Dungeons & Dregs audio commentary

[deepestbluesky]

one of the challenges in this round of Voiceteam is to record audio commentary on a podfic, so i decided it would be fun to do it on the podtogether i was part of last year! much like the not-fic i recorded, i am mildly embarrassed and not at all surprised at how much i talk when i am given a mic and free rein lol: this is fully 25 minutes of added commentary interspersed into an originally ~45 minute podfic.

a link to the ao3 post for the podtogether!

some additional things i referenced while talking, or got wrong in my commentary, or just wanted to add for fun!

a link to the website that lists when specific tracks on the soundtrack are used in Shadow and Bone! no idea if it's accurate, or if it's good for other shows but the idea is extremely helpful for me, because even when i HAVE seen a show, i'm terrrrible at recognizing instrumental music unless it's like. john williams theme songs level of distinctive.

i love how i was like 'this battle scene at the end is the first time we'd had a section break' when there's literally one in SESSION ONE [facepalm]. anyway

i found my google doc of the script where i'd made notes about music/sfx after i recorded my commentary! so here's the probably final list of what music is used in each scene of the podfic:

• Session One: Hearth Inn from Tabletop Audio
• Session One, part two: Waiting Time from Tabletop Audio
• Session Seventeen: The Tree When We Sat Once from Witcher 3 and this campfire noise from Freesound
• Session Thirty-Nine: Russian Winter from Tabletop Audio
• Session Forty-Six: Field of Heroes from Tabletop Audio. wish this one didn't have a question mark in my notes but here we are
• Session Forty-Seven: Ice Dragon from Tabletop Audio
• Session Forty-Seven, part two: Volatile Reaction by Kevin MacLeod
• Session Forty-Seven, part three: Cry Havoc from Tabletop Audio. again, wish there wasn't a question mark here
• End: Just Ask from Shadow and Bone soundtrack

I had a separate Audacity project from the main podfic to combine just the packing up foley. it's not actually as complicated as it looks: the top, named tracks are the original audio files cut into pieces, and then the unnamed ones below are where i rearranged and overlapped the various sounds, and then Mix at the end is the final mixed down version of the unnamed ones above.

last and, uh, probably also least lol, here is a compilation of the critical role cast singing along to the battle music.

Comments

[olympvs]

ao3 user deepestbluesky this was a DELIGHT to listen to!!!! god i am feeling just so many :'))) emotions about how much i love this podtogether and our lil group and working with you. you did suuuuch a good job with the edits, and getting to hear more of your behind the scenes thoughts/reactions/etc. is so good. now please enjoy (?) my reactions to your reactions to our joint podfic:

- "but i had given up at that point" a huge editing mood
- "i love how quickly it becomes clear that kaz did not think through what playing dnd with his friends would be like" sdlkjsdf god yeah
- the muuuuuusic work ugh kass you did such a good job
- "i went to look up kaz's voice and was like what the--what-- well, i guess!" huge huge huge mood, trying to model my voice after real people/distinctive voices is So hard
- GOD just burying my face in my hands for the "i love danger aaaaand money" line. commit to the bit i guess!!
- "are you fucking kidding me? sorry i got a spam text" HAHAHA yeah that is the recording mood
- "jas--jes-- jesus fucking christ i messed up the names" i am a little bit sorry that i suggested the jesper/jasper thing but also not because the fact that even we couldn't keep it straight is delightful
- "i'm so impressed with how easy it is to tell that everyone's in character" honestly that's really validating because in hindsight i do Not love my jasper voice & i'm glad at least there's a distinction between him & jesper
- your mortification at your pekka rollins voice is the Biggest mood. to be clear i think the accent is delightful, but i do fully understand the "oh god why did i make this choice" mood and also "well, mangled british accent accent sure is an american dnd" mood
- [chanting] "nina, inej! nina, inej!" YEAHHHHHHHH
- we love homemade foley!!!!!
- begging your DM for a better roll/advantage/etc., the eternal mood
- this music for the scene between nina and inej ;_____; god it does so much
- "rip dnd scheduling" me, weeping bc our campaign hasn't gotten together in like 2 months
- not me getting tense at this big boss fight as though i don't know how it ends!! i recorded it!!!
- GOD YOU SINGING ALONG TO THE BATTLE MUSIC. KASSIE I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
- (also, obligatory me going BWAAAAAAA with the horns as well)
- listening to me/jesper going "i'm going to spend a point of grit" -- i'm going to spend a point of What. love not knowing anything about the gunslinger class myself dfkljgdfg. i tried looking it up once for a one shot where i wanted to be a gunslinger/rogue and just gave up and made my own rules for a gun

[deepestbluesky]

idk why i let this sit here so long other than that it makes me happy and i wanted to Hoard It. anyway.

YOUR DANGER AND MONEY VOICE IS PERFECT, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO THINK OTHERWISE

thank you for validating me about so many recording and editing things haha imagine i am giving you a solidarity hi five

"- [chanting] "nina, inej! nina, inej!" YEAHHHHHHHH" that was very much me chanting nina/inej lol gotta make sure the presence of the slash is clear to everyone

YEAH okay i did not realize how much the music in the quieter scenes did but WOW it's like? really good? i did a good job.

is it really the critrole battle music if you're not weirdly singing along? NO!

hahaha the entirety of my gunslinger knowledge is just picked up from cr1, if percy didn't do it, it doesn't exist to me

<3 <3 <3

[averytree]

I finally listened to this today and I enjoyed it SO MUCH! thank you so much for creating this commentary and putting this post up. It made me want to do a podtogether next year :D