Re: [blind-gamers] audio game recordings

Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:21:06 -0700 

Hi,
Strictly speaking, it doesn't need to be a Logitech headset. I owned one myself for quite awhile, and it was a decent starter headset. As someone who produces podcasts regularly, I can attest to the fact that they sound good, particularly if you go with one of the gaming models, and they are within most peoples' budget. However, there are any number of digital or analog headsets out there, just go with whatever is most comfortable for you. 



I have no experience with Soundtap, but another option you have is to 
use Virtual Audio Cable. Likewise, this is not a free program, but it's 
reasonably priced, and is a very powerful and flexible application. 
There are some discussions over on the Audiogames forum about it. I 
remember when I thought it was too complicated, and almost gave up 
entirely on using it. But once you get the hang of how it works, it will 
give you more flexibility than a single program that is designed to 
bundle everything up into a neat little package. Once you've tied all 
your audio sources together using Virtual Audio Cable, it's just a 
matter of using Audacity, Gold Wave, or whatever your recorder of choice 
might happen to be, and it's quite simple.




Another option you have is to use Virtual Recorder. This program will 
record simultaneously from both your sound card and mic, and it's free. 
However, it's kind of hit or miss for a couple of reasons. For one 
thing, some folks have reported problems with using it under Windows 10. 
I haven't personally experienced this, but it isn't my primary method of 
recording content, either. What is more troubling to me is that it tends 
to record everything at a very low volume, unless you spend considerable 
time messing around with the volume sliders within the program itself. I 
don't personally have the patience for that, but I'm just mentioning it 
because there is a free option out there.



On 6/22/2017 7:59 PM, lori duncan wrote:



Hi Dark, it's quite symple.  All you do is get yourself a lodgitech or 
however you spell it headset with mike attatched, then what you do is 
plug in the usb to your computer, and once the software is 
automatically installed and the computer recognises it as a device, 
you then download a neat piece of software called soundtap, which is 
what I use.  It's got lots of features, but the only ones you'll need 
are the start and stop recording button, which is basically a toggle, 
and before that if you tab around with your Jaws or nvda, it should 
say something like record using mike, that's a check box, and you hit 
space to check it if you want to record the game pluss your dulset 
tones.  Presto, you have both your voice and the game coming through 
your headphones instead of speakers.  :)  Sadly it isn't free, I 
forget the price for the basic package, however there is a demo you 
can download just to give you an idea of how it is.  The lodgitech 
headset is also really cheap too, very light weight and great for 
skype calls.



To your next odd cast.  From Lori.


On 23/06/2017 00:18, dark wrote:


Hi Lori


Actually, the music on the podcast about mota was from the access 
collective, which are a set  of  podcasts done by Barry elice aka 
skallagrigg, the webmaster of oneswitch.org.uk which  does for 
physically impared gamers what audiogames.net does for vi ones.


He was the one who arranged the demos and added the music.


Unfortunately, I can’t play on headphones because I haven’t ever 
worked out how to get my computer to  record my voice, and the 
computer’s output, and still play through headphones, it’s all a bit 
of a confusion.



Hell, I haven’t even got the stand mikes I bought to work normally on 
windows 10 with kortana or anything else, so dont’ ask me.



I  recorded the podcasts with a very old, but still very functional 
Rowland r09  digital sterrio recorder, which is why I used speakers, 
and that is likely what I’d use again since the world of audio 
recording is a bloody confusing one to me (hell as I said Iam most 
disappointed with window’s ten’s attempt at a siri like intervface 
given it doesn’t even recognize the mikes let alone get any sound 
from them).



So, if I do another odcast it’ll have to be something I can play on 
speakers, which puts swamp right out of the picture, ----  besides 
there are already far too many good audio reviews and such on swamp 
 anyway.



As for The Gate, since I had trouble with the demo and don’t even own 
the game itself I probably wouldn’t do one for that any time soon, 
especially with the need to play on speakers which in such a 
difficult game as The gate could be asking for trouble.


Sorry to be disappointing.

All the best,

Dark.


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*From: *lori duncan <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent: *22 June 2017 22:31
*To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject: *Re: [blind-gamers] audio game recordings


Hi Dark, you should do one on Swamp next or maybe The Gate, but 
please please please, a billion times please, remember to play with 
headphones not on speakers lol.  I hated seeing you die in mota, it 
broke my heart.



I do however love your voice and your style of presenting, I let my 
sister hear the opening to the podcast and she cracked up laughing at 
the opening music saying it sounded like a cheerful hamster dancing a 
jig.  Now I think about it, it would make a funny ring or text tone, 
the kind which would so get on someone's nerves on a train if turned 
up loud.


From Lori.

On 19/06/2017 17:47, dark wrote:

    Hi Lori.

    Yes, I confess I  particularly miss Tom with me having  got
     married last year since over on the audeiogames.net forum we
    often discussed relationships etc, and I really would’ve liked to
    tell him about things, especially with me married to a yanky 😃.

    I really ought  to see about doing another one of my castings of
    the pod about something or other,  possibly the Cog or hg games,
    though again time and motivation and all of those things 😃.

    All the best,

    Dark.

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    *From: *lori duncan <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Sent: *19 June 2017 00:39
    *To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Subject: *Re: [blind-gamers] audio game recordings

    Thanks Dark, wow I didn't even know that page was out there, I
    thought the asmodean site had just dropped for some wierd reason
    and was worried it'd had been hacked.  I listened to your podcast
    with the 3 audio game reviews, and although I enjoyed it
    emencely, it's made me feel a bit sad again that Thomas Ward is
    no longer around. anymore.  I even wish I still had that beta
    demo of TH to play, but it's on my old old old computer, and as
    I'm on my old computer at the moment, I've no way of reaching
    it.  I wondered who the girl's voice was in TH, the one playing
    Angela Carter?  I sure miss that game.

    From Lori.

    On 18/06/2017 15:17, dark wrote:

        Hi Lori.

        No need for dropbox on this occasionsince the audiogames
        archive has everything covered.

        You can find all of Raul’s recordings on

        Also, if you check out the recordings page you’ll find some
        other good stuff (plus some podcasts by none other than yours
        truly).

        It’s actually a great resource.

        All the best,

        Dark.

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        *From: *lori duncan <mailto:[email protected]>
        *Sent: *18 June 2017 00:08
        *To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
        *Subject: *[blind-gamers] audio game recordings

        Hi guys, I just tried to find the audio game recordings
        someone very

        kindly sent me, the ones done by Raul Gallegos from the Asmodean

        website, but for some reason the folder hasn't coppied
        properly to my

        dropbox, and as I can't remember who sent me them to begin
        with, I was

        wondering if anyone had them and could dropbox them to me, so
        I can copy

        and paste them to my recordings folder in dropbox where they
        should have

        been in the first place if my dropbox hadn't went all over
        the place lol.

        I'm not sure what's wrong with the asmodean site, it looks
        like all the

        content is gone, but there's no file 504 not found message,
        just some

        wierd domain links which don't make sense to me.

        Hope someone can help, as I could really do with a chuckle at
        all those

        old Pipe2 recordings again.

        Thanks from Lori.




























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