Which "phrases" do you love most? ( = melodies the player character "speaks")

[NPCMaxwell]

I mean the voices of the characters are a huge part of the game after all. So far when I read about people commenting about the voices it was mostly about the instruments. So how about another thought: What is your favourite melody they "speak". OK a bit hard probably as this would require every player to know the name of the voice-snipped used but I am trying nevertheless.

I like Maxwell's voice the most so for now I will focus on his speech files.

Since it's hard to describe the melodies they use I will simply describe them with the name used when opening the fsb file in foobar  and a time stamp for a youtube video I found with Maxwell's "voices":

maxwell voices

are "maxwell_hurt_3" (1:13) (This one sounds like he's been kicked in the groin which makes me laugh so much each time I hear it),  "maxwell_talk_17" (0:36) (and all variations from adventure mode) (you better listen, he means it!), "maxwell_talk_4" (0:12) (and all variantions from adventure mode" (seriously my favourite Maxwell melody I could hear it over and over De--eee du du do), "maxwell_talk_5" (0:14) (I don't know, but he sounds so cheerful in this one?)

and of course:

ALL maxwell_talk_sad sounds (3:33)

( short addition: I don't play as WX-78 but whenever WX-78 does the rude emote I think of a car-honking which I like almost as much as maxwell_hurt_3 )

[NPCMaxwell]

8 minutes ago, SSneaky said:

all of Wurts & Willsons hurt sounds.

To me wurt hurt sounds remind me of a person slipping in the bathtub and doing the ow while half under water (the gurgling effect in her voice is so cute)

And Wilson's hurt sounds are the classic of course [I always feel sorry for that poor trumpet!] x) (which reminds me...there's a funny dst mod in the workshop with a Wilson-shaped weapon that actually uses his hurt sounds if you hit something with him)

[Dr. Safety]

Obviously, credit to the original Youtube uploader

[NPCMaxwell]

7 minutes ago, Dr. Safety said:

 

I'm dead I love this so much!!! (also I will never hear Warly + this spongebob melody the same again!)

[Anis5240]

The one where Wilson's "voice" goes "ferrot" (lmao)

In general, I like his voice the best, not too ear-grating.

(all I can think the best to show it was via this video link: Wilson voice at 0.08 seconds)

[somethin]

Wheeler from Hamlet is my fave, especially when the piano goes really fast. It really sells her adventurer vibe.

[Jakepeng99]

Wurt, Wilson, Walter, Wortox.

[Gi-Go]

 

[NPCMaxwell]

9 hours ago, Anis5240 said:

The one where Wilson's "voice" goes "ferrot" (lmao)

In general, I like his voice the best, not too ear-grating.

(all I can think the best to show it was via this video link: Wilson voice at 0.08 

This part of his voice is definitely the most GENTLEMANly of all characters. Pleasant to the ears! If only he had been a better scientist. The scientific community of his time truly missed out on getting a speech / presentation delivered by Wilson.

9 hours ago, somethin said:

Wheeler from Hamlet is my fave, especially when the piano goes really fast. It really sells her adventurer vibe.

I must honestly say I have somehow missed out on Wheeler so far! I must look into her and especially into her voice. I have not yet taken the time to start Hamlet with Hamlet characters and test out their voices, like I usually do. But I'm happy to hear her character seems to reflect in her music!

5 hours ago, Jakepeng99 said:

Wurt, Wilson, Walter, Wortox.

I almost forgot to think about Wortox! I adore how his instrument choice is based on the devil fiddler's myth. Probably Paganini would sound similar if he was a Don't Starve character. I still have to listen to his sounds in depth though.

About Walter: same with Wheeler, I still haven't taken time to hear how he sounds.

1 hour ago, Gi-Go said:

 

That's adorable! I love the devs' choice here (although i don't think their association was Five night of freddies when using the melody)

[Jakepeng99]

22 minutes ago, NPCMaxwell said:

almost forgot to think about Wortox! I adore how his instrument choice is based on the devil fiddler's myth.

I wonder if i could do Wortox in real life sometime. I have and learn a violin. 

[NPCMaxwell]

2 hours ago, Gi-Go said:

 

My mind now can't unhear all other characters (or at least some of them) joining in in music-instrument french to complete the cheer. Now this I would die for a video with Wigfrid singing the main voice with her singing animation and the others joining for the crowd part with the chorus or the (whatever the cocoa cup swinging animation is called) 

31 minutes ago, Jakepeng99 said:

I wonder if i could do Wortox in real life sometime. I have and learn a violin. 

That's basically voice acting! I'd love to hear "cosplays", music covers and so on of the characters voices.

 

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now. .. 

When music = human/character voices in the DS universe, does someone else also think that....

the happy grammophone ragtune could theoretically be the voices of some of Maxwell's early victims posessing the grammophone in revenge and laughing at him being trapped on the chair in missery for all eternity. (alternative interpretion: Maxwell has become kind of psychotic and the grammophone is a representation of the voices he's hearing during his time on the nightmare chair)

probably if it wasn't for WX's music box function. But then I could actually imaging WX using a  "music box" with the tortured screams of suffering survivors.

[Jakepeng99]

I want us to be able to plug in a midi keyboard and play the character's instrumengs in game.

[NPCMaxwell]

7 minutes ago, Jakepeng99 said:

I want us to be able to plug in a midi keyboard and play the character's instrumengs in game.

Or at least let players import midi-sheets for the characters to sing ^^

This reminds me.......has anyone managed to actually extract character's "voices" as "instrument-vocal-banks" yet? If yes, can someone give me an advice how to do it? I'd love to hear character's voices singing any kind of midi-sheet I give them (or as jakepeng suggested make them follow the input of midi keyboards in their voice) (I don't know the term for the intruments banks but I mean an equivalent to voice-banks for synthesizers like utau, musescore etc.)

[Jakepeng99]

9 minutes ago, NPCMaxwell said:

If yes, can someone give me an advice how to do it? I'd love to hear character's voices singing any kind of midi-sheet I give them

I saw someone do something on youtube. 

 

[GetNerfedOn]

 

 

[NPCMaxwell]

48 minutes ago, Jakepeng99 said:

I saw someone do something on youtube. 

 

I have no idea how they actually managed to make the intruments truly sound like the characters! It's a miracle what some people are capable of! (also my favourite Don't starve tune so it was clear I would adore this version so much)

46 minutes ago, GetNerfedOn said:

 

 

Oh it's sweet! I don't know who it is and I don't think I've ever heard that melody, but I still adore what this game is capable of by not using normal speech sounds.

[xhyom]

she's so silly why would she do that sound

 

[NPCMaxwell]

49 minutes ago, xhyom said:

she's so silly why would she do that sound

 

Her voice in general is so underrated. I don't like many of the female sounds as to high-pitched they are while hers being pleasant to my ears in contrast (probably because I love oboe tune in general). :'3 Also I don't know what made her do that ridiculously funny sound when she poses but it's among the few "posing" sounds I really adore. (actually I only like her's and WX ones. The other posing sounds are more annoying to me)

[NPCMaxwell]

Just because I feel like mentioning it:

Does anyone here remember the ancient times when DS was in the chrome web store and when Maxwell's voice was a clone of Wilson's just with a way lower pitch? ^^ (I think he sounded so ridiculous back then. I seriously hated him every time he appeared at the begining of the game). Anyway........for those who aren't as old as I am: (or didn't know the browser game version)

(I wanted to link to a different video but this one is the only one I found where you could actually hear Maxwell talk without someone calling him "this guy" or "the demon" during his speech so he could actually be heard)

0:46 also rather giant early Wilson (compared to early Maxwell). If someone has a funny "lore-like" explanation for this feel free to share with me ^^

 

[GetNerfedOn]

On 5/23/2024 at 10:36 PM, NPCMaxwell said:

h it's sweet! I don't know who it is and I don't think I've ever heard that melody, but I still adore what this game is capable of by not using normal speech sounds.

That's from the Rosalina Mod :))

Though to my shame i really wasn't able to contribute to coding the mod i did manage to make that. 

Why its meaningful, apart from the voice playing in order, is that the tune is the credits theme from Super Mario Galaxy

[Ryusuta]

YMMV on whether this counts or not.

[DaZoul]

Loved the attack melody

[NPCMaxwell]

10 hours ago, DaZoul said:

Loved the attack melody

AWWWW!!! I'm so sad this guy is gone! I adore hearing his voice! (especially the attack one indeed!)

(But I can't help laughing at him for the way his hurt voice sounds like)

18 hours ago, Ryusuta said:

YMMV on whether this counts or not.

Ah this the first time I hear her voice! I adore the way the piano is played. But wait this has to be a mod! I can't remember her being a DST character. (unless I am missing something somehow). In case it is a mod, I am glad people have found a way to give her access to the DST world and to create a carol for her.

On 5/24/2024 at 5:57 PM, GetNerfedOn said:

That's from the Rosalina Mod :))

Though to my shame i really wasn't able to contribute to coding the mod i did manage to make that. 

Why its meaningful, apart from the voice playing in order, is that the tune is the credits theme from Super Mario Galaxy

 

I was too confused trying to figure out who the character was to regonize the music x) A nice idea to use the song. I don't know, how was it done that the music played in the right order? Via Fmod? (setting the playlist to not play randomly?)

[Jakepeng99]

On 5/25/2024 at 7:37 AM, Ryusuta said:

YMMV on whether this counts or not.

Probably because she has left hand accompianment.

On 5/25/2024 at 3:41 PM, DaZoul said:

Loved the attack melody

French horn?