Use video-games to get sound-effects.

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:27 am

I've recently used the game "Ghost Recon", to attain some pretty nice sounding gun-fre sounds. Being able to control your rate-of-fire, and allowing yourself the choice of fire-arm, really made the sound-effects in my latest movie stand-out.

Does anybody else, know of any other great games, that would be good for recording sound from?

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:59 am

If you got a PS2, you have many choices. I have Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto Vice City, The Getaway, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, SOCOM US Navy Seals, and Dead To Rights. I really like the gun shot sounds in those games. So I would perfer them. I still need to buy a microphone for my computer to record sounds from my video games. I was thinking about that one day and thought it was a stupid idea. But now that you've done it, I'll try it out.

Mushiman · Post by **Mushiman** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 1:39 pm

I've recorded the sound effects from the Resident Evil games, guns & zombies n stuff...

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 8:13 pm

To get the sound of of your game system, use a "2-ch stero-to-miniplug" cable, and attach your game sysytem directlly to your computer.

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:21 pm

Where can I get a "2-ch stero-to-miniplug"?

John Groshko · Post by **John Groshko** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:26 am

You can pick one up a basically any electronics store.

It is a cable that has; two stereo plugs (red and white) at one end, and a computer-mic plug-in at the other end.

Mushiman · Post by **Mushiman** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:12 am

I record mine directly from the PS to a minidisc - cause the computer is in a different room

slimdog55 · Post by **slimdog55** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:55 pm

I used to have my PS2 in a different room, but now I have it right by my computer.

[Edited on 23-6-2003 by slimdog55]

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:16 am

Here's a pic and description of the cord he's talking about

Y-Adapter stereo cable

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:50 pm

its may be called an RCA to 1/8" stereo jack

It will plug into your line in port on your soundcard not the mic port (the line in is stereo the mic is mono)

padawanNick · Post by **padawanNick** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 3:26 am

Great topic.

Many PC video games have sounds that are readily extracted as WAV or MP3 files. What's really cool is that this is true of the downloadable demos as well. (Though the demos typically have a subset of all the sounds you coud get from buying the game.)

For Star Wars, Jedi Outcast is a perfect place to start.
After installing the game, locate a file called "assets0.pk3".
This file can be expanded with PkZip or WinZip.
BTW, this file is also LOADED with fantasic SW textures for 3D CGI work.

For army weapons, the Tom Clancy Rouge Spear games are perfect. Once the games are installed, the sounds are not even compressed or hidden. There are over 1000 sounds including voices, music, foley, and, of course, GUNS. Just find the game directory, and look under data\sound.

Have fun!

davidmalyn · Post by **davidmalyn** » Fri Aug 08, 2003 4:49 pm

does anyone have a step by step tutorial on how to exactly copy sounds from games?

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Sat Aug 09, 2003 5:53 pm

Combat Flight Simulator has some good sounds and as it is a PC game they are available from the games directory once installed.

Guns, cannons, weather, crashes and explosion sound effects.

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Use video-games to get sound-effects.

Use video-games to get sound-effects.

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