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Pirate speech voice acting
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Thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy on Star World over the weekend, I'm thinking about the Pirates faction. The main problem with voice acting Pirates is that they come in 3 types (per http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/media ... on:Pirates):
* Organised Criminal Enterprise: Organized crime is generally only somewhat organized and somewhat about crime.
* Opportunists: The socially or economically downtrodden, most numerous of the pirate groups, enter piracy for a number of reasons. Some seek to leech from the more wealthy. Others are willing to be used as pawns or intermediaries by groups looking for some level of deniability. Pirates in this class often come from or are funded by such powers as LIHW or Forsaken worlds, or indirectly from the organised crime syndicates.
* Neo-Barbarians: Neo-Barbarians who’ve been given or sold spacecraft - usually through less than above-board transactions - often become pirates.
The ship-to-ship communication text is inconsistent. Words like "fuggedaboutit."suggests someone from a city in the Northeastern US. Terminology such as "whacked" comes from TV gangsters. There is one instance of "bloody hell" which is primarily British. Other ship-to-ship dialog is more generic, the kind of thing any uneducated English-speaking thug might say.
I am fairly sure that VegaStrike pirates would not sound like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKCkbWDGwE
Not since version 0.4.3, anyway.
So, what was the vision for Pirates? What should they sound like, if they sound like anyone in particular?
Thanks to the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy on Star World over the weekend, I'm thinking about the Pirates faction. The main problem with voice acting Pirates is that they come in 3 types (per http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/media ... on:Pirates):
* Organised Criminal Enterprise: Organized crime is generally only somewhat organized and somewhat about crime.
* Opportunists: The socially or economically downtrodden, most numerous of the pirate groups, enter piracy for a number of reasons. Some seek to leech from the more wealthy. Others are willing to be used as pawns or intermediaries by groups looking for some level of deniability. Pirates in this class often come from or are funded by such powers as LIHW or Forsaken worlds, or indirectly from the organised crime syndicates.
* Neo-Barbarians: Neo-Barbarians who’ve been given or sold spacecraft - usually through less than above-board transactions - often become pirates.
The ship-to-ship communication text is inconsistent. Words like "fuggedaboutit."suggests someone from a city in the Northeastern US. Terminology such as "whacked" comes from TV gangsters. There is one instance of "bloody hell" which is primarily British. Other ship-to-ship dialog is more generic, the kind of thing any uneducated English-speaking thug might say.
I am fairly sure that VegaStrike pirates would not sound like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cKCkbWDGwE
Not since version 0.4.3, anyway.
So, what was the vision for Pirates? What should they sound like, if they sound like anyone in particular?
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
Some way you can explore or cancel:
Old school Mafia style?
Middle age Brigands?
B boys?
Junkie/liquid brain speaking?
Totally nervous/under C-booster voices?
etc
Old school Mafia style?
Middle age Brigands?
B boys?
Junkie/liquid brain speaking?
Totally nervous/under C-booster voices?
etc
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
Good suggestions.
I tried, and apparently I do not do a good old-school Mafia voice. I even tried to do Fat Tony from the Simpsons and didn't do that well either.
The only "b-boy" that I know is a break-dancing stage show in Korea. Nor do I recognize the word "C-booster." The middle-age brigands are in the YouTube link I posted above..."aaarrr, matey!"
Here is a sample of the "shady" voice I discussed in the Merchant Guild thread, doing the first half-dozen pirate lines. Does it sound like a pirate to anyone?
http://www.willadsenfamily.org/us/don/t ... sample.ogg
Feedback and other pirate voice samples are welcome.
I tried, and apparently I do not do a good old-school Mafia voice. I even tried to do Fat Tony from the Simpsons and didn't do that well either.
The only "b-boy" that I know is a break-dancing stage show in Korea. Nor do I recognize the word "C-booster." The middle-age brigands are in the YouTube link I posted above..."aaarrr, matey!"
Here is a sample of the "shady" voice I discussed in the Merchant Guild thread, doing the first half-dozen pirate lines. Does it sound like a pirate to anyone?
http://www.willadsenfamily.org/us/don/t ... sample.ogg
Feedback and other pirate voice samples are welcome.
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
oh
By C-booster i mean this white powder from south america...
Means nervous junkie like in some Manga some bad guys are under nervous stimuli product
i did a vocoder voices maybe it's nice voices like kidnappers:
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DivShare File - Piratevocoderproposition.ogg
By C-booster i mean this white powder from south america...
Means nervous junkie like in some Manga some bad guys are under nervous stimuli product
i did a vocoder voices maybe it's nice voices like kidnappers:
Edit:
DivShare File - Piratevocoderproposition.ogg
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
To me it sounds like "See, I'm 'so totally' harmless and worth of your trust..." . o O ( ...until I spot your goods )Turbo wrote:Here is a sample of the "shady" voice I discussed in the Merchant Guild thread, doing the first half-dozen pirate lines. Does it sound like a pirate to anyone?
http://www.willadsenfamily.org/us/don/t ... sample.ogg
Feedback and other pirate voice samples are welcome.
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
i just did filter test on your voice
DivShare File - pirate_fendo sketch.ogg
but the result is not good the "acting" don't match so nice with the filter the voice should be more directive like a "mercenarie order" like "barbarian order"
or "japanese anger " maybe from Kurosawa movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3an5HDT-I4
you should be in the feeling of the soldier when you act you'r pirate voices
and after with a light down-ton filter it could be good no?
DivShare File - pirate_fendo sketch.ogg
but the result is not good the "acting" don't match so nice with the filter the voice should be more directive like a "mercenarie order" like "barbarian order"
or "japanese anger " maybe from Kurosawa movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3an5HDT-I4
you should be in the feeling of the soldier when you act you'r pirate voices
and after with a light down-ton filter it could be good no?
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So, you guys think the "slimy/shady" voice is too calm for the pirates faction. That voice was based on a Dr Who villian (from the '80s version of course) spiced with a bit of Anthony Hopkins' portrayal of Hannibal Lechtor. The guy with this voice is calm, confident, and secretive. He will not get excited, because emotions would distract him from his goal. I think you are suggesting that a pirate would be more barbaric, emotional and unpredictable.Fendorin wrote:i just did filter test on your voice
DivShare File - pirate_fendo sketch.ogg
the voice should be more directive like a "mercenarie order" like "barbarian order" or "japanese anger " maybe from Kurosawa movie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3an5HDT-I4 you should be in the feeling of the soldier when you act you'r pirate voices
I am not sure what you mean by "feeling of the soldier." All the soldiers I know are trained to control emotions until the work is done, though some are better at it than others. And, being in control of yourself would be the opposite of the Japanese warriors in that movie.
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
I just thought 80% of pirate work is "how to for catch, what i want without fighting" (and 15% solding,5% fighting skill)
Then they better skill for pirate is should scare/afraid peoples or shy travellers
Be a pirate is a business you should survive not be so confident in you
And they need to try to scare people first and after fighting if need .
Keep your Confident voices for Purist or Unadorned or maybe Luddite (Hannibal lecter is a Psychopat, be pirate is not a mental sickness, most part of time is a refugee when you are already outlaw...)
And have a Strong/deep,anger voices is more a classic voice for pirate (is more easy for recognize)
About the "soldier" i was speaking of the samouraî in the Youtube sample-movie.
Anyway is just my point of view
Then they better skill for pirate is should scare/afraid peoples or shy travellers
Be a pirate is a business you should survive not be so confident in you
And they need to try to scare people first and after fighting if need .
Keep your Confident voices for Purist or Unadorned or maybe Luddite (Hannibal lecter is a Psychopat, be pirate is not a mental sickness, most part of time is a refugee when you are already outlaw...)
And have a Strong/deep,anger voices is more a classic voice for pirate (is more easy for recognize)
About the "soldier" i was speaking of the samouraî in the Youtube sample-movie.
Anyway is just my point of view
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
IMHO if I was in such a business, I'd try something else first:Fendorin wrote:I just thought 80% of pirate work is "how to for catch, what i want without fighting" (and 15% solding,5% fighting skill)
Then they better skill for pirate is should scare/afraid peoples or shy travellers
Lure/induce/seduce/trick, and that's where slimy manners come into it; failing that, I'd try to scare them as you say.
Do you mean something like this?Turbo wrote:I tried, and apparently I do not do a good old-school Mafia voice.
http://olografix.org/groucho/vs/goodfellas.ogg
Wouldn't that be too, um... cliche?
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hmm.... yes a bit too cliché (lol)but is game...
If you can change your "level" voice and have a deepest voices effect ? the 3rd filter/effect (maybe "pitch" in english) in audacity put the pitch at -15 and E to D#.
it will be good and easy to recognize a voice of pirate when you play and you havent' time for have a look to the top of screen sentences/messages.
and it will change the "key" of your voice
If you can change your "level" voice and have a deepest voices effect ? the 3rd filter/effect (maybe "pitch" in english) in audacity put the pitch at -15 and E to D#.
it will be good and easy to recognize a voice of pirate when you play and you havent' time for have a look to the top of screen sentences/messages.
and it will change the "key" of your voice
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The accent is Italian, but probably is too cliche'. The pirate voice we need is one that represents the pirate faction pilots. The voice I submitted initially would work for a boss, but not the pilots. We need a new voice, I think, to ensure variety.CLoneWolf wrote:Do you mean something like this?
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*Agreed!* ....rivalin?? Wherefor art thou??Turbo wrote:The accent is Italian, but probably is too cliche'. The pirate voice we need is one that represents the pirate faction pilots. The voice I submitted initially would work for a boss, but not the pilots. We need a new voice, I think, to ensure variety.
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I think I can help. I am new to this but I can do a pirate voice and take derection. I do not need a texts to speach program. No slam intendead.
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Welcome John no need to double post have a look at and listen to some of the samples here and post a sample of your own as we do welcome contributions i'm sure we can find something you you to do.
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Welcome John! We have many factions left to do. The list, guidelines, and tutorial links are here:
http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/media ... ice_Acting
http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/media ... ice_Acting
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
In my thinking, i think of the pirates in Vegastrike as "normal" mercenaries just trying to steal your goods. ( lol)
If they could have a portrait i think of a guy with long black hair and glasses on. Very smart people who are dignified like the rest, and act like everyone else, just with a different view about obtaining money. i hope this helps
If they could have a portrait i think of a guy with long black hair and glasses on. Very smart people who are dignified like the rest, and act like everyone else, just with a different view about obtaining money. i hope this helps
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I agree that it is easier to think of pirates as just generic criminals, not overblown stereotypes of gansters or guys with beards who say "Aaarrrrr". A certain amount of guile is needed to get away with hurting or killing others to make money (directly by attacking merchant ships, or indirectly by shipping dangerous or illegal cargo). So, they would be best served by appearing and sounding (relatively) normal, at least until they attack or otherwise show their hand.
Let's forget for the moment that the game reveals every ship's faction when it comes into sensor range, and maybe beyond sensor range for the AI.
Let's forget for the moment that the game reveals every ship's faction when it comes into sensor range, and maybe beyond sensor range for the AI.
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Re: Pirate speech voice acting
This migh tbe a little off kilter, but bear with me, sorry
Why not an "angrier" voice from each faction for the "Opputunists" elements?
One could guess that pirates are space going analogs of modern criminals, and I'm sure almost every faction would logically have a criminal element. So, why not do the pirate lines using the voices/accents of the other factions, perhaps making them sound a bit more gruff, insane, threatening etc.
It would make some sense to gte attacked by 3 pirates and each of them have a slightly different accents based on the faction where they grew up,no?
Why not an "angrier" voice from each faction for the "Opputunists" elements?
One could guess that pirates are space going analogs of modern criminals, and I'm sure almost every faction would logically have a criminal element. So, why not do the pirate lines using the voices/accents of the other factions, perhaps making them sound a bit more gruff, insane, threatening etc.
It would make some sense to gte attacked by 3 pirates and each of them have a slightly different accents based on the faction where they grew up,no?
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That would work, but we don't want the same ship to change voices every time he says something. The game can support choosing and remembering a "persona" for each ship, based on the available voice sets for each faction, because PGG does it, but I'm not sure how it's done.
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Despite listing factions that requires voices in the Wiki page, I've been looking around and I've yet to find a list that categorizes various voice types. If you know the link, please share, otherwise I have an idea how to list them in the following:
None-Combatant Vessels
Now, regarding escort voice and such, I'm not too deep into VS to understand the work around. In conclusion, this guideline suggestion I provided is merely an example on how voice types should be laid out. Of course as I said earlier, if one is laid out, I'd like to know where it can be found, thanks in advance.
None-Combatant Vessels
- Friendly Greetings
A nice and friendly greeting from non-combative vessels of factions the player has favorable record with. This vessel might know about this player based on their records, or heard about them elsewhere and will be more open to them, or simply that is how the faction behaves in general to newcomers. They may even provide helpful tips about their faction and trades. - Neutral Greetings
Formal greetings from non-combative vessels of factions the player has a neutral record with. They likely do not know this player and will possibly provide tidbits about their faction and other information such as rules and regulation as well as tips to help both parties avoid troubles. - Hostile Greetings
Hostility and not-so-friendly gestures emanating from non-combat of factions the player has an offensive record with. They can be offensive given the nature of what factions they belong to.
- Defensive
Non-combative vessels issuing passive warnings either from their response of action or that of their faction, and possibly an ultimatum to leave them alone. They will want to avoid and ignore this player. - Offensive
Non-combative vessels threatening to take the initiative to engage in a direct combat with the player. They may possibly indicate their intentions are not always deliberate.
- Defensive
- Friendly Greetings
A nice and friendly greeting from combative vessels of factions the player has favorable record with. This vessel might know this player based on their records, or simply that is how the faction behaves in general to newcomers. They may even provide helpful tips about their faction and give them assurance of security. - Neutral Greetings
Formal greetings from combative vessels of factions the player has a neutral record with. They likely do not know this player and will possibly issue orders to player and might offer tidbits about rules and regulations regarding the faction they serve. - Hostile Greetings
Combative vessels threatening to take the initiative to engage in a direct combat with the player. They may possibly indicate the player had violated their law and will likely demand that they comply with their orders or else face consequences.
Now, regarding escort voice and such, I'm not too deep into VS to understand the work around. In conclusion, this guideline suggestion I provided is merely an example on how voice types should be laid out. Of course as I said earlier, if one is laid out, I'd like to know where it can be found, thanks in advance.
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In much smaller detail, what you described in your categories is in the xml files for each faction, in the form of very short comments like "hit while happy", "taunt", "random good chatter" and the like; so far, those have guided us choosing the way to say the various sentences, mixed with the style we chose for each faction, according to their description in the wiki.Coraxus wrote:Despite listing factions that requires voices in the Wiki page, I've been looking around and I've yet to find a list that categorizes various voice types. If you know the link, please share, otherwise I have an idea how to list them in the following:
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Now, regarding escort voice and such, I'm not too deep into VS to understand the work around. In conclusion, this guideline suggestion I provided is merely an example on how voice types should be laid out. Of course as I said earlier, if one is laid out, I'd like to know where it can be found, thanks in advance.
Check your data/communications folder for those xml files.
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Okay, thanks for the info, I'll take a peek and try to learn how they are organized and such.
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The XML files you want to study are located in the folder C:\Program Files\Games\Vegastrike51\win32\data\communications (your install path may vary slightly).
Then you can pick a faction and start recording, right??
Then you can pick a faction and start recording, right??
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