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by Lance Blair
Mon Apr 20, 2026 12:54 am
Forum: Research and Development
Topic: NPCs and AI
Replies: 3
Views: 313

Re: NPCs and AI

Ah, yes, it's crazy to try and write for a persistent world, or a complex live world! We aren't in "Animal Crossing" anymore, Toto!
The research paper is spiffy, but it is by Guanwei Zeng from Zhejiang A&F University.
by Lance Blair
Thu Apr 16, 2026 11:54 pm
Forum: Research and Development
Topic: NPCs and AI
Replies: 3
Views: 313

NPCs and AI

Here's an overview of the latest tech for using AI to build NPC characters in Persistent Worlds.
On one hand, you get characters that can react to how the game changes. You get spontaneity. And you break out of a dialog tree.
On the other hand, you get more content but lose the authenticity of ...
by Lance Blair
Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:09 pm
Forum: CHAT
Topic: Trend: jingle spots
Replies: 3
Views: 533

Re: Trend: jingle spots

I sure hope jingles make a comeback!
When I still did field audio engineering, we interviewed a guy at his house for a historical documentary.
Then he told us he wrote the Rice A Roni jingle! I was amazed!
by Lance Blair
Wed Apr 15, 2026 2:38 am
Forum: CHAT
Topic: Tap-Tap-- Is this on?
Replies: 9
Views: 1969

Re: Tap-Tap-- Is this on?

I am digging the new digs. Thank you for the new architecture! It's spiffy! :D
by Lance Blair
Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:26 am
Forum: Research and Development
Topic: Guide to Recording Voice Overs with REAPER
Replies: 0
Views: 539

Guide to Recording Voice Overs with REAPER

Here's a link below to my guide for recording voiceovers with REAPER, especially designed for those migrating from Adobe Audition or other DAWs to REAPER. It contains:
1.) How to make REAPER work like Adobe Audition in Waveform Editor Mode (but non-destructively!)
2.) How to save a highlighted ...
by Lance Blair
Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:19 am
Forum: GEAR
Topic: AKG C114
Replies: 0
Views: 492

AKG C114

I had been looking into the AKG C414 or C314. I'm not fond of the bright metallic top end and scooped sound of the C214. The sE 4400 sounded interesting too.
And then, AKG just released a cheap mic that sounds very much like the C414 XLS with a little less low end to it, that I would roll off ...
by Lance Blair
Wed Apr 15, 2026 12:07 am
Forum: CHAT
Topic: Gmail's unified inbox setup
Replies: 4
Views: 624

Re: Gmail's unified inbox setup

Thanks for bringing this up Mike. I'm an Outlook guy, but I was thinking of moving to all Google and Gmail because OneDrive is really glitchy with playing back audio files and many EU clients can't download files from OneDrive.

Now this reminds me of why I don't use Google all the time. I ...