Gothic IV – ArcaniA Sound Effects

One project I am currently working on is ArcaniA – A Gothic Tale (aka Gothic IV). We are trying to hold on to the Gothic series’ style of audio, but are improving the audio experience with excessive and intensive sound design. All of the weapon and fighting sounds are recorded from scratch. Using daggers, different swords (Albion swords are sounding awesome), real axes, massive metal...

Wild cats recording – update

This time, I chose to record some bigger cats. Specifically a 14 month old Lion, a 15 month old Puma, 3 full-grown Lionesses and a full-grown Lion. It was a weird experience. The moment when I saw the Lion for the first time, I was afraid. I had so much respect to the lion, I really didn’t want to be any closer to him than 5 Meters and a couple of fences. Anyway, I had to get closer, which...