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Sean's Better Quality Sounds For Quake UPDATED

Posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/28 17:43:41

UPDATE:

I did it guys! I updated the mod. It shouldn't be ear-piercing anymore. Give me feedback. PAK files are also now included. Thanks for your patience. Let's not make this thread another argument about source-ports, okay?
http://bit.ly/seans-better-quality-quake-sounds

Original spiel:

Are you a fan of the original sound design of Quake, but tired of the sounds sounding like they are coming from a telephone? Well, that fatigue is about to fade because I remastered all the sounds from Quake 1 as well as the two official mission packs. Download it today. I assure you that you will never want to go back to playing Quake the old way again.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rALHdyZx_OzAsSOmhKnMtoeBQErbZsNW/view?usp=drivesdk

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#1 posted by Poorchop on 2019/04/28 23:36:09

Nice work man. I've only heard a few samples so far but it sounds good. I know that there have been high quality versions of the stock sounds that id used but I didn't expect to hear higher quality custom sounds like monster groans.

Wow

#2 posted by oh, that person on 2019/04/28 23:38:24

I am very impressed.

How?

#3 posted by SleepwalkR on 2019/04/28 23:39:22

How was this done? I am interested in the process.

Sounds Great

#4 posted by killpixel on 2019/04/29 00:12:17

I'm also interested in the process. How did you remove the noise and sibilance from the high end? An eq/deesser sort of combo or some magic plugin?

#5 posted by the great cornholio on 2019/04/29 00:41:17

great work!

#6 posted by mankrip on 2019/04/29 03:08:10

This should be a news thread.

#7 posted by metlslime on 2019/04/29 03:42:16

I’ll see if I can convert it. It ought to be a moderator feature to reclassify threads, but it isn’t.

@sean

#8 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/04/29 19:18:03

It's pretty impressive stuff. I want to know if you dove down deep into samples to clean these up.

I know some of the effects are available in the Sound Ideas Library but certainly not all of them.

Very curious to know your process.

Yes, Mankrip,

#9 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/29 19:21:42

I will make this a news thread.

My Process?

#10 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/29 19:27:51

I have no way to really explain, but here's what I got:
I used Audacity and Wavosaur. I use Wavosaur for pitchscaling the resampled audio. I save the pitchscaled sound to a subfolder in each folder the base sound comes from. I then put the regular sound and the pitchscaled one into Audacity. I apply a high-pass filter to the pitchscaled one and perform noise reduction with both the built-in tool and RX7 Elements Volume De-Noise tool. (We got it on sale). Some sounds, not many, are voiced over by me... With a high-pass filter. The rest I found from other sources, including Qtest1, Quake 2 and Mindgrid. I am sure that is a good explanation, yes?

My Favorite Samples I Worked On.

#11 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/29 19:32:49

I would have to say winch2.wav is my favorite, alongside of the water sounds, player sounds, the zombie, the guns, and the medkey.wav

New Download Link!

#12 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/29 19:39:43

I decided to create a bitly link so I can track downloads. Comments have been enabled for the file on Google Drive. Comment away!
bit.ly/seans-better-quality-quake-sounds

Fixed Link.

#13 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/29 19:40:29

http://bit.ly/seans-better-quality-quake-sounds

It wasn't a link in the previous post.

How Do I Install This?

#14 posted by Ankh on 2019/04/29 21:32:33

where do I put the pk3 files? Do I have to unpack or rename? Which engines will it work with?

Installation Guide

#15 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/29 22:11:27

There are 3 folders in the zip. Just drag those folders into the base Quake directory.

Complain

#16 posted by ww on 2019/04/29 23:17:45

Some are good but a lot have a nasty hiss. axhit2 and land2 show it up pretty clear.

@ankh

#17 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/04/29 23:49:20

DarkPlaces and FTW uspport pk3s for Fitz based engines unzip the pk3 (they are zip files actually) to the appropriate sound folder.

Nasty Hiss?

#18 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/30 01:17:56

Wwhat do you mean?

Ww Complaint Solution

#19 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/30 01:23:39

I will make a 22 khz version. I probably just went apeshit with the highs.

@dumptruck_ds

#20 posted by Tribal on 2019/04/30 04:46:04

Quakespasm-Spiked also supports pk3... i never tested, but it's listed as one of its many core features:
http://triptohell.info/moodles/qss/

@tribal

#21 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/30 05:18:04

Yeah QSS is great. Better than Quakespasm by a longshot.

PAK Versions

#22 posted by NightFright on 2019/04/30 11:28:59

I have repacked the sounds into Quake PAK format for easier handling in ports like Mark V.

Dropbox link (zip, 34.2 MB):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/i430977tgjnmm9v/quake_hqsounds.zip?dl=0

How to use:
1) Unzip zipfile into your Quake dir
2) Rename the included pakx.pak files in id1/hipnotic/rogue subdirs for proper loading (e.g. if the last pak in your id1 subdir is named pak1.pak, rename pakx.pak to pak2.pak)
3) Load the game and enjoy

Armor

#23 posted by zz on 2019/04/30 11:43:47

Quake3 has the same armor sound 22.05 kHz
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5c2t03ik99thbud/ar2_pkup.wav/file

PAK Version Not Found

#24 posted by Barnak on 2019/04/30 12:25:35

The previous download link doesn't work.

@zz And @Barnak

#25 posted by SeanTheBermanator on 2019/04/30 15:54:15

@zz I found the sound from Qtest. But thanks anyway.
@Barnak just get Quakespasm Spiked.

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