New SoundPad: Steampunk
Added 2018-06-14 15:38:35 +0000 UTCGreetings Patrons,
I've been working on this new SoundPad on and off for a month. This was a tough one. Do I say that every time? I think I do. Steampunk, like Film Noir, is an extremely visual genre. Everyone has some idea of what it looks like, but sounds, as it turns out, are a different story.
I started with the basics. I decided that I needed a toolkit with which to build machines. So I recorded and assembled lots of mechanical sounds. Ticks, hits, clangs, the works. Then I thought about iconic locations. An airship, a booksellers/antiquarian dealer, a Victorian street corner. Slowly it started to come together.
Accent sounds abound in this. A simple addition of say, a bubbling flask to a bookshop makes it an instant laboratory. A propeller sound added to any contraption, makes it fly.
Of the 3 musical tracks, I wrote two - Organ Music (borrowed heavily from A. Badlamenti) and Bells Music. The Accordion Music track is from a 1924 78rpm recording by Galli Rini (public domain) that I cleaned up (a lot) and looped a section of. I thought it was perfect.
This is the largest SoundPad to date, with 40 sounds. 4 of which are tones. You'll definitely want to go with the less-is-more approach here. Adding all the machine sounds into one mega-machine is going to sound too busy. Try various combinations of 2 or 3 sounds to start.
This is in sneak preview mode for patrons only, which means that although it's live, it isn't linked from the menus yet. Share with friends and family of course but maybe don't link it from social media quite yet. I'm still tinkering a bit!
Thank you all, as ever, for your continuing support.
best,
Tim
Comments
Ok i did it and now works on the laptop but not in the pc. Weird but by the moment enough for tomorrow. I appreciate a lot, thanks for everything
2020-12-18 21:17:30 +0000 UTCCan you try holding down the CTRL key while reloading? also try CTRL+Shift+Reload. You can also try clearing your browser's cache by hitting CTRL+Shift+DEL
Tabletop Audio
2020-12-18 19:57:19 +0000 UTCPc and Chrome.
2020-12-18 19:53:37 +0000 UTCMac/PC? Chrome/Firefox?
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2020-12-18 19:39:09 +0000 UTCNo one, monsterpack is my favorite but dont load the sounds. I reload with F5 aaaand nothing, and nothing, and nothing... Hmmm...
2020-12-18 18:44:39 +0000 UTCAre any soundpads working for you? I'm showing them all working here, but when I first checked, Steampunk wasn't working, so it should be fixed. You don't need to restart your computer but you could try doing a force reload on your browser.
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2020-12-18 17:58:42 +0000 UTCWell, i have restart/reload the computer and the laptop, and nothing. I hope tomorrow will fixed. Still i can hear the ambience music, is just with the soundpad. Anyways, thanks a lot.
2020-12-18 17:54:59 +0000 UTCShould be fixed now, let me know! - Tim
Tabletop Audio
2020-12-18 17:20:10 +0000 UTCTim i love you work but now i can't find any effect :/
2020-12-18 17:16:54 +0000 UTCepic
2018-06-15 00:35:39 +0000 UTCCan’t wait to play this for tomorrow’s Airship Gallivant game!
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2018-06-15 00:06:49 +0000 UTC
