Watch these Halo Infinite audio developers smash up a piano for in-game sound effects

Watch these Halo Infinite audio developers smash up a piano for in-game sound effects
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Halo Infinite developers 343 Industries are going to some extreme lengths when it comes to making the sounds for the game, iꦿncluding smashing up a piano.

343 Industries has a every month where developers come in to talk about the techniques they use and challenges they face during the de♎velopment of Halo Infinite, and this month it was the sound team that got to share their insight. On top of the in-depth conversations about audio design and editing techniques, we also got a video of the audio team smash♛ing a piano to pieces with hammers.

“We took objects like bats, goꦉlf clubs, hammers, and rocks to its armor revealing its inner workings. The violent act on the piano gave us some really nice beefy impacts, with some satisfying debris.” said Kyle Fraser, Lead Sound Designer on Halo Infinite. “Violent acts” is right, because thꦐere isn’t much left of this piano after the Halo hit squad is done with it.

Before obliterating this poor piece of musical equipment, the team does a load of interesting stuff including placing a subwoofer at various points on the piano to create different resonant frඣequencies and sounds, which are all picked up by microphones placed around the piano. It results in some seriꦫous sci-fi sounds.

The Inside Infinite blog post is packed with tons of super interesti🍷ng information about how 343 Industries has approached sound design for Halo Infinite, taking on board criticisms from Halo 5 Guardians. Many players felt that while the sound design was rich, it was also difficult to differentiate important sounds like weapons fire amongst the chaos. Fixing this issue was a core part of the design philosophy on Halo Infinite.

It’s no secret that the Halo games have used some strange sources for their sound effects in the past though. We all remember 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Gyoza and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Buddy, the two pugs who provide the sound effects for some of the alien creat🉐ures that make up tꦺhe Covenant.

Halo Infinite was originally due to launch alongside the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series S, but was delayed until late 2021 due to the disruption caused by the ongoing pandemic. While no official date has been confirmed, a Halo Infinite actor let slip that it is aiming to launch in November.

If you’re waiting for Halo Infinite to launch and don’t have a spare piano to smash up, check out our list of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Xbox Series X games to keep you entertained.

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