Whale on guitar ?

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

Strange whale cries. :hmm:

I'm using Fineteless excellent sound mods which are great. However I have been at sea,
and under ice, a long time in SeaQueens Kara Sea scenario.

Long hours to listen to the whales singing but one had a metalic twang prior to its cry.
Almost like striking a chord on an electric guitar.

Anyone heard this ? Is it realistic or a bad recording ?

Quaint and mysterious ! Surprised

NB. On the wagon Yep

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

I knew this one would go down like a lead balloon Rolling Eyes

I am quite serious here - what I am thinking is that a Red sub is also under ice nearby and the twang sound
may be HFAS as he threads through ice bergs. So I'm getting a metallic noise followed by the whale cry.

Now its not far fetched to accept, knowing the USN are careful how they use active sonar due to its affect on bio.
I just wouldnt have expected to hear HFAS. :hmm:

Anyone any ideas ? Can you hear HFAS ?

Kapitan · Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 7:39 am Post subject:

As a veteran of under ice i am stumped Surprised

other than some burgs may return a metalic twang but other than that its possibly another submarine

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

Well if its not HFAS then its either:
1. A very peculiar whale call, may occur in RL (?)
2. A problem with my audio (Unlikely as all other sounds are normal)
3. The modder has used a a 'distorted' file.
4. A whale synthesiser has been utilised - to what end ? Masking ?
( This is sheer paranoia Surprised

:huh:

)

Seen any Flying Saucers lately ? Embarassed

Kapitan · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 7:46 am Post subject:

Forgot about this thread but;

I didnt have any problems at all with the whale sounds all sounded normal and healthy, perhapse your whale spent to much time hanging around them dumped nuclear reactors out there might have distorted his voice. Yep

TLAM Strike · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:21 am Post subject:

Why don’t you extract the SFX file for the whale and listen to it in WMP and see if the “twang” is heard there too?

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

I have Finetlesss Ambient Mod plus his 'extras' from Bills. Looking in 'audio' but cant locate the relevant file.

Using Real but no sign yet :hmm:

The phantom twanger (no kidology) is present and along with a nice variety of whale choruses. Thing is......
this sucker sounds a bit phoney like a noisemaker synthesising whale cries for masking/noise wall/spoofing. Rolling Eyes

Maybe I'v been at sea too long Argh

PS.

Nice thought Kap - maybe his tonsils have gone bright yellow, like Lennie ?

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

When I've dispatched the Boomer, I will pusue the source of this mysterious sound. Yep

MSgalileo · Joined: 24 Aug 2003 Posts: 336 Location: Paris (France)

Try to listen the sounds here, they were recorded by a french sonarman in RL (some of them are used in the DW sound mod)

baleine(s) = whale(s)

http://dangerouswaters.org/v-web/mambo/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=60&func=selectcat&cat=12

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

I appreciate the offer - however the audio neither works in site nor when the file is downloaded, regretably.

Nothing wrong this end as DLd Real audio MP3 from the BBC recently.

I am not ungrateful, but wonder if others are experiencing some
difficulty, based on number of votes. :hmm:

Bellman · Joined: 14 Feb 2004 Posts: 1724

Postmortem - Replayed the Kara scenario with a new stock 1.03 install and the twang had gone.

Perhaps something got corrupted in the Finiteless + LwAmi install at my end throwing up the weird sounds.