About 3 years ago “Half-Life SFX” videos started really popping off. People would take the sound effects from 1998’s Half-Life and dub them over movies, TV shows, cartoons and cat videos. There is a reason these videos are so funny and in this video I break down the sound effects to try and find out why.
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My Soundcloud - soundcloud.com/simon-zinzovski
LINKS:
My cover of Hazardous Environments (The Valve Theme) by Kelly Bailey - soundcloud.com/simon-zinzovski/hazardous-environments-cover
Some original, Half-Life inspired, music I made for this video - soundcloud.com/simon-zinzovski/half-life-type-beat
Kelly Bailey's interview with The Gaming Library - web.archive.org/web/20111229022934/[ Ссылка ]
A more in depth video explaining digital audio by David MacDonald (well worth watching if you are interested in nerdy audio things) -
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@Hellmord 's channel (which has more Half-Life SFX videos on it) - [ Ссылка ]
Get tf out (the Test Chamber) by @googleygareth- [ Ссылка ]
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:29 Sample Rate
01:53 Bit Depth
02:49 Why LoFi audio is cool
03:48 Artistic Intention
05:25 Example 1 - Black Mesa Transit System
05:57 Example 2 - Rocket Launch
06:42 Example 3 - XEN
07:28 World Building
08:10 Conclusion
#halflife #sfx
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