Xanadu I and II - General Translation Project(s) Thread

[ParanoiaDragon]

I've never personally found any resource for these sounds, but, I've always wanted one, even for my music.

I suspect that you really mean "free" resource ... but just-in-case you're willing to actually spend money ...

https://www.sound-ideas.com/Collection/47/2/0/Comedy-and-Cartoon-Sound-Effects

Holy hell, those are some expensive sound effects!  Cool though, it's got Hanna Barbera.  It's funny, for the most part, I'm not a Hanna Barbera fan, but I've always loved their sound effects!  Man, they got Looney Tunes & Tom & Jerry, that's awesome!

[SamIAm]

I did some random Googling and found a site that I think has what you are looking for. It is call Sound Effect Lab and a lot of the stuff sounds like it came straight from a 90s anime, especially in the "Battle" and "Cartoon/Production" tabs. It appears to all be free as well so I hope that helps.

Sadly, they don't have quite the sounds I'm looking for.

But thanks for the link anyway.

[SamIAm]

I finished test-playing Chapter 3 of Xanadu 2 this morning. That puts us over the 50% mark for the game as a whole.

The sound effects for the dub are coming right along. It's a slog - the amount of time I've spent listening to hundreds of 1-second clips back-to-back is starting to get ridiculous - but progress is happening. There are three tracks from Xanadu 1 that have more sound effects in them than any others by far, and they're all done.

Sit tight for the dub to begin. I want quality over speed, and that means it's just going to take time.

[BigusSchmuck]

I finished test-playing Chapter 3 of Xanadu 2 this morning. That puts us over the 50% mark for the game as a whole.

The sound effects for the dub are coming right along. It's a slog - the amount of time I've spent listening to hundreds of 1-second clips back-to-back is starting to get ridiculous - but progress is happening. There are three tracks from Xanadu 1 that have more sound effects in them than any others by far, and they're all done.

Sit tight for the dub to begin. I want quality over speed, and that means it's just going to take time.

Take all the time you need. If you need some help beta testing please let me know and I'll take some time off work to do it.

[jtucci31]

Damn I really wish I had some decent recording equipment to get my voice in these games. But just hearing it in English alone is fine by me! Thanks for constantly updating this thread, it's a real treat to see it inch closer and closer. I cannot wait until this is finally finished and your work can be admired!

[SamIAm]

I suppose I should hit you guys with an update.

Chapter 4 of Xanadu 2, the largest one in that game, is now fully play-test-edited. Chapter 5 is smaller than average, and 6 and 7 are tiny, so we're really getting near the finish line for that one. Since I have some time off work (Golden Week in Japan), I'm going to try to get Chapter 5 done within the next few days.

As for the dub, the sound effects are all lined up and mixed in for both games, though there are a few that are going to need work. It's all minor stuff. The project files are fully built up and organized, and all-told, it represents over a month of hard work.

I'm still test-reading and editing the dub script. That went on the back burner for a while, but it's about ready to get first priority.

Generally, I'm pleased with the results of things. Also, Xanadu 2 is one gorgeous PCE game. 

[esteban]

Hoffman!

^ I tried typing "Goddamn!" and autocorrect fixed it.

HOFFMAN! That is great news.

[spenoza]

Hoffman! That sounds like some kind of obscure British euphemism. I like it!

[SamIAm]

Got Chapter 5 done.

It's nice when I have enough free time to work on this for a good couple of days straight. 

[seieienbu]

Hurray!

[Johnpv]

The progress on this has been amazing, you guys rock!

[SamIAm]

Major milestone reached: The first pass of Xanadu 2 is done.

Both games are now essentially playable in English. It's all about polish from here out. That, and the dubbing project.

Elmer recently gave me the ADPCM stuff from Xanadu 2. Unlike the first game, Xanadu 2 only uses ADCPM for very short (~1 second) voice clips in and around boss fights. A lot of it is just "Yaa!" type noises. Sadly, these seem to be mushed together in a way that is going to be very inconvenient to deal with, so the dub project is going to need yet another week or two to kick off. At this point, I'm thinking late May or early June.

This is the right way to do it, though. By getting everything in line before we ask anyone to record, we are saving everyone time and trouble down the line. Anyway, don't worry, this is all coming right along.

[NightWolve]

If you had told me one day that both Xanadus would be getting fan-translated simultaneously, I wouldn't have believed it. Still hard to believe and with the level of detailed updates, persistence, determination, etc. that we've seen here... Don't get burned out.

[elmer]

Major milestone reached: The first pass of Xanadu 2 is done.

Both games are now essentially playable in English. It's all about polish from here out. That, and the dubbing project.

Woohoo! Congratulations, Sam! 

Now, perhaps, you'll actually let me play the game and see all your hard work! 

We've definitely come a long way from ...



... to ...

[Necromancer]

Heh, "we're almost there" indeed.

You guys are doing great work and much more quickly than I was expecting.  You're animals!