[2023] TennoCon 2023 | Sounds of the System Full Panel | Warframe Dev Tracker

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3s	foreign
33s	hello everyone welcome to the telecon
36s	2023 sounds of the system panel over
39s	here on the main stage at tanocon we are
42s	going to take a little bit of a look
43s	back at the 10 years of Warframe and
46s	what it has sound like
48s	uh I have some amazing guests up here so
50s	if people are heading over to the stage
52s	let's take a moment to introduce them
53s	before we dive into everything sound
56s	so closest to me is Miss Rebecca Ford hi
59s	Bev what are you doing up here I'm just
62s	here to you know talk about a couple
63s	things these are the the real MVPs of
66s	Warframe sound but I'm just excited to
68s	be a part of the sound panel my name is
69s	Rebecca Ford and I am the lotus in
72s	Warframe very nice and then regrettably
75s	for a lot of
77s	and uh hi I'm George Spanos I'm the
80s	audio director at digital extremes and
82s	uh yeah I've been working on this little
84s	game for I guess 10 years now with these
86s	games for you George sorry
91s	hi I'm Jeff hartling a senior sound
93s	designer digital extremes I've been here
95s	13 years now
97s	um and it's just been an amazing journey
98s	to grow with Warframe and I'm looking
101s	forward to the future yeah amazing
104s	hey everybody my name is Eric Preston uh
106s	lead sound designer and Warframe uh it's
108s	amazing to see a whole bunch of faces
110s	here it feels like it's been forever so
112s	yeah super cool that you guys could all
114s	join us for this panel and excited to be
116s	here
117s	hey everybody I'm Willem shonkin I've
120s	been at De for uh 10 years I started in
123s	2014 so I guess nine and a half years
125s	but I guess some of you might know
128s	um some of the sounds I did was on
129s	Guerra it was nidus Baruch and Goss to
135s	name a few so those are some you know me
139s	hey guys I'm Matthew Chalmers I'm fairly
142s	new to Warframe uh just been working on
145s	it for the last couple years I do the
146s	music
147s	um very excited to be here at my first
149s	tenacon we're so happy to have you here
152s	thank you everyone for joining us
157s	you know as we're here at tennocon
160s	celebrating 10 years of Warframe it's
162s	inevitable that we're all going to look
163s	back at truly How Far We've Come As game
166s	devs because uh We've
168s	dived into the archives and taken a look
170s	at uh early Warframe and it sound Alexa
173s	hell of a lot different than it does now
175s	so before you get to it I have an asset
178s	so we can listen to it and then we can
180s	go from there
186s	life support has been replenished
192s	all right
198s	that melee swing gets me every time it's
201s	so good so why don't you tell us a
203s	little bit about Warframe 2014 yeah I
206s	mean 2014 geez yeah nine years ago uh A
210s	lot's changed but you know we've tried
211s	to keep a lot of consistency as well you
214s	know I think one of the biggest things
215s	for us is making sure we stay true to
217s	the original Vision we developed but
219s	growing it at the same time and then you
222s	know sounds that we put in back then uh
225s	you know some of them you you feel like
227s	maybe you want to change but so many of
229s	you of you players are you know said no
230s	don't change them because you're so used
231s	to them and you love them and so we try
233s	to incorporate new with old and and make
236s	it all kind of live together in this
238s	beautiful uh beautiful universe so I
240s	gotta ask specifically is the life
242s	support sound in that camp because that
245s	is the same sound that it's been for
246s	like 10 years it probably is actually
248s	there's there is a lot of like classic
251s	sounds that are still the same uh yeah
254s	yeah remember when you tried to change
255s	the Bratton firing sound and then
257s	reverted it because people love it that
259s	was that was a whole Forum post that was
261s	probably like 10 pages in the heck and
263s	the heck and the heck what the heck
265s	right
266s	um yeah because we we had developed a
267s	new weapon system for triggering you
270s	know different layers of weapon when you
272s	when you shoot the weapon different kind
274s	of layers of it and so we got the bright
276s	idea must have been what 2015 maybe
278s	something like that to to change a few
280s	of the weapons and we're like oh this
282s	sounds much better now it's much cleaner
284s	much punchier and then boy
286s	you guys let us know what the heck were
290s	we thinking so revert revert revert and
292s	uh but you know what it's awesome it
294s	just shows that everyone loves a lot of
296s	the Sounds in the game which is more is
299s	all we can ask for so I think that's the
301s	busiest the sound forums have ever
302s	gotten
303s	oh that's not true that's not true
306s	I know you know over the 10 years you've
309s	managed to keep Warframe sounding new
311s	and fresh but also the same so is there
314s	like a core thread or like a line that
316s	you have to walk over the past decade to
318s	keep it feeling Warframe uh yeah I can
321s	speak to warframe's design specifically
323s	laboratoric frames himself I mean yeah
326s	there's a Common Thread in the signature
328s	that we want to create with those that
330s	we still strive for today is that they
331s	all sound unique and they're memorable
334s	and iconic and you could not see them on
337s	screen and you could just hear the sound
338s	and you would recognize what Warframe
340s	that sound is from
342s	um and uh I think that kind of leads to
345s	some valkyr where we started to add a
348s	vocal to it and that added to another
350s	level of uh of memorabilia to it and uh
353s	yeah so it's uh and really cool and I
356s	think you worked on that frame George
357s	yeah yeah I think we yeah I it's that's
360s	the thing right it's like it's trying to
362s	have the consistency in trying to make
364s	things feel new and fresh all the time
366s	too right
367s	um yeah yeah I mean you you spoke to
370s	valkyr when you think of like Excalibur
372s	and mag and volts there sounds are
374s	fairly like maybe not simple but they
376s	kind of get right to the point and
378s	there's nothing complicated to it
379s	whereas valkyr was any excuse to get
382s	Megan to scream into the void basically
384s	and she that was I think the first frame
386s	that I had a human voice in it and we
388s	you know I mean everyone knows you know
391s	they don't speak and uh but you know we
394s	um
395s	I I forget what what the Genesis of the
398s	idea was to put her put a voice in that
400s	but you know people resonate so much
401s	with the human voice and the Battle Cry
403s	Just is such a signature and it's such a
405s	good way of giving that frame its power
408s	and it's it's uh you know feel yeah I
412s	mean oh you go first it just has an
415s	emotional resonance that you know comes
416s	through I mean like at this point you
419s	have so many warframes with voices in it
420s	so we have valkyr
422s	heaven
425s	you're welcome may we get to listen to
428s	you again
429s	beautiful and then
432s	angry yeah you probably told her that
434s	anime sucks and that's all she needed
438s	a point
439s	um and then you know Cuervo is our next
441s	Warframe with voices or our latest
443s	Warframe with voices in it but over the
445s	years you know has lore or different
447s	aspects of the game kind of allowed you
449s	to do more interesting with Warframe
451s	sounds or is there anything that you can
453s	think of Beyond voices
456s	sorry I didn't really hear the question
457s	no it's okay uh you know in warframes
460s	Lord we've learned so much about
461s	warframes themselves they might not
463s	speak but I mean the story behind them
465s	is definitely something has that allowed
467s	you to do more interesting things with
469s	Warframe sounds allowed you to break
470s	previous rules that you might have set
472s	for yourself yeah I mean you know we
474s	always try to like break the rules and
476s	we always try to think of like you know
478s	we try to get you know what what is the
480s	the idea behind the frame you know and
483s	what you know is there a strong through
485s	line that we can incorporate into the
487s	sound and so like what Jeff said is that
489s	you know the idea is that you can close
492s	your eyes and hear the sounds and know
494s	what the frame is right and so that's
496s	that's the main guiding principle and
498s	then just yeah challenging ourselves
500s	because how many frames do we have now
501s	53 right so 54 announced later so it's
506s	it's getting tough right so but you're
507s	always trying to think of like what's
509s	the next thing we can do so it's you
511s	know doing field recording together new
512s	and Unique Sounds
514s	um you know working with new plugins
515s	working with new synthesizers and all of
517s	that kind of stuff to try to to give
520s	each frame its own unique personnel
522s	quality so yeah some of them have
524s	animals in there as well so oh amazing
526s	and one of them has a saxophone in it
528s	but I'm not gonna say which what you
531s	can't drop that info did you play it is
533s	it you no no well maybe next time okay
536s	but speaking of Cuervo uh we actually
539s	have a fantastic video from Jess on our
541s	sound team about the sound design for
543s	his ability so here we go Dean if you
546s	want to hit it
547s	I can't see you but I'm assuming you'll
549s	do it
552s	hey everyone it's Jess here from The
554s	Sound team today I'm going to be taking
556s	you through a little bit of the sound
558s	design from the coolerville Warframe
559s	let's take a look cooler foe is a bit of
561s	an angry boy so we thought it would be
563s	unique to incorporate some heavy metal
565s	vocals into the sound design for this
567s	Warframe here is our fellow sound
569s	designer Jeff destroying his vocal cords
571s	and laying down some screams for the
573s	Warframe
575s	sorry to put your ears um
581s	thanks Jeff
583s	with a bit of audio processing magic in
585s	Reaper those screams sound like this
591s	let's record a few more things
600s	and let's layer them with a bit more
601s	source and Reaper
613s	all together it sounds like
617s	let's take a listen in the game
624s	and there you have it thank you for
626s	watching thank you for playing and I'll
629s	see you next time have a great time of
630s	con everyone
634s	thank you Jess I think she's here
636s	fantastic video thank you so much you
640s	know so warframes have their own kind of
642s	lore embedded it if you know anything
643s	about calervo those chains make a whole
645s	lot of sense I gotta say and the angry
647s	screaming and the death and everything
649s	that goes into it but you know through
652s	sound and storytelling I think one of
654s	the biggest drivers of that is uh are
657s	voice actors and we are so lovely to be
659s	joined by one on stage today I am not a
662s	voice actor what did you voice I don't
664s	know are you sure
669s	have you been the Lotus the Lotus has
671s	been with us for many many years uh I
674s	think like Beyond 10 years like you were
676s	open yeah close beta all that March
680s	2012. we did our some of our early
682s	recordings for things it's been a long
684s	time very convenient for you to name
686s	that date because I have some old and
689s	some more recent uh Lotus vo that we can
693s	kind of compare to her journey over here
703s	you are
705s	a mask
708s	with nothing behind it
714s	so good I love her so much
718s	I know brother yes papa rev she's so
722s	great we love her
729s	but you know the Lotus there's some
731s	spoilers here but if you're a tunnelcon
733s	like I'm sorry but uh the Lotus has gone
736s	on a very long and complicated Journey
738s	she's had many names and many faces you
741s	know margulis the Lotus natal how have
744s	you approached the different facets of
747s	her such you know complex character and
749s	made them feel as their own you know
751s	it's a method acting I just pretend I'm
754s	Lotus and let people tell me what to do
756s	so they program me for whatever it is
759s	we're going for and uh George has I
762s	think you were the first person to
763s	direct me as Lotus it's not the first
766s	yeah it's man it's been a crazy fun
769s	journey and yeah yeah you but you were
771s	natural from the start I think I've
773s	unfortunately been in every single one
775s	of your booths for a Lotus recording
777s	session and this is reveals why I'm the
779s	Lotus because whenever they need
780s	something anyone can just grab me to
783s	report a wine and convenience over
785s	quality no not at all not at all you're
788s	synonymous with the sound of Warframe
790s	right like you're you're the most famous
791s	voice actor in the game I think they're
793s	all great but uh Steve is Umbra so
796s	that's true that's true
798s	feel my lines brother I can't believe
800s	this yeah but
801s	but 2012 when we did those early lines
804s	we had no plot and now we have a lot of
808s	plot and every single line for the new
811s	war I recorded at home during covid so
814s	every yeah I remember like the second
816s	dream lines too and everything and how
818s	emotional that was and and that was one
820s	of the highlights for me was were those
822s	lines and like that whole situation of
826s	everything that happened there
827s	um yeah and and but like now that I'm
829s	thinking about it you've like you've
831s	really you've really grown into the role
832s	and you know again like this line
834s	started off pretty straightforward
835s	pretty you know just say the thing and
838s	it is the thing and now it's it's a lot
840s	more emotion and depth to the character
842s	and and they sound great to me yeah it
845s	is a dream come true and I'm just happy
846s	but the weirdest thing now is I refuse
848s	well you know I'm not gonna spoil it but
850s	I have a very hard time reconciling
852s	the Lotus any more lines because I'm
854s	like I know her and maybe she should
857s	shut up but
860s	if anything
864s	yeah another one she took for two years
865s	but we won't speak of that she's on
867s	vacation in game for a bit we'll see no
870s	spoilers is there any you know voice
872s	treatment that you've given between like
874s	natom or gulis and Lotus to really kind
876s	of make them feel
878s	um distinct from each other yeah I think
880s	I think a lot of the the margulis and
882s	Lotus difference was uh in the
885s	performance a lot of it you know
886s	margulis is a little there's a there's
889s	more
890s	well I mean Lotus has a lot more emotion
891s	now but definitely a number of years ago
894s	Lotus was just you know trying to keep
896s	her kind of straightforward and keep her
898s	impartial and margulis was definitely
900s	you know uh had a lot more emotion in
903s	the lines and then read and that's what
904s	helped to kind of bridge that Gap and
906s	some of the processing and stuff we put
908s	on and and that as well oh they love
911s	that answer I love that thank you thank
913s	you
914s	um but yeah a lot you know and this and
915s	this is the thing like I think
917s	you know uh enough can't be said for a
920s	great performance uh and that goes for
922s	any sound design any music anything it
925s	all starts with the performance and if
926s	you don't have the performance you don't
927s	have a great line so yeah I mean
930s	speaking of performance a rep is just
932s	one facet of the amazing cast of voice
934s	actors who contribute to our game and
936s	lend their talent to us and really
938s	breathe life into the characters I'm not
940s	going to name names because there are so
942s	many of them and I'm gonna forget
943s	someone but they actually are at the
945s	convention quite a few of them so if you
946s	see them around you hear uh till regor
949s	randomly shouting probably someone and
952s	someone who will sign your autograph if
954s	you want it but it's not only you know
956s	voice actors who contribute to the
958s	game's sounds we have musicians and we
961s	also have composers and Matt do you want
964s	to tell us a little bit about your story
965s	with Warframe yeah sure well I've been
968s	working with uh Keith power for about
970s	eight years now
972s	um I was actually I was telling the guys
974s	backstage that uh my dad taught him and
978s	way back like years ago and Keith and
982s	George were doing sound for uh what was
985s	it a I think it was a a Canadian coffee
989s	place that's a pretty that's two it's a
992s	first and a last name yes yes thank you
995s	um and they needed sound of like some
998s	children playing Road hockey so I I was
1001s	part of that and that was my first check
1003s	for 25 so I've known Keith and George my
1007s	whole life technically yeah and so every
1008s	check there after has been 25 no I'm
1010s	just kidding yeah not at all
1012s	no
1014s	good for inflation like that's crazy
1019s	uh amazing so the next slide that I have
1022s	actually has music from uh Matt on it so
1025s	Dean if you want to adjust the volume I
1027s	don't know
1028s	how much time I need I'm just like in
1030s	three two one
1031s	you're the best thank you
1034s	so Matt you have specifically worked on
1037s	the angels of the serum and update and
1039s	jiviri uh two of my most favorite
1041s	updates I'm not biased at all
1043s	um in the background you guys can hear
1045s	actually some of the Angel soundtrack I
1048s	hope you guys can hear from home uh but
1050s	do you want to tell us a little bit how
1051s	you approached like capturing the sound
1054s	such like our Cosmic body horror enemy
1056s	yeah sure
1058s	um so
1059s	the main I think the main request from
1062s	Eric and George was to have some kind of
1065s	vocal but it had to be sort of a
1068s	terrifying horrific vocal so I was like
1071s	What if I just pitch my voice up so it's
1074s	funny seeing the YouTube comments
1076s	because everybody's like these are such
1077s	scary vocals and I'm like that's just me
1080s	and my studio going la la la la la la la
1084s	so I am the terrifying woman
1089s	um but yeah it was a really fun track to
1090s	work on
1093s	I just found that out today
1097s	yeah I didn't really want to tell Eric
1099s	because I thought you might start
1100s	because when I hear right I just hear my
1102s	voice
1104s	and I'm like that's not convincing but
1107s	apparently it's scary so it definitely
1109s	definitely you know gets on your skin
1111s	and I think it almost adds to it knowing
1113s	that it's Matt Chalmer just pitching his
1116s	voice that is so incredibly good
1122s	that is incredible but you
1127s	get soundtracks and I'm sure watching
1129s	you've heard that we finally have our
1132s	second uh volume of our soundtrack our
1134s	first one was released back in 2017 so
1136s	we've been about like
1140s	it's funny because I started working on
1143s	it I guess in 2022 last year and I was
1145s	like we need to we're overdue for
1147s	another soundtrack and I was trying to
1148s	think back so I looked at the old one
1150s	and where we left off and we left yeah
1152s	that came out in like 2018 so got about
1155s	five and some tracks that are on the new
1157s	soundtrack weren't on the original
1158s	soundtrack as well so it really spans a
1161s	lot of years but yeah it's like three
1163s	discs and 34 tracks and there's a bonus
1167s	uh seven inch as well uh with some of
1170s	Matt's music on there uh from duviri and
1173s	uh yeah it's like over two hours of
1175s	music and it's kind of cool it you know
1178s	we talk about sound design and where
1179s	we've come we listen to the music as
1181s	well you listen to tracks from back back
1183s	in the day you know like smiles from
1185s	Duran you know I don't know that's one
1187s	of my personal favorite tracks and I was
1189s	it brings you back right and you just
1191s	kind of get all those emotions again and
1193s	so yeah it was a really it's a labor of
1196s	love to put something like that together
1197s	so yeah really excited about it is
1199s	incredible I don't know if it's sold out
1201s	on store or here at the merchby so I'm
1203s	very sorry but I do believe we are going
1205s	to add it to streaming and all the other
1207s	online places yeah yeah we wanted to we
1209s	wanted to give everyone a first crack at
1211s	buying the hard copy and then but
1213s	streaming will come uh as well soon so
1215s	you can cry I Just Smiles from Geron as
1218s	much as much without any
1224s	numbers
1228s	I have to give a shout out to Keith
1230s	power as well uh you know working on uh
1233s	Warframe with him for a long long time
1236s	and he wrote some of the most amazing
1238s	pieces you know we all live together
1240s	again it's amazing sleeping the cold
1242s	below and so much great music for
1244s	Warframe uh so he's on there as well
1246s	obviously um so yeah shout out to shout
1248s	out to Keith power so shout out to keep
1258s	you know we can't you know speak to the
1261s	incredible music that's on the
1262s	soundtrack without also talking about
1263s	the incredible music that just came out
1264s	with duviri like four months ago how
1268s	long ago was it it was four months ago
1269s	and now we're at 10 o'clock hard to
1272s	believe oh boy so uh if you've played
1275s	any DVD on I hope that you have because
1277s	it is beautiful and wonderful and
1278s	magical uh there is the opera singer and
1281s	the incredible Orchestra and I know
1283s	George you and your team actually went
1285s	to I believe it was Toronto
1287s	yeah yeah we yeah all uh me Eric and
1290s	Matt and uh Steve and Rebecca was there
1292s	as well and we went and you know and
1294s	again maybe Matt could speak to this but
1296s	you know you know writing with samples
1298s	is great uh but recording the real thing
1300s	is that much better yeah like you you
1303s	can't use a midi string quartet it's
1306s	just you can't fake it so we had to do
1309s	the real thing and yeah and and props to
1312s	you guys for for doing it yeah that was
1314s	awesome yeah it worked out really well
1316s	and I remember you know the the initial
1317s	drafts that you sent when we were
1319s	working through the piece we only heard
1321s	it in MIDI form for so long and when we
1325s	finally got to the session and heard it
1326s	come to life it was it was pure magic so
1329s	yeah my video Matt now that we know that
1331s	you're the angel of music are you did
1333s	you also do like a pitched up version of
1334s	lucinia's Opera for the demo or like
1340s	I there there's probably some demos that
1344s	I don't know did you guys hear me sing
1346s	the I think you did do yeah there was
1348s	one yeah
1353s	well we actually have you know kind of a
1356s	lengthy behind the scenes video of that
1358s	entire process so Dean if you want to
1361s	hit it we can listen to that now and
1362s	watch it as well foreign
1371s	here today is going to define the daviri
1374s	landscape because we knew we wanted the
1376s	players to jump in and feel part of a
1379s	mood
1383s	in daviri the landscape changes based on
1387s	the daily emotion abdominus threats so
1389s	we really wanted to reflect that in the
1391s	music that you hear as you play the game
1398s	maybe there is something about him that
1401s	represents the emotional state of
1404s	humankind and his current stake if you
1407s	will is to sort of rule the land of
1409s	daviri he is the Emperor the king the
1412s	ruler of everything that is deviry in
1413s	all its citizens including judge jury
1416s	executioner to you The Drifter
1420s	oh yeah
1423s	carry on hey hey
1428s	we felt that recording a live quartet
1431s	would help ground all of the pieces more
1434s	uh closely to reality and how you might
1438s	feel on a daily basis
1440s	foreign
1444s	lead sound designer on Warframe and I'm
1447s	working on the latest update of duviri
1452s	the important part of the sound design
1455s	that we really wanted to focus on for
1457s	this update was really feeling a
1460s	difference in the different emotions and
1462s	we picked five moods which we are very
1464s	simplistically calling you know Joy
1466s	sadness anger envy and fear so the music
1470s	needs to bring those emotions to the
1472s	Forefront
1478s	we really wanted the player you to kind
1481s	of identify with the current mood of the
1485s	landscape so as you play the moods and
1488s	sounds all sort of change and live
1491s	together as one single piece
1498s	and I feel like she's kind of helping
1501s	guide them yeah
1503s	um that's what was my thoughts for
1505s	recording hi I'm George Spanos and I'm
1507s	the audio director at digital extremes
1510s	samples are great but they don't convey
1513s	all of the right emotions all of the
1514s	time so you don't get that interplay
1516s	between musicians and the music so
1519s	having live musicians in the room really
1521s	brings the piece to life especially the
1523s	singer you just there's no comparison
1524s	for it she's just really able to convey
1527s	all of the moods into very
1529s	hopefully that's conveyed to you the
1531s	player as well
1539s	the main characters represent an emotion
1541s	or a mood and lucinia is sorrow or
1544s	sadness and she is to represent the sort
1547s	of darkest feelings of humanity but she
1549s	also sort of conveys the feeling of the
1552s	landscape throughout the story itself so
1554s	it was important for her to explore all
1558s	of the different emotions that you'll go
1560s	through as a player in the landscape
1568s	was very it was a very willing
1570s	participant to go along with with us for
1572s	the ride and try out different things
1574s	and experiment with different sounds and
1576s	experiment with different sections of
1577s	the pieces to make sure that we conveyed
1579s	all of the emotion that we need to into
1582s	vary hi I'm I'm Matthew Chalmers I I'm
1585s	doing the music for the duviri paradox
1594s	I've been doing a little bit of writing
1596s	along with Keith power for Warframe for
1598s	a bit and now I'm switching over into
1601s	larger role not the harmonic off the top
1604s	just maybe the the same note that you
1608s	yeah okay just not harmonic we're really
1610s	trying to get the anger and the sad and
1614s	the happy and it was very challenging to
1618s	figure out how to write one piece that
1620s	goes in between all those different
1621s	feelings without it seeming like
1623s	disjointed and three different pieces
1626s	kind of pushed into one so the approach
1628s	there is just working on themes Melodies
1631s	that kind of thread everything together
1636s	usually sit down at the piano a little
1639s	bit and just kind of plunk out some
1641s	ideas and my voice memo app is filled
1644s	with stuff that got thrown away and
1646s	probably earlier versions of of this and
1648s	I just sing along pretend I'm the opera
1651s	singer and singing my falsetto and but
1654s	yeah no I just pick away at it and take
1657s	a break from it come back the next day
1659s	check it out and then I start kind of
1662s	doing a mock-up on the computer hear
1664s	what it sounds like with the cello
1666s	playing that Melody oh okay maybe I'll
1668s	change it to the viola
1669s	just start experimenting and then yeah
1672s	great overall I mean we can keep running
1674s	and if you guys have any comments let me
1677s	know recording in a beautiful studio
1680s	with amazing musicians great music
1682s	really exceeded our expectations you
1685s	hear the kind of the mock-ups and the
1687s	demos and they sound great but until you
1690s	hear the the real thing you don't get
1691s	the full extent of it and we're so happy
1693s	and proud to uh to let the players hear
1696s	that
1700s	yeah no I appreciate that's good yeah I
1703s	think that was good yeah
1705s	yeah all right thank you
1708s	I can confirm it was good great job
1715s	it was good I
1718s	I'm cut it out I was like please don't
1719s	swap please don't stop we're golden
1721s	incredible yeah I you know we've kind of
1724s	talked at length about this but is there
1725s	any other notes that you guys want to
1727s	mention about the music of dubiri
1728s	specifically otherwise I got some mood
1731s	like landscape videos that can go
1733s	through after so I I do want to shout
1735s	out Keith power one more time just for
1737s	the beautiful themes that he wrote for
1739s	duviri
1740s	um made my job a whole lot easier just
1744s	based everything off of that so I think
1746s	that's one of my favorite Warframe
1748s	pieces probably that ambient piece that
1750s	he wrote for duviri was it lucinia is
1753s	that what it was or is it a different
1754s	one yeah I think he he definitely wrote
1757s	the theme some of the themes over the
1759s	years we were kind of playing with
1761s	different things and that kind of thing
1763s	so yeah I mean I think the main kind of
1765s	a lot of the motifs and stuff that you
1766s	Incorporated evolved from some of his
1769s	stuff as well so
1777s	like me I roam around on my horse and
1780s	then I catch fish and I kill out a muse
1783s	and it's phenomenal but the the
1784s	landscape sounds per between each spiral
1787s	is just top tier so just a volume
1790s	warning for that one but
1792s	Eric my friend I know that you worked so
1795s	hard you and the team work so hard and
1796s	diligently to make each landscape feel
1799s	unique and distinct
1801s	um do you want to talk a little bit
1802s	about that process yeah when we first
1806s	heard about what we were going to be
1807s	working on we knew that we really wanted
1809s	to try and push the envelope as far as
1811s	we could with ambient sounds and uh
1813s	really have them feel different
1814s	depending on the mood of Dominus thracks
1817s	so uh the sound team you know shout out
1820s	to the sound team they did a fantastic
1821s	job putting it all together
1823s	all the little details that you hear
1826s	from birds and and you know wind
1828s	whistling through the the Reeds that's
1831s	all hand placed by the sound team
1833s	meticulously and
1836s	um each kind of element in the landscape
1839s	has many different layers to it
1842s	depending on the mood so you may have uh
1845s	one type of bird chirping in all the
1847s	trees during the angry mood and then
1849s	when you go to a calm mood you have a
1851s	different type of bird ripping and we
1853s	did that same thing with field sounds
1858s	Flags flapping in the wind get more
1860s	aggressive when it's angry and windy all
1864s	the background sounds crickets when it
1866s	gets scary The Crickets come up and and
1868s	when it's happy you change the different
1870s	type of insects so we really spent a lot
1873s	of time handcrafting it to to really fit
1876s	uh the vibe of each mood for that day
1879s	phenomenal the care and love that went
1881s	into it is so obvious like right now
1883s	we're listening to Joy some of my fellas
1885s	and you can hear like the birds chirping
1887s	but I have anger necks actually with my
1890s	my boy Loden and like the I know that
1894s	there's different weather effects that
1896s	you have to capture too like he's got
1897s	the the big meteors and there's like
1899s	growling of random animals in Anger for
1903s	example like absolutely yeah just trying
1906s	to get the feel of his of his his
1908s	emotion through different types of
1910s	vocalizations grabbing you know animal
1913s	sounds and sounds with our own voice uh
1916s	really nothing was kind of left off the
1919s	table and again the the sound team I I
1921s	can't praise them enough they did a they
1923s	did a great job with it so is it the
1925s	same with like the ambient music too or
1926s	was that that mostly matte like because
1928s	you can hear kind of like the Deep
1930s	yeah the Ambien is uh a similar approach
1936s	um but uh yeah it's all it's there's
1939s	it's a weird Crossover with the sound
1941s	design right because sometimes you're
1943s	creating pads that are very like organic
1946s	sounding and not necessarily tonal
1949s	um so we're just trying to find a way
1950s	and I and often Eric will like tune
1952s	something if my music is in a certain
1955s	key just to make it all flow nicely
1958s	yeah once once the music comes in and
1960s	we've kind of established the piece
1961s	there's often a stage that we go through
1963s	where
1964s	you know we're stripping out different
1966s	layers and and figuring out how the
1968s	music and the ambience can kind of live
1970s	as one so as you're running around the
1971s	ambience sometimes you might only hear
1973s	sort of a small portion of the music and
1975s	then sometimes the music will swell and
1978s	you'll hear all of the stems together
1979s	and that's all done at runtime
1981s	dynamically so it really
1983s	um allows allows you to go through a
1985s	journey it's not just kind of a
1986s	two-track piece of music that plays the
1989s	whole time so it was really important to
1990s	to establish that yeah so so when I'm
1993s	writing I'm picturing like okay what
1995s	would level one of this ambient track
1997s	sound like and then it's getting a
1999s	little bit more intense okay so we need
2002s	so there's a lot of layers that are
2003s	involved
2005s	um and yeah then it gets all programmed
2007s	into the game
2008s	so I'm just wondering that sound design
2010s	is like an ogre
2011s	to our tools programmers yeah yeah
2014s	definitely yeah
2018s	I want to give a shout out to uh to one
2021s	of our programmers Jim who helped a lot
2023s	with the uh dynamic system uh he was
2027s	able to help us develop a system where
2028s	based on the current mood all of those
2030s	sounds can change instantly uh which
2033s	helped tremendously so yeah shout out to
2036s	Jim thank you my next slide is sorrow
2038s	but uh speaking of like Dynamic sounds
2040s	like when you go into the caves
2042s	especially like those are also a
2044s	completely different experience so like
2045s	how did you approach you know making the
2048s	landscape and like the duviri caves with
2051s	the darumin influence you'll feel so
2053s	different yeah so same kind of thing
2055s	with the caves is based on the system
2057s	that gem helped with we're able to
2059s	change the music up completely and the
2061s	ambience up completely when you go into
2062s	the caves so I really wanted to
2064s	establish a completely different vibe
2066s	when you go in there and use using some
2069s	you know Vocal Stems from uh your tracks
2072s	Matt arranging them in different ways to
2075s	to really make it feel like you're in
2077s	the belly of the Beast so that's such a
2080s	great that's such a great vision for
2082s	that I love it so much speaking of
2084s	beasts thank you for that gift of her
2086s	transition you know you're on juviri
2088s	you're roaming around as your Drifter
2089s	but you also have your trusty Steed the
2092s	cake and uh Willem I know specifically
2095s	you have worked you know you had your
2098s	Monty Python moment I heard to make a
2100s	sound design before you jump into it I
2102s	do have a video for context so we'll
2103s	listen to that at full volume
2105s	and then we'll go from there
2133s	it's all you all right yeah Monty Python
2136s	I guess right
2137s	oh yeah so Eric and I uh
2140s	well they first of all they developed
2142s	kind of the sounds of the daviri horse
2144s	back when they did the trailer
2146s	um and they came up with all the
2147s	metallic processing on The Voice which
2149s	was uh was absinthe I believe and you
2151s	had metallic resonators and later on I
2154s	decided to add in some wild boar in
2156s	there for a bit of aggression but yeah
2158s	the Monty Python thing
2160s	um we're like we had a lot of horse
2163s	Source but we needed to just to get some
2165s	more uh footstep source and there's this
2168s	Classic Hollywood trick of using coconut
2170s	shells and we decided hey what the heck
2172s	let's try it out oh man turns out yes
2175s	they do sound like horse Hooves and
2177s	that's what we ended up using did you
2179s	already have the Coconuts or were you
2181s	like it's pina colada time actually it
2183s	was like a last minute thing Eric had to
2185s	uh you know uh talk to his wife to see
2188s	if they could get the last coconut in
2190s	the kitchen yeah my wife had purchased
2192s	some coconuts and I begged her to let me
2194s	have them
2195s	I need these for some horse hoof sounds
2198s	and I I showed up at Eric's house and he
2201s	was sawing the coconut in half I mean I
2203s	mean more difficult outside too like at
2206s	the concentration area yeah and so we
2207s	went outside George Eric and I we went
2209s	out on a field recording trip and uh I
2212s	guess the other thing that made it
2213s	interesting is uh we used a below ground
2215s	microphone a geophone it's a seismic mic
2218s	so it picks up uh low frequency rumbles
2221s	from the earth and I decided let's plant
2224s	this thing in in the earth and have the
2226s	above ground mic as well and it ended up
2228s	giving giving us the the big weight that
2230s	you hear in case
2231s	that is amazing I mean like part of the
2233s	sound design as well is The Drifter call
2235s	outs you know you really feel like
2237s	connected to your Beast I guess you can
2239s	say so what was the process of kind of
2241s	Designing those
2242s	yeah so we ended up with in a place
2244s	where we had all the horse sounds that
2246s	we needed and uh we did we just said you
2249s	know what one thing that would make this
2250s	really over the edge and unbelievable
2252s	and also give you a sense of connection
2255s	to to the animal or a connection between
2257s	the Rider and the animal would be if the
2259s	if the rider would start speaking and
2261s	giving the horse commands whistling when
2263s	when you start running uh you know doing
2265s	some odd vocalizations when you're
2268s	flying and and stuff like that so are
2270s	any of you horse people or was this like
2272s	you had to Google it or like how did you
2274s	know how people talk to other horses
2276s	just life experience
2279s	I'm a horse girl but I I recused myself
2282s	from that conversation I actually
2284s	contacted I was like hey Rebecca uh you
2287s	have a horse available that we can I
2289s	actually have falling out with my horse
2290s	person so it was a really dark time yeah
2292s	so I asked you right after that happened
2293s	and then you decided to add horses
2296s	it's Revenge but who needs to record
2299s	horses when you have coconuts exactly
2301s	that's true there's a reason why they do
2303s	it you know it's fantastic yeah
2306s	um you know so we've talked to some of
2308s	our amazing sound team um who are on the
2310s	stage but there are so many other
2311s	individuals who've contributed to the
2313s	sansojaviri
2314s	um and one of them is Giovanni and they
2317s	worked on the beautiful renalta shotgun
2320s	so I have another video for you Dean if
2322s	you want us kill the house lights
2326s	hey everyone this is Giovanni and I'm
2330s	going to show you how I created sounds
2332s	for the router the new shotgun let's
2334s	take a look
2336s	for this gun I was looking for a nice
2339s	blend between a double barrel shotgun
2341s	and something more futurist my idea was
2344s	that the sound could match the Sci-Fi
2346s	Vibe like the glittering elements on it
2348s	but at the same time you don't have many
2350s	bullets in the chamber so every shot
2353s	needed to be huge
2355s	to be able to create what I had in mind
2357s	I used this BB gun this camera this
2361s	aluminum straw and this guitar pedal
2364s	with the BB gun I was able to extract
2367s	several clicks or rattles
2385s	after some editing processing here's
2388s	what I use it to make the reload sound
2390s	along with some other pre-recorded
2392s	sounds
2395s	the pedal was used for when the shotgun
2397s	is reloaded too I had this idea of
2400s	inserting a guitar cable into the pedal
2402s	and then I pitched down the recording
2407s	here's what it sounds
2411s	with the camera I got the flash sound
2413s	that is played just after the shot
2421s	you may notice that there is a high
2423s	sound playing along with the flash
2424s	that's me hitting the straw on a
2427s	doorknob you can hear the edited version
2429s	in them my original recording
2439s	after all these experiments this is how
2442s	the gun sounds in the game context
2451s	so this is how I created sounds for the
2454s	router and that's all for me thanks for
2456s	watching and enjoy the rest of the show
2458s	see ya
2464s	that's the cool thing right right you
2466s	see all of those individual elements and
2468s	you're like oh what's what's one little
2470s	sound gonna gonna make and then you put
2472s	it all together and it's like geez like
2474s	it's this huge you know weapon sound
2477s	it's it's it never sound design never
2479s	ceases to amaze me personally so the
2481s	camera thing and that's super cool say
2483s	cheese the old school camera yeah
2487s	yeah I mean we're running we're running
2490s	on time here so I
2492s	want to make sure that we get all the
2494s	videos in but um in Giovanni's video
2497s	specifically and kind of in our
2498s	conversations you mentioned you do a lot
2499s	of like field recording or like using
2501s	pre-recording sounds so we have a video
2503s	from Mark uh that will kind of close the
2505s	show with but do you want to talk a
2507s	little bit about why you do that process
2509s	and all of that stuff yeah it's very
2510s	important to us to you know record a lot
2513s	of our own sounds it makes the game it
2515s	makes Warframe sound really unique it's
2517s	sort of like cooking you know if you go
2518s	out and you you tend to your garden and
2520s	you pick the fresh tomatoes and the
2522s	fresh basil and you add all the spices
2523s	it just tastes that much better and
2525s	there's that labor of love that comes
2527s	through so whenever we can we try to go
2530s	out and record our own sounds and you
2531s	know it might be something I mean like
2533s	you saw in Giovanni's video maybe
2534s	something simple as you know dropping a
2536s	rock on the ground you're like what are
2537s	you ever going to use that for but that
2539s	can end up in a Warframe power or a bird
2541s	chirp could be you know stretched out
2544s	and turned into like a weird creature
2546s	sound so having as much of that
2548s	those sounds as possible to draw from uh
2551s	lets us make truly unique sound design
2553s	in the game so yeah we try to do it as
2555s	much as possible so I mean you were we
2557s	were talking earlier like you mentioned
2559s	we have like a ginormous Sound Library
2561s	as a result of like 10 plus years of
2563s	working yeah like the sound actually
2565s	sounds in the game this morning I was
2567s	like how many sounds do we have in the
2569s	game and so I just went to the sounds
2570s	folder and I did the properties on it it
2573s	was like 80 000 sound files Sound and
2576s	Music files individual files
2579s	um over like 70 gigabytes uncompressed
2581s	of Sound and Music in Warframe it's I
2584s	was I couldn't believe it and dialogue
2586s	like into like chunks of dialogue about
2589s	30 000 separate chunks so some of those
2592s	are like multiple lines in one some of
2594s	those are just one line uh but yeah it's
2597s	it was it's kind of crazy to look at all
2599s	of all of the content that's in the game
2601s	so 10 years man it builds up clearly a
2604s	testament to all of your amazing work so
2606s	yeah yeah and I wanted yeah just
2608s	shouting out to the rest of the team as
2609s	well you know uh it's uh it's always an
2612s	honor and a pleasure to work with with
2614s	everyone and they're also talented
2616s	um so yeah it's definitely team effort
2619s	all the way so
2620s	amazing so we do have a video for Mark
2623s	like I mentioned uh this is going to be
2625s	some of our field recording in the
2627s	beautiful Canadian wilderness uh this is
2630s	going to be a bit of like a chill video
2632s	lots of Earth and grass and stuff so if
2635s	you're like me and you don't go outside
2636s	enough this is like your pass for today
2638s	uh so Dean if you want to spool that up
2641s	for me that'd be great
2662s	oh
2693s	foreign
2730s	team the most liable to throw a rock at
2733s	you
2734s	yeah I love my job but the fact that I
2736s	don't get paid to throw rock stuff makes
2739s	me question my secret I am never yeah
2742s	it's a safe way to get the aggression
2743s	out yeah
2744s	I mean so we've spoken so much about how
2748s	incredible our sound team is but we
2750s	truly would not be here at GE without
2752s	everyone here in the community whether
2754s	you're at tunnelcon or you're watching
2756s	from home thank you so much
2758s	um and I've heard rumor that uh sound
2761s	designers always have a microphone in
2762s	their pocket so I figured what better
2764s	way to like commemorate 10 years
2769s	then maybe to record the crowd and see
2772s	if we can use it in the future field
2774s	recording we have a very specific
2776s	recording we want from the biggest group
2778s	possible and all of it will make sense
2781s	in the Far Far Future
2784s	so what is it Rebecca we we like
2787s	um I'm gonna tell you what to say and
2789s	then
2793s	and then we're all gonna shout happy New
2795s	Year so we're doing a New Year's
2797s	countdown ten nine eight seven six five
2800s	four three two one happy New Year I'll
2802s	lead it without a microphone so it
2804s	sounds ambient perfect and on your ready
2806s	uh if you want to join up here just put
2808s	your mics down and we're gonna we're
2809s	gonna holler so if you're listening and
2811s	you can join the countdown when I say
2812s	when I start at 10 uh just follow along
2815s	and we may or may not need this in the
2817s	future even at home this is your Dora
2819s	the Explorer moment yeah you get to
2821s	participate even if we don't get to
2823s	record it we are rolling
2844s	foreign
2862s	you know I don't I truly don't know how
2864s	we're gonna follow that but I actually
2866s	have an incredible asset from our
2869s	community uh we did a call out for we
2872s	all live together covers and
2874s	we have compiled them together uh so
2879s	we're gonna send you off with uh can we
2881s	sing a walk
2883s	no yes absolutely oh you can not mean
2887s	but you can please do we have 50
2890s	performers from over 14 countries who
2893s	contributed to this so This truly is our
2895s	love letter to all of you uh we truly
2898s	all live together Dean hit it thanks
2901s	everyone thank you thank you thank you
2903s	thank you everybody thank you for
2905s	playing thank you
2908s	thank you
2921s	foreign
2988s	foreign
3020s	two two
3040s	weeks
3043s	till we fall
3052s	the air and water flowy
3062s	me on the way
3071s	foreign

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