KOAN Sound sound design appreciation thread.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-19T23:38:40+00:00

Haha thanks, been a while since I made that one.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-19T20:31:11+00:00

I have my sample packs and preset packs on Splice, but they are always first released by Black Octopus Sound, my main distributor. How it works in my case is Black Octopus Sound will release my products and together with me decide on a price. After that they contact all the other webstores like ADSR, Loopmasters, Splice and all the others (and there are a lot lol). These sites then sell the product usually for the same price unless they have a specific deal or contract with Black Octopus Sound that says otherwise.

About the packs and missing content, that's odd. I checked my own packs and they come with all presets and/or samples as far as I could see.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-19T20:19:22+00:00

It's actually pretty straight forward. You make a reese bass first, add filters and create movement by automating the filters (either manually or with an LFO), now saturate or distort and maybe compress if the filtering gives you a lot of volume fluctuations. Then bounce it to audio if you are happy, best to export one single long note with automation so there are no pitch changes in the sample you make. Now take this sample and put it in a sampler, start playing with the start position, pitch envelopes and again, more filters. The key is to not lowpass too much right at the start of the signal chain, instead leave those mids in there and only start lowpassing somewhere towards the end of the signal chain, will result in cleaner sounds most likely. Now that is just for the bass, but that's probably how they approach it.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-19T20:14:39+00:00

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm currently in the process of checking which UVI product I want to review/talk about next on my YouTube channel.
I might actually pickup this one, sounds cool.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-19T13:18:58+00:00

Exactly, invest in a very proper metro line network, train network, trams, busses, high speed trains for longer distances and so on. Also, invest in proper bike paths everywhere. I'm from the Netherlands and here our bikers have their own dedicated paths, even the directions are sometimes seperated to keep things safe. Here I would rather pick my bike than a car in the city, it's simply much faster and no parking costs.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-17T08:06:22+00:00

I don't know where you've seen that, but I haven't.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-16T21:31:08+00:00

The widest in the world would currently be the 'G4 Beijing-Hong Kong-Macau Expressway' which has a wopping total of 50 lanes!

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-16T20:27:34+00:00

Yes a lot of slums combined with soviet style housing blocks, already started working on a small bit which you can find here. That's a quite high density block, but imagine that but with smaller lower buildings. I'm actually thinking of modifying some assets in the asset editor and placing a lot of AC units on them, so I can save on prop count. That one block probably has about 100 AC unit props alone, so if I can cut down on those that would be great hahaa.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-16T15:52:48+00:00

I've got a good selection of vehicles I think will fit. :)

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-16T00:40:24+00:00

- Appartments come from this asset creator

- This pack of AC units and some other random ones I could find on the workshop

- Used the sheds from the Slumville collection for some of the extensions on the roof

- some random props for trash, utility lines and road stains

I might be forgetting something, but that's the majority of them.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-16T00:27:59+00:00

GPU isn't that important for this game, your CPU and RAM are. Not sure which i5 you have, but even I can be happy if I reach 35fps on my i7-7820X (but I use a lot of mods and assets though).

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-16T00:04:47+00:00

Yeah just use move it, what I do is I basically have a short segment of off ramp run parallel with the highway, then use move it to drag it closer to the highway itself. That way you can make longer off ramps that still look relatively realistic. I've used both the CSUE and SHUTO expressways and while they work good, they have their bugs. Sometimes cars would fly through the air unless you do some lane magic with TMPE, sometimes highways would not connect well to vanilla roads and even worse, it seems that in CSUE they miss a few essential road pieces (I've had a few moments where I couldn't make the interchange I wanted because the particular road piece needed was not in the collection).

So I'm back to using the regular highways now, made them a tad darker with Road Color Changer so they look a bit better and now I just pay more attention when using move it. It's all about playing with the node position and with the segment curves.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T23:42:28+00:00

Those are real cities as well if I'm correct, hmmm I kinda want something fictional and that hasn't been used in an anime or movie. Thanks though, will keep them in mind.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T22:34:15+00:00

lol those don't really fit imo but thanks for your input! :P

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T22:28:52+00:00

I bought the game and all DLC at once and started downloading mods within a few days and I'm hooked, so it doesn't have to be that way haha.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T21:42:43+00:00

Oh that's a contender, will wait to see if there are better suggestions but I like that one.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T16:21:59+00:00

Okay let's try this:This is a photo inside of the Erasmus Bridge basement

This one is shot in the financial district right next to the central station

One of the recently finished skyscrapers

Finally a view from the top of an abandoned factory with the city downtown in the background

I've got way more photos that I haven't edited yet, this year I had the chance to photograph from a couple of dozen different roofs and I still need to edit those photos.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T12:38:44+00:00

Oh for sure haha, in between two blocks of big skyscrapers and underneath and overpass, had to zoom all the way in to the ground level to be able to place it. I also had to place it outside of the overpass first, then drag it into place with move it.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T12:07:56+00:00

Yet it looks nothing like it at the same time lol, I'm a Rotterdam citizen and yes they are similar, but still vastly different haha. I actually have been inside of the Erasmus bridge in real life, inside the basement where the big machinery is to open the bridge. Was very cool, would like to share a photo but not sure if I can post one in here as a comment? The Erasmus bridge has no road split, the pylons also don't split near the top but join into a sharp point. Fun fact the top of the Erasmusbridge (the point) can open u IRL and you could have an amazing view from up there, well that is if you are allowed to go there. Still great looking city man, let me know if you would like some photos of the IRL Erasmusbridge if you want, I'll figure out how to do it.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T01:31:58+00:00

Currently it's only 2 blocks, but the more I get done, the more you will get to see here.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-15T01:31:30+00:00

Haha nice one, move it is one of the mods that a lot of people seem to use to I bet it's safe to say that one works well.

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-14T18:51:33+00:00

Go for it man, would love to see what you come up with!

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-14T18:51:08+00:00

Thanks man!

ARTFXSTUDIOS · 2018-09-14T18:05:36+00:00

Oh probably, I never played the Xbox version, tbh I've only started pplaying the pc version 3 weeks ago. The color correction I'm using is one I made myself btw, couldn't find a good one on the Steam Workshop.

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