The other day I was thinking about the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. role play stories on here, and I happened upon an Idea that I'm thinking about doing.

The idea is a one man/ ensemble cast "Audio show". It would be along the same lines of the radio shows of old, such as "War of the Worlds", "The Shadow", and "The Lone Ranger". Except it would take place in The Zone.

So far Ive gotten the following Ideas.

It would probably be in English since I don't speak Russian, and it'd probably be the language of choice for most of the audience. We could possibly add other languages as background or as main characters with someone translating to the protaganist.

Now, here is my problem, I'm not a very good writer, I can come up with ideas, but cannot write stories or characters to save my life.


Protagonist:
"Ranger", Ex US Marine, somewhat current mercenary working in the zone.
Age: Mid 20s
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 220lbs
Build: Athletic to muscular
(This stuff helps build a character in the mind for the voice to act out, and also lets the listener imagine the character.)
He has become a de facto loner after his Merc. group was wiped out while trying to obtain an artifact for a man only known as "The Customer". Current whereabouts are Army Warehouses/ Dead City area tagging along with a group of loners to get back to the Cordon.

What I would need help with:
Writing (as I said, I'm not the best, I can do stories/ outlines but I REALLY suck at dialogue.)
Other voice actors/ characters (not very hard, you just need a character, microphone, and audacity)
Getting sound files from the game----\
Since this is going to be audio only sound is going to be a BIG part.
Background music.-------------------------/
Editors (were gonna need at least 2 in addition to me, getting sound files right is easy, but time consuming.)
No Idea what else I'd need, but I'm sure I'm missing something....

Would any of y'all be interested in helping with something like this?

If you are, just post below or send me a PM.
[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_wdcLQA-EI[/video]

I can possibly do the audio mastering/editing
If you wanted to do it in a podcast style method you can use a skype confrence. (They can be really good quality!), and rip the audio stream from there. Its how most podcasts where the authors are miles away are done.
Otherwise, im more than capable to do audio editing.

Well, from what little RP experience I have I think I could help you. Also, I could do some voice acting - I worked on a school radio for a while, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Count me as interested.

Did I mention I can fake a stereotypical Eastern European accent too :P ?

Also, for background audio- there's that freesounds project as well as a bunch of other free-audio services, like the newgrounds audio portal for example- if you're looking for ambient music and such.

Bottswana any editing help would be greatly appreciated.

Afterburnzz, that would be awesome. I can fake the accent too, but I sounding like that FPSRussia guy from youtube hah.

If y'all want you can add me on steam or something for a discussion.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/grave0digger

As promised I have the proof of concept recording finished:

http://www.mediafire.com/?wisj1f9icr0s5ia

This took me about an hour of editing, because audacity is a PITA with multi-tracking, and I had to find the files from my CS Complete install hah.

I was thinking that the full episodes would be around 10-20 minutes in length. And could be preceded or followed by a STALKER discussion or behind the scenes stuff. (We could possibly do a themed STALKER Radio podcast with this as a feature or something...)

Nice! Alright, when I get a stable-enough connection (circa monday) then I'll give you a shout over Steam.

Sounds good man.

Right now I'm looking for more outlets to pass the word to find more ppl and get some more support. Any ideas?

Bit of threadomancy, but is this still going on, at all?

I had planned to do this a few years ago as apart of a modding project to bring the community into the world of STALKER. I wanted to make a radio program that was updated for the community to download and use in-game. The original idea was for a portable radio in-game like the MP3 used in some mods, but then turned into changing the bar's music to this.

The major problem with the project is that I didn't feel my voice and the voice of a few others really fit the atmosphere of a rough Russian hellhole.

I don't know, I think if you could manage the quality the guy above managed, you'd be alright. As long as you get the background sounds of the Zone right, and have a decent script, I think it'd work out really well.

Yes, this is still alive. We're looking for a suitable theme song, something acoustic with a tinge of Ukrainian folk. Ranger has already found some good tunes for use in the actual podcast whereas I'm trying to trick my brain into spawning ideas.

Well, it seems a bit too obvious of a suggestion, but have you considered the bar music from SoC? The OST version doesn't seem to be quite so accoustic as I remember the in-game version being, though that could just be my memory, but it's certainly a good fit for any Stalker-podcast, though, granted, you'd have to take a selection from in it somewhere.

Here.

Aye, Dirge for the Planet is a great tune.

...except for the fact that the woman singing it couldn't hold a tone to save her own life? Yeah. We've also taken the Bar theme into consideration, though we're looking for something a bit more...Acoustic.

Well, how about this, the Metro 2033 end-track? That's all accoustic.

Or another accoustic track from the same game:
Guitar song

Still alive and well here, just got done writing the first chapter. (I procrastinate a lot with my writing, so I will write a paragraph and delete a page haha).

I still need more people, especially to help me with the sound effects, I don't have time to sit here digging through files (I cant even get the Game's sounds and am relying on Complete mod's sounds) while writing and recording voice, so if anyone would like to volunteer to do that it'd be greatly appreciated! :D

Calhoun says he will post it the moment he receives it - awesome!

Awesome, I'll try to get the 1st chapter recorded (plus a possible rerecording of the prologue) soon. Ive also got a pretty good Idea for a "trailer" of sorts...

Any spots still open for voice acting? :P
And I can help writing the story.
I am "zone master/game master" and making a stalker pen and paper/table rpg for my group.

For music tracks? stalkers own ambient soundtrack is good for most parts, and of course guitar tracks.

All positions are still open!

We need everyone we can get!

Add me or Afterburnzz/ Sidorovich/ whoever the hell else he is this week (lol) on steam if you want to learn more!

D'nae worry, I'm the creator of the Steam Community, you shouldn't have much trouble finding me.