“This is super important to us, Stephen says “we couldn’t make the game without the sounds being relevant to the place, whether that’s Piccadilly Circus, the desert, the mountains or wherever.” The team employed a number of new systems to add environmental effects to weapon audio: “The first is reverb and slap delay DSP system. Weapon sounds also interact with the environment. Using all of that detail, we were able to capture different perspectives those from when you’re at the hip, and those when you’re aiming down sight….” Twenty of those are for the player perspective alone. We used about 90 different microphones to capture each shot.” Groups of microphones provided different audio functionality, too: “That’s for all kinds of perspectives. Miller’s team went out on a number of field trip recording sessions to ensure audio accuracy too: “We recorded all of our weapons, out in the desert and all kinds of other locations. Nestle a weapon stock to your chest, and there’s a familiar kick back: “We made sure you felt something akin to a nice thump to the chest.”
As well as the weapon’s sound, there are other effects the audio team considered, too: “You’re hearing the weapon fire, but you’re also hearing the shell eject from the weapon.” For Modern Warfare, the sound of each individual shell, travelling in 3D space, as it moves through the air, is also audible, “before it actually impacts on the ground, using a physics system for all of this.” The weapons also have a weighty feel to them. Imagine, if you will, the quick and rapid staccato sound the familiar burst from an assault rifle. This is important, Stephen says, as “each weapon must have its own unique voice.” Part of the distinctly-different sound every armament possesses is down to its operating system: “Whether it’s a gas piston, direct impingement, or bolt action, all of this brings a different type of voice to a weapon.” Stephen Miller, Audio Director at Infinity Ward, heads up the team responsible for everything you’ll hear in the game, and the following interview gives you an overview of how he and the audio team researched and improved the sounds of the weapons you’ll be using. Gas Piston, Direct Impingement, Bolt Action: Distinct Weapon Voices.
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