The Sounds of The Show Come from the Minor Leagues

[BwanaKuu]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

The thing that I like about this article, and the article which preceded it involving the same event, is that this is something which normally just happens "behind the scenes" for us, something which we normally choose to neglect because the information is not that important. In my opinion, if there are articles being released about this kind of information, and a website actually uses an author to take quotes and write out said story, I think this improvement is significant for the game's presentation front with regard to changes being made. I do hope we're in for a treat from that "staleness" we've felt with the game the past few years (I don't mean "blandness," I simply mean "same ol' same ol'"). Although, I do wish they were able to do this in a major league park for the overall crowd ambiance.

Yea, the crowd noises are completely different. CBP during a tight game in the late innings? hard to talk to the person next to you.

They got the timing and rise and fall of the crowd down. Each pitch in a big at-bat making the crowd fall silent for a second before revving up again. But it just doesn't seem "loud" enough to me. Also, while they may be recording real baseball sounds, they sure don't sound as good as they do in real life. There is a very distinct and loud crack of the bat when a big guy crushes one. It's there in the Show but it needs some extra oomph added to it. That might be artificial, but somewhere in the conversion process the sounds lose a bit of their power.

I know this is frowned upon, but mlb2k11 got this stuff right. They also have slightly more varied crowd noises (although their crowd graphics are horrible). My dream game would be to take 2k11's presentation and sounds into MLB 11 and keep everything else the same. I might never player another game again. Also include the post-season mode from 2k11, I love being able to just jump in to the post-season without having to sim, hope your team makes it, sim again if they don't etc. and you get to setup who/where you play.

[tnixen]

Quote: Originally Posted by Azamien

Does that minor league stadium have chain link fence behind the plate? Because that chain link sound on what should be nylon net has been bugging me every year. I haven't seen chain link used since Little League, and even then the chain link had been replaced with nylon when they redid the fields a few years later. The sounds in the game otherwise are stellar (although footstep sounds are a bit too loud) but they have gotta change the backstop sound.

I forgot about that I hope its been removed form MLB 12 The Show!

[Ghoste]

Quote: Originally Posted by Azamien

Does that minor league stadium have chain link fence behind the plate? Because that chain link sound on what should be nylon net has been bugging me every year. I haven't seen chain link used since Little League, and even then the chain link had been replaced with nylon when they redid the fields a few years later. The sounds in the game otherwise are stellar (although footstep sounds are a bit too loud) but they have gotta change the backstop sound.

I can't stand the chain link fence sound either and hope it is addressed. I'd like them to have that loud 'boom' sound caused by the mic.

-ghoste

[BaylorBearBryant]

I love The Show. I really do. The commentating is vast and grand, but unfortunately I've gotten tired of that crew. The one thing I really want from The Show is another commentating team to choose from.

[tril]

they shouid go to Japan and add their stadium sounds. Their crowds are so much more lively.
just a commet but MLB crowds are just too conservative in general

[Blzer]

Quote: Originally Posted by tril

they shouid go to Japan and add their stadium sounds. Their crowds are so much more lively. just a commet but MLB crowds are just too conservative in general

Then it wouldn't be authentic.

There's a difference between wanting liveliness as an MLB stadium has it, and wanting liveliness for the sake of having liveliness. I couldn't imagine popping my game in and for some reason hearing crowd audio as if it was from a soccer game.

[nomo17k]

Quote: Originally Posted by Blzer

Then it wouldn't be authentic. There's a difference between wanting liveliness as an MLB stadium has it, and wanting liveliness for the sake of having liveliness. I couldn't imagine popping my game in and for some reason hearing crowd audio as if it was from a soccer game.

This is so true. In fact, "snooty" baseball connoisseurs in Japan actually admire the MLB style of fans reacting to what actually happen in the field (they say that "Americans know how to truly appreciate the game" ...LOL). In Japan they take a baseball game more like a festivity than anything else, which is fine for its own sake... it's good baseball is so loved somewhere.

Still what's funny is that some American players who had played in Japan have said that they actually miss all the noises. I guess it pumps them up like a can of Red Bull...

[nomo17k]

To add to the discussion, I think something like crowd noises don't have to be exact audio copies of what the devs have recorded. They probably can layer them in various ways to make various sounds, e.g., making it louder.

I don't use a top-notch audio equipment when I play the Show so I'm not so into the details of audio quality (which to me is already good enough as is).

What would really enhance the game, however, is the crowd getting louder and softer depending on the game/season context. That, I think the Show can improve a lot... all this ties into what people are saying about how the current commentary lacks context.