Thanks, I don't visit those pages. You did well last time attracting players this way.
Title: Re: Aces High III - Open Melee Arena (video)
Post by: Molsman on March 30, 2025, 06:48:57 PM
excellent video man towards the end the Drum beats were getting me in the mood to shoot stuff down
Title: Re: Aces High III - Open Melee Arena (video)
Post by: Animl-AW on March 31, 2025, 12:10:48 AM
This is mixed more for PC Speakers and headphones, not so much for TV compression, to retain original dynamics. If music sounds weak on TV thats why. Unless compression is disabled on the TV, it gets compressed out of mix. There’s usually no compressor inline on PC/HP sound. My audience is 90% PC.
Title: Re: Aces High III - Open Melee Arena (video)
Post by: icepac on March 31, 2025, 06:05:21 AM
Tom Scholz worked extremely hard to work around broadcast “optimization” (compression) by using his choice of compression.
Title: Re: Aces High III - Open Melee Arena (video)
Post by: Animl-AW on March 31, 2025, 07:33:45 AM
Tom Scholz worked extremely hard to work around broadcast “optimization” (compression) by using his choice of compression.
Old skewl tv compression used up to 12 layers of compression, ending at 12:1 or even 21:1. I use 3 layers for talking-head speeches so it sounds like TV but I stop at 7:1 in live situation. The art of using layers works on release times. The more you go up that ladder the slower the release time into the next layer, smooth transition from one layer to the next. My talking-head speech mics produce same level 1’ from a mic and 3’ from a mic. Same level output.
Toms concept of two release points has similar effect same concept. He was also toying with a tweaked Echoplex tape echo and Eventide Harmonizer. All very old skewl gear. Thats what we had at the time.
What I’m trying to do is maintain depth of field. Sounds made from a distance IMO should sound distant. FMOD seems to deal with distance/dynamics very well, why destroy it for 10% audience? <shrug>
Back in the early days a live band on tv sounded like crap. Because TV compression crushed the mix. TV is compressed for bandwidth and human voice. IE, a whisper and scream same level.
I only used 1 comp on main output at 3:1 and light threshold to just hit major peaks.
On tv this vid, human voice comes more out front and music more in the back ground. You should notice the difference.
Tom compressed his guitar so much tv comps could not destroy it, my guess. While we talk tv comps I think he was beating album compression which is close to 12:1. These comps hrlp it sound just as good on cheap car speakers as great home speakers.
If I clamo down on my vids they won’t sound dynamic as the game.
Title: Re: Aces High III - Open Melee Arena (video)
Post by: Animl-AW on March 31, 2025, 10:32:38 PM
629 views in less that 48 hrs. I hope that reached outside the bubble.
BoB will be the best of all, so far. The the colors in that terrain, sky and sun (lighting) is just stunning for videos. Better scenes than MotA and at 1440 over 1080.
Title: Re: Aces High III - Open Melee Arena (video)
Post by: JimmyD3 on April 01, 2025, 12:58:02 PM
Animl, just in case I haven't told, I appreciate you efforts for the game and am Awed by your Video skills. Don' let anyone get you down on your efforts. While you and I are on opposite sides of the "political" position, that does not detract from my respect for your opinion, and your skills. The best thing I can say, is "Keep on Keeping on" :aok
Title: Re: Aces High III - Open Melee Arena (video)
Post by: Animl-AW on April 01, 2025, 01:29:21 PM
Animl, just in case I haven't told, I appreciate you efforts for the game and am Awed by your Video skills. Don' let anyone get you down on your efforts. While you and I are on opposite sides of the "political" position, that does not detract from my respect for your opinion, and your skills. The best thing I can say, is "Keep on Keeping on" :aok
Well thanks, that's big of you.
Blah, social politics is a state of mind. Humans go through phases in life. It just a snap shot of the time in life. That doesn't define the longevity of who someone is. When someone has their heart genuinely in the right place it comes down to tactics used. I'm not for any side, but I'm totally against some tactics. If it's immoral I'm against it. We only have one go at this life, we need to keep the undue negative and heartache out of the way, no one has time for it, it's unhealthy. We probably want the same things, we just disagree on how to approach it. Much like we see here, we all want the game to be the bestest, we all have different opinions and approaches for the same thing.
Videos, meh, they are better than the first, but NOT the perfection I'm looking for and expect out of myself and experience.....YET. I'm harder on myself than anyone else is.