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Poll #294

Harmful Audio

I am looking to clean up our audio, and would like a list of things to look at. What sounds are too loud/painful to hear?

Created 2023-04-21 22:34:18
Starts 2023-04-21 22:34:18
Ends 2023-04-28 22:34:18
Poll Type Text Reply
Votes Cast 136
Someone replied at 2023-04-21 22:42:20:

Please please please please turn down air alarms.

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 22:59:42:

grav gen

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 22:59:25:

The "wave" intruments on the midi player (only seen it on PAIs) put them up to max volume and try any song, it will give you a headache (on all 3 types) either immediately or after listening long enough

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 23:00:14:

Nothing, it is perfect, thank you, goodbye

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 23:14:38:

emag honk or something like that thing is too loud

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 23:15:24:

The PANDEMIC ping when a culture bottle or vaccine is avaible is kinda owchie. I mean its good, serves its purpose but kinda painful.

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 23:35:23:

Disco inferno

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 23:46:28:

Nar'Sie spawn is so loud that I have to take my headset off everytime it happens.

Also if I remember, some lightning and gun sounds are a bit too loud (Can't remember which in particular though).

Also those brass boots can be a little annoying, but I think that's the point of them.

Someone replied at 2023-04-21 23:51:01:

FUCKING TCOMMS, YOU KNOW THIS, YOU DINGUS

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:04:01:

the ones that are loud/unpleasant are like that for a reason so its ok

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:17:20:

The sound it makes when you walk over a frog

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:19:53:

You're a cool guy, thanks for the service

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:20:09:

Telecomms, grav gen

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:20:27:

-Arrival Shuttle boom
-Cult conversion explosion on mindshielded people.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:20:30:

Arrival shuttle reaching it's destination.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:21:58:

the frog sound and the horn

its blaring

i really liked the new fire alarm noise

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:23:27:

Fire alarms.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:32:01:

Doors opening are little loud compared to other sounds currently in the game.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:47:55:

flashbangs and flash spam do genuinely hurt my eyes, as i cannot deal with contrasting lights very well. i would recommend the laser sounds be meatier since they are really unsatisfying also.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 00:55:46:

The nuke going off

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 01:15:40:

"Are there men on mars" or whatever its called makes my ears bleed take it off lobby music thx

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 01:57:26:

Make lazer guns not sound like a Pew pew noise

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 02:00:41:

B W O I N K

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 02:13:16:

The Supermatter, especially when the emitters are on

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 03:23:01:

Telecomms is loud
SM noises is loud sometimes (better than it used to be? maybe I got used to it)
Big lightning noise (The lightning bolt noise from a massive bluespace anomaly)
acid noises


Someone replied at 2023-04-22 03:26:33:

frog

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 03:28:31:

The supermatter gets way too loud when it starts delamming, especially the alarms that sound that easily are some of the loudest sounds in the game.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 03:34:17:

Telecomms, the gravity generator, surgery noises

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 04:27:53:

The arrival shuttle is way too loud
Fire alarms are also a little loud and get annoying after a while.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 05:43:47:

ling startup is pretty loud at times
tesla zap at times usually when there are multiple zaps at once
energy weapon pitch shift is horrendous

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 06:20:33:

Nothing,this game's sound design is great as it is,a simple BWOINK can strike fear into anyone,and the iconic roundend sounds like the ''You baggy doncutting'' Keep them the same

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 07:35:03:

The sound of stuff going into the delivery chute stacks. If you were to flush, say, 50 bullet casings down disposals, it'll play the disposal sound 50 times stacked on eachother. The instrument delivery pod is also a bit loud but not to the point of blowing your ears out.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 08:07:02:

bwoink

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 08:11:26:

necropolis tendril death

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 10:22:11:

Bombs that are extremely close to the listener, especially very potent ones, can be quite ear shattering.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 11:03:39:

Nuclear emergency and alarm sound.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 12:30:39:

being stuck in a disposals loop

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 13:06:39:

VOX AI

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 14:08:13:

the new menu music

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 14:38:42:

The honk sound.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 15:18:44:

bwoink sound make me spook very icky!!!!

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 15:19:03:

telecomms servers too loud
grav gen too loud

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 15:19:57:

honk
high pitched noise from certain instruments

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 15:29:09:

firelock sounds

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 16:34:37:

not hearing antag sound when i spawn

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 16:44:24:

supermatter alarm

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 17:16:19:

Pipe drop wav, you know what admins do it as a joke, and they know it is too loud.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 17:40:19:

swhitenoise

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 17:54:28:

t comms equipment
supermatter
grav gen

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 18:49:52:

I really want to play with ambient on but at times its straight up horrendous

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 19:46:27:

The fucking police whistle is STUPID LOUD for no reason

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 19:47:31:

blast cannon bad

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 19:51:08:

bwoink sound, remove it all together, as a matter of fact remove admins all together they fucking suck and ruin fun for everyone

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 20:07:47:

Telecomms, even just a few telecomms machines (4 for a minimum setup) blow out your ears if you get too close.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 20:08:00:

Welding

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 20:08:44:

the arrival shuttle departing

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 20:18:51:

bwoink.

in all seriousness some sounds around th Supermatter are painful to hear

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 21:02:41:

I personally have misophonia, or extreme irritation caused by eating noises. I don't mean to add on to your workload, but if you could add an option to disable all eating noises that would be a godsend for my experience.

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 21:56:05:

supermatter, gravgen, a lot of the tool sounds but only as the user

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 21:58:41:

The fucking frog

Someone replied at 2023-04-22 22:29:49:

I know it's intentional, but the nuke blowing up the station sound effect really doesn't need to be 50 times louder than the rest of the game.

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 00:38:10:

None, in fact some are too quiet, I would recommend increasing the audio of most sounds like footsteps

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 00:38:10:

None, in fact some are too quiet, I would recommend increasing the audio of most sounds like footsteps

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 00:58:33:

BWOINK

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 02:03:00:

grav gen hurt ear pls nerf

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 02:33:00:

The portal storm sound effects are annoying

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 04:27:53:

the Modsuit error sound, which usually plays when you try and activate your suit with the panel open or whatnot. that thing is so loud, and it always makes me jump whenever im not expecting it. the sound itself isnt bad i suppose, but please quiet it down

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 04:38:33:

the frog and toy mouth are loud as hell

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 05:21:25:

Energy sword

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 06:07:46:

portal storm + the colossus "horn"

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 08:59:32:

Nothing. Audio is one of the only things that we really are missing, and I would like more audio before we start cutting shit :D

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 09:17:58:

Experimental Destructive Scanner - cytology destructive scan experiments (vat-grown cockroach, mice) is too loud. Borg in the destructor makes the same sound but maybe given that circumstance is justified in being a bit louder.

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 09:33:01:

lobby music

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 12:24:59:

Airlocks, telecoms

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 15:23:50:

when sm delams and the audio gets REALLY crusty

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 15:24:39:

body getting dismembered and being gibbed is awfully loud paired with an explosion

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 16:11:51:

admin help bwoink noise

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 18:36:36:

FIRE ALARMS

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 18:53:41:

Clown shoes.

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 19:25:09:

SM kills

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 20:55:04:

that pahhhhhhhhhhhhhh when you walking down the hall

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 21:50:04:

When you step on a bunch of lightbulb's at once it is deafening. Perhaps make it so only one of the bulbs make audio, or have a seperate sound for when 2+ bulbs are stepped on.

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 21:56:51:

fire alarms

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 22:52:07:

supermatter hum at higher energy/mole levels canbe ear-destroying.

Someone replied at 2023-04-23 23:28:29:

Firelocks. REMOVE FIRELOCKS. A slight change in degrees? BWAAHHHH!!! BHWAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 00:26:34:

Get rid of the fire alarm and telecomms sounds, they're just obnoxious as hell.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 02:03:52:

Bwoink scares me

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 02:54:03:

The frog's scream is very painful to hear at times

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 03:55:53:

There is only one sound I have a complaint about.

PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF ZAZA, CHANGE THE NULL ROD/ANTI-MAGIC ACTIVATION SOUND!!

I'd expect something magical-sounding enough to come out of it, not some sort of weird combination of someone sucking on an empty juice box mixed with scratched chalkboard.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 04:46:19:

Police whistle

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 05:38:55:

The Arrivals Shuttle docking noise has taken a few years off of my functioning hearing.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 13:38:52:

fire alarms

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 14:17:39:

moving over TCOMMS as a player or ghost (and maybe AI? i forgor) is real fuckin loud I think

grav gen also has the same issue of being loud as fuck the instant you move into the room next to it

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 16:10:39:

Soften the sound of the SM slightly, it comes through and shakes my headphones.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 16:12:16:

Multiple airlocks, wounds, Vox AI spam, Comms console announements spam, clown honk items on our tile, bronze items. sabre/e sword hits, disposals, emitter, GRAVGEN.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 16:18:08:

airlocks, heretic runes, e sword flicks, emmiters, code spams(just make cooldown on code change so people wont spam with them) Gravgen.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 17:27:47:

"Life on Mars?" title music is a little on the loud side compared to other title audio, though nothing too jarring. It's enough that I have to use Stop Sounds when it comes on, even though I love the song.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 19:42:33:

Steel pipe. Please Vekter. I know its funny. But please. It hurts me.

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 20:56:30:

bwoink

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 21:38:04:

FIRE ALARMS PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD LET US HAVE A FUCKING PREF SETTING TO LOCALLY MUTE THE FIRE ALARM

Someone replied at 2023-04-24 22:22:33:

the sound of a locker being hit by an emitter

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 02:23:10:

telecomms but its reasonable given that youre in a contained room with the most fucking obnoxious technology to repair to begin with

the rock guitar? red guitar? very annoying personally with the BEE BEE BEE BEE BEEs every second but i muted most instruments myself

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 02:23:12:

The PDA noise when you scan a pipe with the atmospheric app It makes a really annoying beeping sound. It's not that loud, but it plays every time you scan and makes it hard to use

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 02:47:31:

Large quantities of stacked up items going through a disposals inlet/trunk and bin(?) at the same time, give a brief, but VERY loud sound, depending on how many items goes through at once.

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 07:14:37:

The low droning noise of the supermatter can be a bit painful.

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 16:46:02:

the shuttle departing when entering a round

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 17:15:34:

Mr. Beast sound effect

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 18:16:48:

the new shutter sounds, the sounds of people complaining on discord, the bwoink sound, the intern

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 18:17:23:

bwoink

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 21:15:13:

DEEZ NUTS SLAPPIN' YO MOMMA'S ASS SON YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 21:24:27:

Those Bri'ish tts are annoying.
Add something nordic.

VIKINGS

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 21:33:20:

Some, if not all, of the SM sounds. Ia combination of them being very loud and very very bass heavy. I like the SM sounds but they are far too loud and the bass is too much.

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 22:54:27:

The public testing chamber outside science is very loud and its sound keeps the same volume no matter how far away you are from it, or if line of sight is broken. Also it's a tad grating I guess.

Someone replied at 2023-04-25 23:37:42:

bwoink
But as a non-joke answer I hate being near telecomms and the grav gen for any reason. Air alarms are slightly too loud.

Someone replied at 2023-04-26 04:01:47:

text to speech

Someone replied at 2023-04-26 21:01:18:

telecomms and grav ambient

Someone replied at 2023-04-26 21:55:53:

i dont know if the gun sounds were looked at but CS2 has some crisp gun sounds we should steal them

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 02:55:02:

Yo mama

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 02:55:01:

Yo mama

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 06:07:47:

All audio seems great to me

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 07:52:12:

the nuke detonation is slightly too loud. i also remember the nukie traitor alert sound peaking in a similar manner but i haven't heard it in ages so i'm probably long.

also the classic lobby songs are DEFINITELY too loud, i used to have to always open up volume mixer when they were the only ones in rotation.

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 07:59:23:

the nuclear bomb explosion

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 12:11:39:

let me turn down the laval land wind

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 17:34:00:

i think the noise that comes out when you use the arrow keys in a disposal pipe should be louder and more annoying.

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 18:42:13:

Those earrape tracks you can play on synths

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 18:52:16:

Anything that the Intern says

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 19:10:39:

The damaged hearing tinnitus is quite upsetting as someone who already has tinnitus. I hate hearing it in games.

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 20:13:52:

garbage on a conveyor belt in cargo. more garbage entering at once - more harmful.

Someone replied at 2023-04-27 20:26:23:

clones in genetics screaming all the fucking time. my wife must think im into the weirdest shit

Someone replied at 2023-04-28 01:15:36:

Anything to do with the SM, the intern, the idiotic robot announcer, anything relating to TTS

Someone replied at 2023-04-28 03:12:33:

telecomms machinines and the static

Someone replied at 2023-04-28 07:12:59:

The fire alarm is too loud. AI going delta hurts my ears too.

Someone replied at 2023-04-28 13:52:44:

Midi library is painful for my soul to hear, wish tg would get midi playback like on ss14

Someone replied at 2023-04-28 16:49:47:

New sounds sound really really bad. Older one sounded better.

Someone replied at 2023-04-28 20:58:45:

fire alarms

Someone replied at 2023-04-28 22:18:30:

THE FUCKING TTS HURTS MY EARS