OVERVIEW:

USERS CAN NOW EASILY CREATE AND, IF DESIRED, SHARE THEIR OWN CUSTOM VOICE PACKS FOR SELECT MSFS FS2CREW PRODUCTS WITH THE FS2CREW COMMUNITY.

USING OUR NEW CUSTOM VOICE RECORDER TOOL, CREATING NEW VOICE SETS WITH YOUR OWN VOICE IS VERY EASY!

NOTE: WE RECOMMEND USING A SIMPLE USB  HEADSET WHEN RECORDING.  SOMETIMES COMPLEX SETUPS WITH HUBS AND ADVANCED MICROPHONES CAN INDUCE PROBLEMS IN THE RECORDING TOOL.  

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

STEP 1: RECORD YOUR NEW VOICE SET!

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD THE VOICE RECORDING TOOL

• THE INSTALLER WILL RUN SILENTLY.  A NEW ICON WILL BE CREATED ON YOUR DESKTOP.
• LAUNCH THE FS2CREW RECORDING TOOL VIA THE DESKTOP ICON.
• SELECT THE DESIRED PROJECT FOR YOUR FS2CREW PRODUCT FROM THE MENU ON THE LEFT.

   

  

   

• PRESS THE MIC ICON TO RECORD / STOP RECORDING EACH LINE.  YOU CAN ALSO USE THE ‘S’ KEY ON YOUR KEYBOARD TO STOP THE RECORDING (BUT NOT START START IT).
• YOU CAN CYCLE THROUGH THE VARIOUS ON SCREEN ELEMENTS USING TAB / SHIFT TAB.
• PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON TO LISTEN TO EACH RECORDING TO ENSURE IT SOUNDS GOOD.
• IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU RECORD EACH SESSION IN A SINGLE SITTING TO ENSURE THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE REMAINS CONSISTENT ACROSS THE RECORDINGS.
• ENSURE NO AMBIENT BACKGROUND NOISE IS PRESENT(EXAMPLE: AIR CONDITIONING NOISE).
• THROUGH THE TOOL, YOU CAN SEARCH FOR TEXT, ADJUST THE LIST SORT ORDER (ALPHABETICAL DIRECTION / RECORDED OR NOT RECORDED) VIA THESE BUTTONS:

  

• YOU CAN ACCESS THE OUTPUT FOLDER WHERE THE SOUNDS ARE SAVED TO BY CLICKING THE FOLDER ICON:

  

• IF YOU’RE NOT SURE WHAT SPEAKING STYLE TO USE, WATCH  COCKPIT VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE TO GET A SENSE OF HOW YOU SHOULD TRY TO SOUND.
• YOUR RECORDINGS WILL BE SAVED TO AN AUDIO TEST FOLDER.

  FOR EXAMPLE, YOUR AUDIO WILL BE SAVED TO THE PATH SHOWN BELOW FOR THE FENIX CAPTAIN PROJECT.  (PATHS FOR OTHER PROJECTS AND ROLES WILL VARY SLIGHTLY BASED ON THE ROLE AND FS2CREW PRODUCT NAME.)

  C:Program Files (x86)FS2Crew Fenix A320 for MSFS->bin-> Audio->CAPT->TEST

 

STEP 2: TEST AND POLISH YOUR VOICE SET!

1. IT’S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU TEST AND LISTEN TO YOUR OWN RECORDINGS TO ENSURE THEY SOUND GOOD.
2. YOU CAN USE AN AUDIO TOOL LIKE ADOBE AUDITION (OR ANY AUDIO TOOL OF YOUR CHOICE) TO EDIT YOUR SOUND FILES AS DESIRED.  FEEL FREE TO ADD FILTER EFFECTS.  
3. TRY TO REMOVE ANY DEAD AIR AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF YOUR RECORDINGS.
4. YOU CAN ALSO LISTEN TO YOUR OWN RECORDINGS LIVE IN GAME BY SELECTING ‘TEST’ IN THE CREW VOICE SELECTOR FOR THE ASSOCIATED CREW MEMBER.

   

 

STEP 3: SHARE YOUR WORK WITH OTHERS!  SEND US YOUR RECORDINGS!

1. WHEN YOUR VOICE PACK IS COMPLETE, SEND US A SUPPORT TICKET VIA THE “CONTACT US” PAGE ON THE FS2CREW WEBSITE.  WE WILL SEND YOU INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO SEND US YOUR FILES.  (WETRANSFER TENDS TO BE BEST, HOWEVER).

   

   

2. WE WILL SCAN AND CHECK YOUR SOUND FILES FOR QUALITY, AND THEN PACKAGE THEM INTO THE NEXT SOFTWARE UPDATE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.  THANK YOU!!!