Arcane - Sound Redesign - How I Created Electrical and Magic SFX using VST automation in Reaper

[@rileyburns7009]

I would've never thought to use styrofoam for electricity, that's gonna help so much for the game I'm working on

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Fun right? Anything that causes friction can work in this context. I find electrostatic plastics (the thing harder one) to be great too. Have fun playing with it!

[@josephlandman1402]

We need part 2. This is amazing

[@cedarjones5921]

Awesome skills! The creativity here is through the roof and gives me all sorts of ideas to try for myself. Thank you for sharing.

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Hi Cedar! Fun to read that it inspired you in a similar way that those listed examples in the description inspired me. Thank you for letting me know.

[@nightonmars]

The snow foley is so neat.. Nice to see an alternative to the corn startch!

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Thanks, it works well right? I think processing does some heavy lifting but even when I first heard it was wanting to try and make it into snow. Something about those paper strips sounding similar already.

[@adamantobserver8655]

This is a gem for me, thanks for the insight man. Helps me a lot

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Brilliant - glad it helped. Do check out Noah’s channel as it has many more gems to be uncovered!

[@georgechadwick8642]

@@matthewflorianz_gameaudioFantastic video bro and just thought I'd second if you mean Noah Sitrin then yeah I couldn't agree more dude's goated as fuck. A real hidden gem

[@Archelon6148]

Wow, bravo 👏

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Thanks Nollias, glad you liked it and hopefully it is useful.

[@cyrusrichard8935]

the breakdown was so cool !

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Thank you! Hope it inspires you, most plugins in the list are free (or otherwise easy to exchange).

[@BB-zn6tx]

Really impressive work

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Thank you Ben, I hope it is useful!

[@Kharmatic]

this is wild

[@AskonDBZ]

That staff sweetener is so cool holy sh*t, how did you make that?

[@matthewflorianz]

Layering and automation mostly. The main sound is in the Foley bit at the end. Metal coil taken from a measuring tape. Produces those swirly metal zippies. Then the FX chain adds the weight and some of the movement. Hope that helps.

[@OBIONEBARRONI]

nice work!

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Thank you, was really fun to work on!

[@mlkdfs]

Amazing !

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[@ticau6926]

any idea what the " long-form-plugin-chain!" is? twitter link no available :(

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Hi, no I didn’t realise he had left twitter (as it seems). Shame, many talented contributors were scattered on the winds last year (gamedev mastodon is a landing site for some). He is also still here on You Tube www.youtube.com/@Jtols/videos

[@ticau6926]

@@matthewflorianz_gameaudio lovely, thank you!

[@ARISTO_Music]

cool but something about it was really off , there was no explosion or harsh sounds only soft sounding effects which made it really not powerfull. add some hits with distortion and more to the chain might make the big boom ive been waiting for more pleasingly satisfying

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Agreed, non of that is there. I stuck fairly close to the storytelling of the show: The character is mysterious and distant but not malevolent. That’s why I choose rounder sounds and non transient presence. Anything else would tell a different story, probably equally valid, but not the direction I was getting from the visuals.

[@mrclows7229]

What fx did you use on the styrofoam?

[@matthewflorianz_gameaudio]

Updated version here and it has the chain in the description - kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6apfomdbLmlfbc