2621s	composing or did you want to make
2623s	something unique that could still fit
2624s	within
2625s	Warframe yeah well it's it's a similar
2627s	process every time um you know you got
2630s	to do your research and and figure out
2634s	okay what because you can say '90s music
2636s	but it's like what what 90s music so we
2639s	narrow that down we're like okay more
2642s	rock industrial rock metal Punk okay
2645s	we're getting closer and the first thing
2648s	I did was that that combat track that
2650s	you saw in the subway scene last Tenon
2654s	and that kind of became I I did a bunch
2657s	of creating sounds and finding sounds
2660s	for that and then that session became
2662s	sort of my template for where to start
2664s	with a fresh piece of music um and
2668s	that's kind of how you do it you just
2669s	like start fresh but you have all these
2671s	sounds that you can pull from so if I'm
2673s	like oh I need a a lead synth and it's
2675s	like oh well I have 10 of them right
2677s	here let's see if any of these work um
2680s	and yeah you just kind of keep working
2682s	on it and talk to Eric he's like it
2685s	let's get it sounding more Warframe okay
2687s	what does that mean let's try some other
2688s	thing you know like you just you
2690s	experiment trial and error and
2692s	eventually you have something in the
2695s	game I love that now it wouldn't be a
2697s	panel without a little bit of a tease
2699s	let's listen to an upcoming track from
2701s	1999
2703s	[Music]
2715s	[Music]
2730s	[Music]
2743s	night the little teeth yes love that
2747s	excited to show you where that will be
2749s	worldwide Premiere right there right
2751s	worldwide Premiere what yeah yeah world
2753s	yeah worldwide worldwide World premiere
2755s	World premiere that's one of the uh the
2757s	ambient tracks so you heard kind of the
2760s	the combat version of that Whispers in
2762s	the walls this is the the ambient
2764s	version of it so yeah it really set the
2766s	vibe and uh as soon as we introduced
2769s	that into the the game it was like okay
2771s	yeah locked in when we got that song so
2774s	we have like in our internal channels
2776s	where we work together we were really
2777s	early in some of the 1999 World building
2779s	for feel and we actually got that track
2781s	dropped it in the internal Global
2783s	Channel and said this song that ambient
2786s	track everybody work to it so you can
2788s	feel the tone of what we're going for so
2790s	that was one of the first like
2792s	established tone pieces and it's just
2795s	I'm so excited to have it in the game
2796s	yeah and there there's a theme in there
2798s	that kind of became sort of the the
2801s	Warframe 1999 theme so we'll be using
2804s	that in other pieces and uh that kind of
2807s	just happened accidentally it's one of
2809s	those things where you write a set you
2811s	know you're writing different sections
2812s	to keep it fresh so it's not just one
2815s	thing for four minutes and then it loops
2817s	for an hour while you're playing um and
2820s	Eric was like this this uh line right
2823s	here let's let's turn that into the main
2826s	theme so I was like okay cool it's
2829s	always cool to evolve the universe too
2831s	right even like musically and everything
2832s	and to hear how it's it's becoming
2834s	something else but yeah still maintain
2836s	some of those Warframe Roots right which
2838s	it's awesome totally yeah yeah we're
2840s	trying lots of new stuff with the music
2841s	this time around and Matt's been killing
2843s	it so are we saying how many songs are
2845s	in the demo tonight or is that part is
2847s	that you you tell me would you like to
2850s	we have five wow so yeah yeah stay tuned
2855s	one demo in one demo tonight yeah so
2857s	stay tuned for a lot of music tonight
2860s	they're being very humble but it is
2862s	truly ridiculous the the music tonight
2864s	so I hope everyone will enjoy it later
2867s	awesome well we have arrived at our
2869s	final talking point of the day but it's
2870s	a great one let's talk about the atama
2873s	cycle oh yeah look at that thing it's
2877s	it's beautiful crazy Mark beautiful tell
2880s	us a bit about how the sound for the
2881s	atama cycle was crafted mhm okay so this
2884s	is we've come to the thing so yeah this
2888s	is kind of what I was alluding to
2890s	earlier uh the atomac cycle the
2893s	direction on it was try and hit the
2896s	engine as close to a '90s racing bike as
2900s	you possibly can uh so that was a just a
2903s	big challenge right out of the gates to
2905s	get the engine to sound big and powerful
2908s	but also realistic and
2910s	then uh Eric gave some great direction
2914s	as to where we could start to push some
2916s	other things that the bike can do into
2919s	more of the Sci-Fi realm but really keep
2921s	that engine engine grounded the uh
2924s	technical implementation on this was
2925s	super tricky you you tried a bunch of
2927s	stuff and yeah you you've been working a
2929s	long time on it it turned out great yeah
2931s	huge part of the work in this has gone
2932s	into how are we going to get a bike to
2935s	work in Warframe remember you started on
2938s	and I remember seeing like an early
2940s	version of it I was blown away at that
2941s	point even just like with the technical
2943s	implementation it's the first for like
2945s	for for Warframe as far as like how it's
2947s	all going in the engine a lot of
2948s	programming a lot of cross inter
2951s	departmental kind of uh work there too
2954s	absolutely I want to say thanks to jeem
2956s	because I could not have done could not
2958s	have worked on the bike without him
2961s	amazing audio programmer yeah he's great
2963s	shout out to jam J yeah yeah and he
2967s	represents turkey on the team AB that's
2970s	right so if you're here from
2971s	Turkey yeah just to what you were
2974s	talking about George yeah the early uh
2976s	proof of concept for the bike just had a
2978s	s tone as an engine to show that as the
2981s	bike increased in speed we could also
2983s	increase pitch and as the bike leans and
2987s	does different things that we could
2988s	change the volume and pitch and that's
2990s	all all thanks to this new tech that we
2991s	have like all the gears and everything
2993s	right like you're talking about that how
2995s	like you have an in-depth knowledge now
2996s	of how like bikes work too right like
2998s	engineering wise cuz it's like you got
3000s	to make it feel realistic in that sense
3002s	right yeah and how do we make it feel
3004s	responsive as well to to all the user
3006s	input uh it's been yeah it's been a
3009s	puzzle but it's been a fun puzzle to
3010s	work on yeah I love that all right well
3013s	before we sign off we have one more
3015s	thing it's time for some audience
3018s	participation yes we need all of you
3020s	desperately uh it's very important my
3023s	shirt will make a lot more sense at the
3025s	end of the night uh but we do need a
3027s	chant so similar to last year where we
3029s	had the New Year's countdown we do need
3031s	a chant this year Eric has the recording
3034s	uh and I'm I'm hoping that you know Zach
3036s	you just kick us off and we'll see what
3038s	we can get from everyone here this is
3040s	the biggest room we've ever had so this
3041s	is our opportunity to get the most
3043s	voices at once yeah look at all You
3045s	Beautiful People yeah so this is great
3047s	I'm sure you're loud too what would you
3048s	like us to say the instructions are very
3050s	simple you just have to chant the word
3052s	online online on the count of three give
3055s	me your best online chant online just
3058s	like that and we're going to do it five
3060s	times after five onlines I'm going to
3062s	point at you all and you're going to
3063s	give your best cheering Applause
3066s	everyone ready all right three two one
3072s	go
3091s	oh my gosh wow do you think you uh got
3094s	that
3096s	one you're all hired
3099s	W amazing look under your seat for your
3104s	paycheck yeah amazing well we do have
3107s	just time for one more question and I
3109s	have to know on the couch what is the
3111s	most difficult sound you've ever had to
3113s	make in
3115s	Warframe um
3118s	grle
3121s	sounds oooo burps barfs yeah yeah uh we
3125s	have a resident kind of burping
3126s	specialist Willam shaan who contributed
3128s	his beautiful burping tones to
3131s	grindle stay burping buddy stay
3134s	[Laughter]
3136s	Burpy okay uh honestly this bike uh yeah
3141s	uh there were three animals that I had
3143s	to put into it and trying to figure out
3144s	how I could fit those in if you if you
3147s	listen closely to the demo tonight
3148s	you'll hear a lion a tiger and a bear oh
3152s	my
3153s	wow yes Octavia for me I remember
3157s	working on that like forever trying to
3160s	get all the music implemented the
3162s	sequencer all of that that that was that
3164s	was tough but it was great and yeah
3167s	proud of that one but it was really
3170s	hard amazing oh what well thank you
3172s	everyone for tuning in to the sounds of
3174s	the system panel huge shout out to you
3176s	guys on the couch for sharing us a look
3178s	into your world huge shout out to the de
3180s	sound team as a whole they kill it with
3182s	every single update we'll see you soon
3184s	for the cosplay contest see you for
3186s	cosplay thank you everyone bye everyone
3187s	thank you thanks

TennoCon 2024 | Sounds of the System (Full Panel)

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