Something I found in a guide

[mizuno_suisei]

I found a little quote in my Tomb Raider Legend Guide about TR1

I cant copy it straight out because its not with me at the moment, but it says that the Sound Effects in TR1 werent Voice-Acted. Shelley didnt voice-act Laras grunts etc.. It was done using various other sound effects, mixing and putting them together.

Just incase anyone wanted to know. :wve:

[tizerist]

erm, it sure sounded like a voice to me.

a bit of a complicated way to make a grunt noise, rather than use a person, but hey, if thats what they done....

[Hyper_Crazy]

Is that why they kinda sound the same in TR2?

[MakrakaNti]

good to know :)

[Timbit]

:o It sounds easier to use a person...

[Anniversary Lara]

I've heard something like this, too. But I heard that were voices from the team, well, men's voices and they made the sounds higher.

[AmericanAssassin]

That's interesting and believable. Almost everything in games in the '90s were done by computer.

[The_Terminator]

eh, I find it hard to believe that anyone would take the time to synthesize a grunt when you can record it yourself and tweak it in under one minute. :)

[Eddie Haskell]

eh, I find it hard to believe that anyone would take the time to synthesize a grunt when you can record it yourself and tweak it in under one minute. :)

It is kinda ludicrous isn't it. Too many geeks overlooking the obvious! :D

[Serval Boy]

To record a person and tweak the voice requires that you pay the voice actor and the sound editor. To manufacture a voice requires only a sound editor and therefore only one person to pay.

[The_Terminator]

well yeah, but it doesn't require a voice actor. Toby Gard or anybody sitting in the room could've grunted.
I'm grunting right now!
Shoot, why aren't there talent scouts knocking at my door?

hmmph, what a shameful waste of my potential. :cln:

[Supernova]

I've seen an interview where they said everyone in the team made the grunts, including the men lol

[FireStorm]

Good Find!

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[krycekuva]

i use to feel it a bit akward,.. but i guess i get use to it,...
still i think it is really extrange sound... yes

[Howaito]

I've heard people (me being one of them) are very superstitious about noise; if you make a noise in where you are dying you will die (well, anger spirits) so says the superstition. It does sound like a lot of trash, but maybe S. Bond believed it too; maybe she requested not to have her voice in SFX, just voice acting.

Just a thought..

[blue_box]

mizuno_suisei, thanks! :hug: The original text is:

Tomb Raider fans may be curious to learn that Lara's many gasps and grunts of exertion were not performed by the original actress hired to provide her voice. They are a mixture of sounds provided by Core Manager Suzie Hamilton, level artist Heather Gibson, and even sound effects designer Martin Ivenson - with, naturally, the latter's contributions adjusted to a higer pitch.

[mizuno_suisei]

Thanks for that Blue_Box, I actually went through the book the other day, and I couldnt find it, Could you tell me which page it is on?

[blue_box]

page number 175, Athletic Prowess :)

[Supernova]

mizuno_suisei, thanks! :hug: The original text is:

Thanks for clearing this up :tmb: