Battlefield 3 Sound Design - Interview with Stefan Strandberg

[xXKILLTHEMONKEYXx]

i'm 14 and live in sweden to but i'm waaaaay better in english than anyone in DICE!=P

[Y2KillerSPOOBLY]

It's beyond me as to why hollywood and many games developers chose to use aesthetic, synthetic stock sounds during action movies. It doesn't appeal, it's not engaging. More developers for film and game alike need to take a page out of Heat's book, using recorded gunshots and unedited blank sound effects during shooting. Battlefield 3 sounds like the battle of Goose Green or National Geographic footage of the Gulf War. Completely unrivalled.

[shawpod21]

3:46 shows how epic BF3 is.

[DubSalat]

@TheMontaro Btw how can you see...they are recording real sounds

[DubSalat]

@TheMontaro Battlefield 3 was alot better...

[R3Lax1]

this guy looks like hes a fag and just got laid by a faggot

[DubSalat]

@R3Lax1 Try to do something like him prick..then i can call you boss..until you should dig yourself

[R3Lax1]

@DubSalat well i wouldnt say that sound in bf 3 is realistic, the jet cannons dont sound in real life like in bf3 and theres no good surround sound, even in mw 3 the a 10 cannon sounds way realistic and there is good surround sound.

[Timx4]

Well ur bad company 2 sucks in audio seriously

[TinnedWaffles]

That system where certain sounds have more value than others would have been an interesting way to handle grenades. Instead of that kinda obstrusive (but noob friendly) grenade indicator, everything else could just go quiet while you just hear the rolling of a grenade right by your feet.

[timmur3112]

why dont they show how vioces were recorded?)))

[norsende]

Totally agree that BC2 sounded better.

[dillanpruett7]

BFBC2 had more realistic sound. Gunfire and explosions are noisy and chaotic. If your only experience with them is from TV or video games your in for a big surprise when you hear them first hand.

[GodOfUnbelief]

When it comes to sound, Modern Warfare is crap in comparison. In MW firing a gun sounds like popcorn and it lacks the depth of soundsscape that BF has

[gowrishan]

@GodOfUnbelief completely agree here, battlefield 3 has some of the best sound i've ever heard in a aaa game.

[GetRealStudios]

BC2 sounds were,..... better.

[Homogenisierer]

a REDHEAD O_O

[DudeOfManyNames]

@Homogenisierer A camp hipster redhead no less

[Kamoda87]

@Homogenisierer OH MY GOD THEY EXIST I HAD NO IDEA

[abinator00]

the sounds SUCKS IN THIS GAME, or at least the programming of them...

[bleran11]

@abinator00 ahm...no..?

[abinator00]

@bleran11

well i played BC1, BC2 and BF3... BF3 has bugs in it, nothing against the sounddesign, but if sourounding sounds (atmo) suddenly disapears its not quite enjoyable. bad company 2 have had much better programmed sounds.

[bleran11]

@abinator00 hmm i got that game since 7 days and that just happend to day...

yeah it sucks but...i dont happen so much

[abinator00]

@bleran11

since im an audiophile, its more auditible to me, but i heard it from the first day... but when sound is working, its great for sure!

[vinnievincent85]

@abinator00 same here, iam playing bf3 with a nad system and dali speakers. it sounds... well almost exectly real.

[Toedoog]

BZZZZ BZZTTT.

BZZZTTT BZZZTTTTT.

[scottylans]

I'm not a COD or a BF "fanboy" I'm just an older (33 y/o) gamer. I love Quake sound effects and Doom but this game without question has the most impressive sound I've ever heard in a game, no doubt. It's very very immersive and it's just ... the effects, they filter and adjust the sound in so many ways, through metal or concrete - at a distance or close, it just sounds amazing- things in the distance are incredible - it has to be heard to be believed (playing on PC in 5.1)

[tontsa911]

This man is awesome. BC2 & BF3 have easily the best sound design in whole gaming industry. Developers should focus more on sound.

[vinnievincent85]

@tontsa911 imagine if he made the sound for a racing game :O oh god...

[Ruokanga]

ah! This Idiot made the sound appear double!

[plonk420]

please make a higher quality vid. hell, if i can get the raw, i'll do it for free :I

[JeefCakes]

This guy is great at combat sound. He even looks like a freak genius.

[ProjectRealityBf2]

guys go to gameinformers youtube channel to watch this same video (which this kid stole) in 1080p, the quality of this losers video is pathetic and does not do the video justice!

[MrAtrius]

They screwd up the sound thats what they did!

Owwww they recorded from REAL weapons :o

FROM a long distance u fkrs. They guy whos shooting will hear it much louder u stupid. Dont know shit about gaming immersion...

[zachgibson22]

@MrAtrius You obviously have no idea how microphones work and how they actually did the recording. I honestly don't think you could have done any better. Considering he is one of the only people that has actually made a game in 7.1 surround sound and has actually made/coded the sound part of the Frostbite engine. So stfu and be happy with what you got... Why don't you go play COD.

[zirius89]

@MrAtrius

Yeah,if they would have a sing star micro i would agree with you.

But they don't so stfu.

[happydappyman]

this guy has got to be one of the most honest developers iv ever seen interviewed.

[SandwichBrothers]

/watch?v=TwSeVe46wzM&feature=r­elated Must see!

[21Kamil12]

this is what you call a soundophile lol

[waiting2die44]

games is games.

[rigragtag]

1:51 How to make recording equipment look cool

[Jon124]

@rigragtag bahaha I thought I as the only one that noticed that shot

[darknesswolf7]

1 person is cod fanboy

[Jawzzy]

Thanks for the answer.:) If you make that supersonic crack loud enough, it will have the exact same effect as in real world. Supression! When a PKM opens up on you and you hear that cracking sound over your head, you hit the dirt in a heart beat and no hole is deep enough to hide. hehe. It really is a scarry thing and it could have a great effect in the game if done right. Nobody would just sit there and shoot back like nothing happens.

[bulinho05]

I am already in love with this game.

[Blue67impala]

BF3's sound is so epic, If I played it loudly in a New York city apartment the neighbors would probably duck for cover

[Jawzzy]

Just make sure you also record guns shooting real amunition, not only blanks you see in that type of military exercise. With blanks you miss one of the most scary sounds involved in shooting reall weapons: the sonic crack of the supersonic bullets and shells. PLEASE DON'T loose that sound. That's the one that's making you duck for cover when you hear it.

[Blue67impala]

@Jawzzy Tust me it's better than you can imagine

[NecroDhalia]

@Jawzzy They have it in BF3. Not as loud as in real life, but it´s there! :)...

[zauii89]

@Jawzzy

From a first person view there really isn't a big difference, but anyone that observes from a 3rd person perspective will notice an obvious difference. Im stating the obvious here but its because when you shoot your gun i.e an ak5 the sound escapes out of the gun in a way that the shooter himself won't really hear the large bang/umpf.

Thats my experience from shooting plenty of blanks and real bullets in the Swedish army.

[KojachBaumherr]

ill make this simple for you since the last installment of battlefield makes me think all the devs have been replaced by complete retards

what you did right: battlefield 2

what you did wrong: bad company

[HeggZor92]

Can you like re-encode it?

[SuperMingeBag]

Haha no way he's using Sennheiser HD 212's.

[sjconker64]

awsm

[ChrisFromTheCape]

cod just mimics guns and gives them different sounds and looks , battlefield is actually working hard!

[lotus2089]

i had the chance to put hands on the alpha trial and i'm thinking that this dude is a goddamn genius

[salourence]

Stefan looks like mr Zorg from "fifth element" ^^

[freereg29]

is he gay?

[FourthyTheWizard]

@freereg29 Are you twelve?

[EGIL94]

@freereg29 No, he is Swedish xD

[freereg29]

@EGIL94 ROFLMAO

[vanhakaveri]

@freereg29 Hes swedish, its something between gay and straight.(i know it cause im finnish.)

[freereg29]

@vanhakaveri lol

[ursimon]

big up for that C64 !!! can be seen at 2:47

[TerroristArmyGnomes]

all this for one game :)

cod will just make there own gun sounds

[bigpoppa1234]

Lol @ the swedish hipster audio guys standing out in the middle of a battle drill.

[thecalmbro]

yo dude, can you upload this in hq?

[SteveDutchy]

240p for a battlefield video??

[CanadianGamerTV]

@SteveDutchy sorry i hit the option when i converted this v id.

[FourthyTheWizard]

@CanadianGamerTV Well, you could always reupload it so we could get a clean sounding and clean looking video.

[chedison]

@SteveDutchy Exactly what I was thinking.

[vanqaaaaa]

sosnooley mode

[mQtek]

As an alpha tester, I must say the game sounds amazing even in Alpha code. I love how the bullet sounds when it flies over your head or to the side of you. Amazing work DICE.

[Iamsilentkill212]

C-cant

o-Own

D-dice

[cjgan80]

@Iamsilentkill212 Nice one

[K1asH3r]

fag

[CanadianGamerTV]

@K1asH3r What!?!?!?!?

[vanhakaveri]

@K1asH3r Well they are swedish........ but they can stil make a great game!

[TokoBuds]

@K1asH3r :/ I got bad news mate....You're the fag

[K1asH3r]

@TokoBuds :/ I got bad news mate.... You're retarded

[TokoBuds]

@K1asH3r Nice one. My self-esteem has been devastated.

[CanadianGamerTV]

sub this vid if u love the sound in this game.

[90Tim]

240p we meet again..

[CanadianGamerTV]

@90Tim sorry dude most of my vids are hd now but this was before i got the ability to get 720h

[jamietje]

@CanadianGamerTV well fix it new upload

[lakostal]

@CanadianGamerTV Just reload it, how hard can it be? geez

[BasementBeginnings]

@90Tim YouTube meme, we meet again.

[Genome852]

The audio is fantastic. The gunshot sounds are even better than BC2 (much crisper), are there are a lot of very fine details in the audio.

[TheReaper951]

@Genome852 Lets hope they keep the War tapes audio option

[GrantFerSure]

@TheReaper951 I never knew what that was. How much of a difference did it make. And what kind of difference?

[TheReaper951]

@GrantFerSure It adds in even more sounds and it sounds great

[Alkamone]

the amazing audio compression of a 240p video is perfect to showcase audiodesign...

[antman3456]

Cod player: theres a camper in that house.

BF player:what house?

minecraft player: OMG WTF MY HOUSE!!!!!

[Blue67impala]

@antman3456 LOL

[potctk]

@antman3456 those griefers...

[xXPureEvilXx101]

i love how they used fullblown warfare to record the sounds, thats incredible, and to their effort, kudos.

i really hope they keep the russians as enemies in multiplayer mode, im russian myself and i love the "original" voice setting, destinguishing friend from foe by sound is incredibly helpful.

BF is played by watching the minimap, the horizon in the game and hearing for audio ques that come up every so often. when you play you feel connected because your player tells you what you dont c

[xXPureEvilXx101]

CoD multiplayer, when you play it its chaotic, add ninja and you are left with no player interaction.

BF, theres probably a guy camping in the building up ahead *tosses a nade into the building* 2 enemys scream "GRENADE!!! LOOK OUT!!!" (ok theres 2 guys in there, i should be careful)

(damn im lost in this forest, where is everyone) *hears enemy soldier saying* "cover me, im reloading!" coming from the left speaker about 25 feet away from the sound of it, *turns left and runs, spots, kills*

[ThePCGam3r]

@xXPureEvilXx101 Or in both games you kill someone and there teammate magically knows and yells that he's down, even though there on the other side of the map*.

[zizikelizike]

I hope they wil lleave the option for war tapes .... cuz I always play on them ... I get more agresive

[classic993217]

Gamez iz gamez,

[Arnjeir]

Commodore 64 in the sound studio!

[vinnie2k]

@Arnjeir Just noticed it myself. Geekdom rules :-)

[hayden121995]

I like this guy:3

[pelihullu69]

After 10 hours of playing Battlefield 3 Alpha, i think they have made THE BEST sounding Battlefield game to date. And i know Alpha Trial has only a few sounds compared to the full game.

[russell602]

@pelihullu69 i do love how when you sitting on the forum in the alpha just waiting for the game to load you hear the bird tweeking then and click as your gun loads before you join =P

[pelihullu69]

@russell602 Haha, thats something :) . Having any problems with the game? Mine randomly crashes like after 30-40min gameplay. Good thing is that it doesnt crash the whole computer so i can join back fast. And installing was a bitch, had to update Vista SP1 to SP2 and new graphic drivers. But it was damn worth it.

[xIAMDAVEx]

@pelihullu69

Does it sound as good as MOH multiplayer gun sounds? cos those gun sounds were so BEAST! very loud and bassy sounds especially the battle rifle. guns should be loud, cos they are loud in real life. so jelous you played the alpha!!

[TheReaper951]

@xIAMDAVEx MoH was mostly to test out New sounds and stuff for BF3

[TheReaper951]

@pelihullu69 I agree and just think about the Beta as well

[Fieryfiddysent]

The game actually sounds really shitty and quiet the loud sounding BC2 was a lot better.

[neerdy5]

@Fieryfiddysent Can I use your time machine?

[soladetenis]

ohhhhhh the german tank is gonna be on Battlefield 3, nice

[Kiingzeno]

@soladetenis Ey dude, thats an Leo2 (Leopard 2) Swedish Version! SO BACK OFF STRANGER.

[soladetenis]

@Kiingzeno WFt I tough the peopard 2 was geman, my bad then, know why, bcuz Brazil always buy German thanks, so I saw the German flag rite behind the Leopard 2 when they landed the airplane if them inside in Brazil

[LeetBender]

Take that CoD ! Pretty much all of the sounds in MW3 are from MW2 and that game had even sounds from CoD2 :D

[al1kapo]

i like how the sound of the interview sounds crappy

[finniespin1]

@al1kapo Haha Indeed. The video quality is shitty aswell.. 

[blacknova555]

Fine I'll take your spot instead... FIRST!

I really like how they are treating the sound in this game, though personally I thought BC2 sounded great. So anything better is just another reason to love this game more.

[KhristAlmighty]

@blacknova555 yea man i like the constant loudness. i hope its not too dumbed down

[WheelchairAccessible]

Good. I find other games sound too....undetailed.

When I pop in my Asus Xonar ST + Beyerdynamic DT770's I can truly hear the game the way it's meant to be heard.

[Riddler0115]

Wow. I think this is my first time being first...or now im not since i just typed a really long sentence