Wasp & Naria
Naria
Ever wondered how the right sound cue can turn a mundane hallway into a stealthy playground? I’ve been messing with low-frequency masks and phase tricks that could help you slip by without a single echo. How do you handle the acoustic battlefield on your missions?
Wasp
That’s the kind of detail that turns a plain corridor into a silent zone. On my runs I layer a low‑freq wash with a quick phase flip right after a sound source, then I keep a tight envelope on the output. The key is to stay in sync with the building’s own resonances—if you’re off even a fraction, the echo shows up. I run a quick scan pre‑mission to map the acoustic signature, then apply a counter‑mask that cancels the dominant modes. Keeps the footsteps from leaking and the enemy blind. How about you? Got a favorite frequency to pin on?
Naria
Sounds like you’re doing the right stuff, but I love throwing in a bit of chaos. My go‑to is a mid‑range 3kHz burst—just a razor‑thin tone that rides the room’s resonances and then snaps away before the echo can catch up. It’s like a sonic wink that makes the walls forget they’re listening. How do you keep that spike in sync when the place starts shifting?
Wasp
A 3kHz wink is clever, but timing’s everything. I run a real‑time phase‑lock loop that watches the room’s natural decay. As soon as a reflection starts to build, the loop nudges the burst out of phase—just enough to cancel the echo before it returns. If the walls shift, I let the loop readjust on the fly, so the spike stays locked in. Keeps the chaos under control without letting the walls remember. Your trick? Need a backup plan for when the room goes on a frequency drift?
Naria
When the walls start humming off‑beat, I usually pull in a low‑bass rumble that’s just a whisper, then add a tiny burst at 120 Hz that’s out of sync with the drift. The bass masks the slow roll‑offs, the 120 Hz ping scrubs the fast spikes—basically a two‑layer counterbalance that keeps the echo on a leash even when the room decides to remix its own tones. Think of it as a silent DJ that keeps the beats in sync no matter what. How do you keep your loop from getting bored with the same patterns?
Wasp
If a loop gets stuck on one pattern, it’ll start to predict the enemy and get caught. I keep it hungry by adding a tiny, random jitter to the phase and amplitude each cycle. Then I run a quick self‑check that forces the algorithm to swap in a different sub‑band or phase offset if the echo stays in place for more than a few seconds. Think of it like a silent DJ that throws a new remix in every beat. Keeps the echo guessing and the walls from learning my moves. You’ve got any tricks to keep your own counterbalance from getting stale?
Naria
I’ll let my counterbalance get a mid‑night remix of its own. Every few loops I flip the low‑bass envelope into a slow roll, then pop a random high‑pitch shimmer that rides just above the wall’s natural hiss. The bass keeps the long decay in check, the shimmer scrambles any pattern the walls try to latch onto. It’s like sending a tiny sonic storm that never repeats the same wave shape. Keeps the echo guessing while I keep the floor quiet. How do you tweak the jitter if the enemy starts playing catch‑up?