{"author_name":"sandbaydev","cat":"LD #31","comments":[{"author_name":"Robber","time":"December 20, 2014 12:27 pm","epoch":1419096420,"text":"sound pretty sweet, with windy sounds…i usually put a low-pass filter on some noise to filter out a bit of the high tones, you can make it a little bit darker that way, or have layers","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1419068340,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"21858","p_author":"sandbaydev","p_authorkey":"2926","p_urlkey":"57220","p_title":"How to make a cool wind sound\u2026","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1419068340","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"2926","us_name":"sandbaydev","us_username":"gameproducer","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"

My Limberjacks<\/a> entry needed sounds, and I thought that “winter forest needs some wind sound”. How to make such? I grabbed four almost-free tools of mine to help get the job done:<\/p>\n

* My Samsung Galaxy S3 (cheap)
\n * Smart Voice Recorder app (free)
\n * Audacity (free)
\n * My mouth (free)<\/p>\n

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I start blowing very gently towards the screen (not towards the microphone, since that would just create noise). I didn’t blow directly to the microphone, and my mouth was above the screen. After recording the audio (making sure the quality of recording is highest possible) I copied the files to my computer and tweaked them in Audacity (basically, cut off the clip and might have slightly reduced the noise if necessary). <\/p>\n

After that, the job was done: your cheap-as-hell background wind sound is finished. <\/p>\n

Yes, it sounds crap if you compare it to… well, almost to anything BUT there’s one advantage: it’s still much better than no sound at all. Just by spending few minutes on this, I have enhanced the game experience. Now it kind of emphasis the cold winter scene. Having any small sounds can make a big difference. <\/p>\n

Or, at least a little difference in a game JAM like ludum dare.<\/p>\n

To check it out, here’s the Limberjacks<\/a> entry. <\/p>","time":"December 20th, 2014 4:39 am","title":"How to make a cool wind sound\u2026"}