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Title: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 20 October 2014, 01:30:40 AM
An amusing hour or so on Youtube yesterday, and a bit of time transferring the results to a CD, and I now have a musical disc to accompany SYW battles. There're a lot of French marches (Charpentier and Lully in particular), the Hohenfriedberger march, the British Grenadiers, and of course The Bear went over the Mountain, which was still a smash hit at the time.

I wonder if I can get a sound effects boffin to superimpose some thundering hooves, crackling muskets, and ground-shaking artillery?
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: nikharwood on 20 October 2014, 01:06:09 PM
Grab a (free) DJ program (something like VirtualDJ), FK: you can then drop in both your music track & another track containing all your sound effects: then you can mix them as you go (or create a mix)...

Simples  :)

There's a Kickstarter for some RPG sound effects tracks - they've done them on a modular basis (for Pathfinder IIRC)
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 20 October 2014, 01:42:40 PM
You're a useful man to know. Thanks.
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: nikharwood on 20 October 2014, 01:53:21 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 20 October 2014, 01:42:40 PM
You're a useful man to know. Thanks.

You're most welcome.

And thank you for the addition to the epitaph picklist  ;)
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 20 October 2014, 01:54:18 PM
Ummm...what?
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: nikharwood on 20 October 2014, 02:48:13 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 20 October 2014, 01:54:18 PM
Ummm...what?

My epitaph is currently being constructed from a variety of comments, mostly from here...  ;)

cf:
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,647.msg5055.html#msg5055

http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,1679.msg13952.html#msg13952

:)
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 20 October 2014, 02:49:09 PM
Now I follow.
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: barbarian on 20 October 2014, 04:28:37 PM
That site is nice.
http://tabletopaudio.com/
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 20 October 2014, 04:30:00 PM
Grazie beaucoup!
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: Maenoferren on 20 October 2014, 06:52:17 PM
Get hold of the Waterloo/Quatre bras computer game the sound effects were useable for others things. Lots  of cannons, muskets cavalry the works  ;)
The game was the one where the units were depicted en masse by little figures. B*ggered if I can remember who it was by, but you did get little animations of reenactors firing etc
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: nikharwood on 21 October 2014, 08:35:28 AM
Here's the one I was thinking of - more RPG stylee...but very atmospheric  :)

https://store.syrinscape.com/about-syrinscape/

This search will help too...so if you download one of these (youtube downloader), convert it to MP3, bang it into Virtual DJ alongside your music tracks, you're laughing  8)

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=battle+sounds+effects
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: Hertsblue on 21 October 2014, 12:09:39 PM
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, of course, but anyone playing repeated sound effects within the hearing of other wargamers risks being cornered by a wild-eyed maniac gripping him by the throat and yelling "SHADDUP, SHADDUP, SHADDUP, SHADDUP, for f**k sake!". I've seen it done....
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 21 October 2014, 12:40:53 PM
I have had a similar experience - mind you, it was bagpipe music in a Scottish game.
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: Maenoferren on 21 October 2014, 10:01:56 PM
Quote from: Hertsblue on 21 October 2014, 12:09:39 PM
Not trying to rain on anyone's parade, of course, but anyone playing repeated sound effects within the hearing of other wargamers risks being cornered by a wild-eyed maniac gripping him by the throat and yelling "SHADDUP, SHADDUP, SHADDUP, SHADDUP, for f**k sake!". I've seen it done....
just stick me with cavalry in an ACW game  and then you will get annoying.....  :d :d :d I especially like John Wayne in the Horse soldiers :)

Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 22 October 2014, 11:29:35 AM
No - best is a modern game with lots of helis - Ride of the Vlakires obviously. The 90 min tape we played at the Triples lasted 5mins.

IanS  :D
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 22 October 2014, 11:58:05 AM
I wonder what Vlakires are.
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: Techno on 22 October 2014, 06:51:28 PM
Vlak the Impala's friends ?
Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: FierceKitty on 23 October 2014, 12:27:01 AM
 ;D 5555555
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: Maenoferren on 23 October 2014, 08:45:42 AM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 22 October 2014, 11:29:35 AM
No - best is a modern game with lots of helis - Ride of the Vlakires obviously. The 90 min tape we played at the Triples lasted 5mins.

IanS  :D
Well you just have to  ;D
Title: Re: Soundtrack
Post by: Hertsblue on 23 October 2014, 01:40:45 PM
Quote from: ianrs54 on 22 October 2014, 11:29:35 AM
No - best is a modern game with lots of helis - Ride of the Vlakires obviously. The 90 min tape we played at the Triples lasted 5mins.

IanS  :D

Now, that's what I call a compressed tape...