Lost Alpha is a new episode of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series made by dezowave group for free!
While we are enjoying summer, we still find a little time to work on our dream project. And one important part of the storyline are new voiceovers! We love doing voice overs with professional artists :)
This is LiquidBronze, voice over organizer, editor and sound effects guy :) I just wanted to take a few moments and give everyone a quick glimpse into the world of voice acting for Lost Alpha! I am also happy to announce we now have over 60 finalized voice overs being used in game! Just as some technical background, I use Sony Acid Pro 7 as my DAW and have been using Acid products since it was still owned by Sonic Foundry back in the day.
To start, I will get a script and edit grammar/sentence structure as needed; I may also create some of the lines myself after speaking with Dez about where he wants to go with scene. After the script is finalized, I will start sending the lines out to our voice actors. The voice actors will normally record four or five takes of each line, so I can pick the best read from them.
Once I pick the best read, I will start editing the voice over for unwanted breaths and noises, timing of speech and volume to make everything consistent. If the voice over does not require effects for a PDA or radio message, I move on to the next recording. If the voice over does require effects, I have some premade templates for PDA and radio messages, in which I just drop the files in and start tweaking as necessary.
Finally, I render everything as a .wav (using correct parameters), then import the files into the SDK and comment everything. I will rename the files per the needed naming conventions, and then send the voices on their way and hopefully nothing needs changed!
While everyone patiently waits for Lost Alpha, here is a small voice over blooper reel that I put together. Everyone has a lot of fun recording and…screaming…a lot! Enjoy this small glimpse into the world of voice acting for Lost Alpha!
I lol'd :D
get to da choppahhhhhhh!=D
I want to spik mi inglish fRRRRRRom my hart. And zis iz ze best audio video i hav eveRRRR listnd tu. Zat's why we hav to HEAD DOWN TO CHOPPA!!!
Dez0wave, I love you <=*DDDD
our main site contains some more images too posted with this :)
This guy is great no blooper at all :) TAKE HIM
What the F$^% was he talking about.
All the religious crap... I think I'm gonna throw up.
I like the Arnold! :D
Good Job !
The voice acting is suspiciously similar to the original voice acting of Stalker. You know what the tells me? AWESOME.
Wait until you hear the final in game versions (and not the bloopers :P), they will blow you away!
Sorry but the original stalker voice over suck, this sounds much better.
They had like 3 voiceovers for a whole game, this game (mod) (game) ok ok.. has around 60..............
the scream was damn good :D
Arnold FTW :D
Bad. But fun :)
muy bueno. debe ser un trabajo duro.