TAOC Commentators!

[Karachi Xpress]

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[Wildwil]

Will post a sample tomorrow

 

[smssia0112]

Was my sample alright guys? I will do some more soon.

 

[Monty57]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/2801621d32d2b3/

I thought i would add my british voice in it-hope you like it

 

[mr_bunch1-]

No offense guys but anyone other than a professional commentator in this game will sound crap. From what I have seen of this game if you do some marketing I reckon you could get a real commentator who would be willing to help you out. You have to pay them of course. I'm not talking a Richie Benaud but perhaps someone who has just recently started cricket commentry. Just a thought.

 

[Skater]

No offense guys but anyone other than a professional commentator in this game will sound crap. From what I have seen of this game if you do some marketing I reckon you could get a real commentator who would be willing to help you out. You have to pay them of course. I'm not talking a Richie Benaud but perhaps someone who has just recently started cricket commentry. Just a thought.

The problem with that though is this is a completely amateur game so we don't have the money to pay a professional commentator, or the means of contacting one. Also, the people working on it are from all over the world. LM is from Australia and JK is from India. So, even if we did get a professional commentator in, there would be problems when it comes to arranging a time and a place for recording.

Just because the commentator isn't professional doesn't mean he will sound crap. From some of the samples posted here, amateur commentators could do a really good job with the game.

 

[sohum]

No offense guys but anyone other than a professional commentator in this game will sound crap. From what I have seen of this game if you do some marketing I reckon you could get a real commentator who would be willing to help you out. You have to pay them of course. I'm not talking a Richie Benaud but perhaps someone who has just recently started cricket commentry. Just a thought.

I disagree. I'm sure there are members on this forum who are far better than some professional commentators--Arun Lal being the prime example. Commentary in a game means that you don't really need to know what you're talking about, you just need to be able to pull it off.

 

[Monty57]

I think it makes the game have an edge having normal people doing the commentry

 

[Kshitiz_Indian]

Yep, plus the community doing it will result in LOT OF variation in commentary

 

[Karachi Xpress]

And we wont obviously use one commentator like the EA sports people do! We will maybe have different commentators for different countries!

 

[playkid12]

Yeah...but I've heard the sounds, and I don't mean to be discouraging bc you guys are doing an excellent job at this game but the commentary seems to be the weakest link. Bluntly said, the people don't sound very good. I remember listening to one guy who comments for this game who posted a sound of an out or a four and he got excited but he couldnt yell b/c either he didnt have good recording technology that'd adjust his volume depending on how loud he spoke or b/c his family/mom was in the other room and he didn't want to bother them/be embarrassed...anyway, his voice filled up with excitement and got airy instead of loud...as if he was yelling from a mile away. It sounded pretty bad. Anyway, just trying to help.

 

[andy82]

Was this guy me by any chance?

 

[Gilly Fan]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/2801621d32d2b3/

I thought i would add my british voice in it-hope you like it

Ashes much? I remember that wicket from Symonds. He went for the cut shot and Jones dropped it, then dived and caught it.

 

[lancashire666]

Yeah...but I've heard the sounds, and I don't mean to be discouraging bc you guys are doing an excellent job at this game but the commentary seems to be the weakest link. Bluntly said, the people don't sound very good. I remember listening to one guy who comments for this game who posted a sound of an out or a four and he got excited but he couldnt yell b/c either he didnt have good recording technology that'd adjust his volume depending on how loud he spoke or b/c his family/mom was in the other room and he didn't want to bother them/be embarrassed...anyway, his voice filled up with excitement and got airy instead of loud...as if he was yelling from a mile away. It sounded pretty bad. Anyway, just trying to help.

record at low level, than compress and increase the gain, this will solve the problem of large differences in volume level

 

[sohum]

I think recording of commentary and such will be sorted out once the time comes to record. The main problem with commentary in cricket games at the moment is it is mostly reactive commentary. Which is always going to be an issue when it comes to games, unfortunately. Unless LM has some mad algorithms planned.

EDIT - Corrected my oopsy.