Halo Infinite Developers 343 Industries Destroyed a Piano to Record Game Sounds: See Video

Halo Infinite will support spatial audio effects on headphones, the developers said.

By ANI | Updated: 26 March 2021 18:16 IST

Halo Infinite Developers 343 Industries Destroyed a Piano to Record Game Sounds: See Video

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Developers went in-depth about things like how gunshot effects differ between Halo 5 and Halo Infinite

Highlights

Developers placed a subwoofer on the piano to use it as a resonator
After the piano was destroyed, they put dry ice on numerous pieces
The resultant sounds were spine-chilling

Halo Infinite developers 343 Industries detailed many aspects of the upcoming shooter Halo Infinite's audio production. The company revealed in a blog that they actually smashed a piano into pieces to record sound effects.

The audio team didn't just use the piano as a target for various blunt instruments, instead before smashing it, they placed a subwoofer on the piano to use it as a resonator.

The developers said that after the piano was destroyed, they put dry ice on numerous pieces of the piano's remains, "which yielded a large offering of singing, bellowing, screeching, and everything in between." The resultant sounds were spine-chilling.

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In addition to detailing the destruction of the piano, the blog further went in-depth about things like how some gunshot effects differ between Halo 5 and Halo Infinite, the acoustic system that simulates how sound travels through the game''s environments, and how sound design differs between single-player and multiplayer.

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343 also revealed that Halo Infinite will support the Dolby Atmos, Windows Sonic, and DTS Headphone:X virtual surround sound technologies, which will allow users to hear spatial audio even when wearing stereo headphones.

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