NGAP Collab Center - hellish-dealings

Heyo! This is an audiodrama I wrote for us to post on Newgrounds, please abide by the audio portal rules. It's not for any event or anything but I was thinking on 2-weekish deadlines for each step, so April 30 for VA recordings, May 15 for editing and May 30 for adding music. Here's our current cast: Child - @Simoes1000 Delivery Person - @𝘘𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘬 Demotrius - @AlbertoJGarciaVA Drug Addict - @DJpicklefingers Hot Dog Vendor - @Steampunk S’more Macabra - @Dr.Zootsuit Margaret - @M-kirbs Mom - @G A M M A Party Goer 1 - @99poly Party Goer 2 - @asj ♪ Store Clerk - @Ciyro Editors - @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) (she's already musician, so could be someone else) Musicians - @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) , @RRRRRAHHHH!!! , @bossimusic And here's the script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hvU1O0qIN4jb0qES94DV02GalgafRqsvnBf4DaAmAko/edit?usp=drivesdk (edited)

Hellish Dealings

Helllish Dealings CHARACTERS Child, 5 Year Old. Delivery Person, Pizza Delivery Guy. Demotrius, Demon. Drug Addict, Low-life. Hot Dog Vendor, Street Vendor. Macabra, Demoness. Margaret, Party Host. Mom, In Her Forties. Party Goer 1, Young. Party Goer 2, Single. Store Clerk, Cle...

4:12 PM

Any issue you can DM me

AhWham pinned a message to this channel. 4/13/2025 4:34 PM

@Ferstofus Your collab role is @deleted-role, use it to ping for updates or any other news regarding the collab

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Yeet

Hell yeah

10:29 PM

Reading it gives me vibes of that [adult swim] show Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell

Never watched it

I totally reccomend it then, it's really good

First 3 lines done

Ah screw it, I did em all already!

Hellish_Dealings_Margaret.zip

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11:06 AM

I know that deadline is in 2 weeks but I knocked those out since I only had like 9 lines and as a warm-up for the other projects

M-kirbs

First 3 lines done

such a nice voice tho

Thank you!

4:40 PM

I kinda wanted to lean into a sort of Eric Andre "Ranch It Up" kinda tone lol

Been wanting to dabble in VA stuff more often -# when I don't have a silly filter on like most of the other stuff I do

this is my first time doing something like this

I'm sure you'll do great ^^

I'll give my best shot

I'll knock mine out soon

M-kirbs

Ah screw it, I did em all already!

I like the lines but there's a noise in the recording or something

9:03 PM

Any idea what could that be?

Ferstofus

Any idea what could that be?

so i think analyzed the wave and i think its a mic issue, where the gain is creating this hiss/hum. Especially since the hiss/hum is softer when the voice isnt speaking. If you're using a USB mic, grounding issues/connection with the computer can introduce a constant hum. Or it could be a background noise. The voice itself sounds relatively clear, but the noise slightly undercuts the quality. plus the waveform before the speech begins is not flat and where there's no line theres still something there. (edited)

9:35 PM

also i tried fixing it with EQ and other mixing/mastering shenanigans but i couldn't. if any of the other musicians wanna try go for it and let me know if you fixed it and how cause i'd like to learn (also my bad for the whole paragraph) (edited)

Yeah, kirbs can try doing something with her mic or someone else fix it with sound wizardry

bossimusic

so i think analyzed the wave and i think its a mic issue, where the gain is creating this hiss/hum. Especially since the hiss/hum is softer when the voice isnt speaking. If you're using a USB mic, grounding issues/connection with the computer can introduce a constant hum. Or it could be a background noise. The voice itself sounds relatively clear, but the noise slightly undercuts the quality. plus the waveform before the speech begins is not flat and where there's no line theres still something there. (edited)

Thanks for the analysis ABotOK

yea no problem!

bossimusic

so i think analyzed the wave and i think its a mic issue, where the gain is creating this hiss/hum. Especially since the hiss/hum is softer when the voice isnt speaking. If you're using a USB mic, grounding issues/connection with the computer can introduce a constant hum. Or it could be a background noise. The voice itself sounds relatively clear, but the noise slightly undercuts the quality. plus the waveform before the speech begins is not flat and where there's no line theres still something there. (edited)

Yeah, all I got is a crappy laptop

10:12 PM

I use Voicemod to at least try and get rid of the noise reduction while recording since the Enhancer has one built-in, guess it wasn't enough

M-kirbs

Yeah, all I got is a crappy laptop

so if you can, DM me an un-edited version (no voicemod/enhancer) to see if i can reduce the noise manually, if not we can play into the noise as Margaret is the party host, tho that's up to Ferstofus (edited)

Or maybe you could work with the enhancer to reduce the noise if that's possible?

11:03 PM

Like find a way to get rid of the noise with these takes alone

M-kirbs

Or maybe you could work with the enhancer to reduce the noise if that's possible?

yea i can do that. send both tho, cause i'm more accustomed to messing with a raw recording, but i'm down to try with both. and i'll let y'all know so we can decide what to do

also @Ferstofus quick question. I wanted to know what you meant by editor, were you referring to stitching all the VA lines together, or more like what I'm doing now (production and quality control of the audio)? I feel like both kinda fall under the editor umbrella, but its more like Final Editor & Audio Clean-Up/Producer. (edited)

11:25 PM

I'm totally down to sift through and clean up all the lines so they sound crisp/clean/whatever you're aiming for, and then someone else can handle stitching them together.

Well audio clean-up would be awesome, I just mention stitching up lines and sfx because that's the bare minimum we need, right. I just don't know if @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) already wanted to do audio clean-up, bro

got it, thanks for clarifying. I'll wait for a response from @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) to see what the plan moving forward is.

bossimusic

yea i can do that. send both tho, cause i'm more accustomed to messing with a raw recording, but i'm down to try with both. and i'll let y'all know so we can decide what to do

Uhhh, that would mean I would have to re-record the lines from scratch tho :\

12:03 AM

The Voicemod pretty much like acts as my mic

12:04 AM

And using my laptop mic alone would probably make for a lower quality result

got it, well for now just let it be. lets wait for a more defined way to split up the editor role and once we do then we can work on reducing the hiss/hum

bossimusic

got it, thanks for clarifying. I'll wait for a response from @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) to see what the plan moving forward is.

Of course you can! ^^

ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud)

Of course you can! ^^

Okay, cool! i’ll handle the production and quality control of the lines as they come in, and then send the final versions either through DMs or whatever works best. Once Ferstofus gives it the stamp of approval, we can go ahead with that plan. Just let me know if that works for you, and we should make a plan for music once we have a majority of the lines.

I’m so mad, I scheduled today to finally record my part

4:03 PM

And now I’m sick so I have to put it off further

4:03 PM

specifically with a sore throat, because god hates me

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do i have to fake an american accent or no (please tell me i dont

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99poly

do i have to fake an american accent or no (please tell me i dont

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I did

7:26 PM

Because I Am American

do i really have to say ts

It's part of the character

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BAAAAASSSSEEEEDDD!!!

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Heh

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8:56 PM

A selection of attempted character design sketches

8:57 PM

I wanted to try doing a lil art piece, but before I can I had to figure out what the two actually looked like

8:57 PM

I do think I'll do it but I've got a lot of stuff I need to draw atm

8:57 PM

but these came out cute

8:57 PM

@Ferstofus

Heh, cool! I hadn't any visuals in mind for them, feel free to interpret

so wait. do we start to make the music?

Well, a bunch of VAs were late to deliver lines and one downright said their house caught on fire, and I forgave and I waited. I thought we could still make it on time if the rest were fast workers, but it's now unlikely, and I'll have to ditch people. New deadline is the end of June.

Ferstofus

Well, a bunch of VAs were late to deliver lines and one downright said their house caught on fire, and I forgave and I waited. I thought we could still make it on time if the rest were fast workers, but it's now unlikely, and I'll have to ditch people. New deadline is the end of June.

@deleted-role

I was just randomly pinged here. But all I'll say now is if anyone needs an extra VA, I'll gladly help.

I’d be down to pick up the slack as well if need be

Thanks guys, but I had already called on a VA friend of mine to help out, things got in the editing phase, finally

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any updates

Well, @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) should be editing it these days, I asked her to finish and pass it to the musicians by the 15th

Ferstofus

Well, @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) should be editing it these days, I asked her to finish and pass it to the musicians by the 15th

About that

4:37 PM

I told her about that on Sunday

4:38 PM

she said “I need to start as soon as I can”

Well, as long as she pulls it off, I have no complaints

I hope so

Ferstofus

Well, as long as she pulls it off, I have no complaints

I will, dont worry about it

2:38 AM

if i need something, i will tell you

2:38 AM

probably i'll need a little bit of specifications, because im quite dummy

2:38 AM

but ill let you know tomorrow

it's getting to the end of the month

Yeah, tomorrow I'll make an announcement (edited)

Hey @deleted-role . I just wanted to say that sadly we didn't get it done by the deadline. I belatedly realized some lines needed rerecording and there was miscommunication on the editing. But, the good news is that the lines and sfx are already assembled and the musicians are making the music. I'm hoping we'll get it finally done this month. Fingers crossed

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Hey @deleted-role , here we are again. This time a musician stopped responding mid-month so it seems I'm gonna need to find a new one. @Musician , would any one of you like to compose for the Act 2 of this audiodrama?

Ferstofus

Hey @deleted-role , here we are again. This time a musician stopped responding mid-month so it seems I'm gonna need to find a new one. @Musician , would any one of you like to compose for the Act 2 of this audiodrama?

which type of music?

𝘘𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘬

which type of music?

Well, it's in an urban setting, so anything you think would fit into that

Urban, eh?

Ferstofus

Heyo! This is an audiodrama I wrote for us to post on Newgrounds, please abide by the audio portal rules. It's not for any event or anything but I was thinking on 2-weekish deadlines for each step, so April 30 for VA recordings, May 15 for editing and May 30 for adding music. Here's our current cast: Child - @Simoes1000 Delivery Person - @𝘘𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘬 Demotrius - @AlbertoJGarciaVA Drug Addict - @DJpicklefingers Hot Dog Vendor - @Steampunk S’more Macabra - @Dr.Zootsuit Margaret - @M-kirbs Mom - @G A M M A Party Goer 1 - @99poly Party Goer 2 - @asj ♪ Store Clerk - @Ciyro Editors - @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) (she's already musician, so could be someone else) Musicians - @ąʂɧƖɛყ (SynnCloud) , @RRRRRAHHHH!!! , @bossimusic And here's the script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hvU1O0qIN4jb0qES94DV02GalgafRqsvnBf4DaAmAko/edit?usp=drivesdk (edited)

Feel free to check out the script

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3:05 PM

Hi Vadell

it’s an audiodrama,

3:06 PM

so like making a film score

3:06 PM

I guess

Yeah, I did that for Fersto not long ago

go for it

whoever wants to work ill get you into the chat.

Ferstofus

Hey @deleted-role , here we are again. This time a musician stopped responding mid-month so it seems I'm gonna need to find a new one. @Musician , would any one of you like to compose for the Act 2 of this audiodrama?

interesting, i wanna know detaild

I'm liking the script so far, but not sure if I can feasibly commit to this particular project right now, since I got a lot of other projects on the go (including other stuff planned with Ferstofus). I'll have to back out of this one, but wishing y'all luck.

Betta "Bettabox" Box

interesting, i wanna know detaild

Script here https://discord.com/channels/1038654206158061638/1361052206857719828/1361071537947541616

I have a comic and a collab animation to finish

3:11 PM

I can’t commit to this without delaying both those

interested to work

Betta "Bettabox" Box

interested to work

The job is yours, then!

wot

3:43 PM

so cool

ok ill get you into the chat.

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hello i would like to join in these festivities

Noltrollroll (noel)

hello i would like to join in these festivities

Well...think we're already full for this one. But I'll call you for a next audiodrama that I make

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Alrighty, sooooo good news

11:34 AM

I have a new mic, so if y'all want I could re-record all my lines

11:35 AM

Buzzing/noise won't be a problem anymore, yayyyy!

M-kirbs

I have a new mic, so if y'all want I could re-record all my lines

Don't think it will be necessary, but thanks

10:09 PM

By the way, @deleted-role , this production continues to be as much of a drama as the audio! The last musician didn't do anything after a month so we got a new one again. Tune in next month for the next episode!

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Ferstofus

Don't think it will be necessary, but thanks

Alrighty, looks like that'll be less on my agenda then :P

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hello guys. i'm a musician

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so umm who's online?

damn i was sorting through my downloads folder just before the announcement and found my lines for this thing, crazy timing (edited)

1:14 PM

(they're so much worse than i remembered oh mygod)

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lol share

HELL no

bro we need random update

1:34 PM

just to keep the dealings alive

It's only in danger if we ping him and he doesn't answer

1:36 PM

I feel for him, audio drama productions can be its own drama ABotSAD

AhWham

It's only in danger if we ping him and he doesn't answer

Is he waiting on something for music or mixing?

1:39 PM

I'd volunteer if it would help

Music if I remember correctly- though might as well ping to ask

Fair enough

1:42 PM

@Ferstofus if you need any help speeding up the process for the music or need any help with putting the audio together im here baybee

DJpicklefingers

@Ferstofus if you need any help speeding up the process for the music or need any help with putting the audio together im here baybee

Well currently @Noltrollroll (noel) is making the missing music and has delivered it for some of the scenes. I gave him til the end of the month. If I need to I'll call you, picklefingers

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Yo @Ferstofus I'm done!

Discord limited my access to send things till Nov 8 (I'll get that sorted dw) so I sent it through ng

3:38 AM

And I can't dm people until then

3:38 AM

Noltrollroll is my username

Noltrollroll (noel)

Noltrollroll is my username

Yeah, I received it, man! Sent it to Ashley and she said she'll be finishing it all up, looks like things are coming together!

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oh ok thats good to hear!

@deleted-role , we should finally release the audiodrama this week! I've sent invites to all of you to the NG project, accept when you can and if there's any issue, please let me know!

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hihihihi

10:43 AM

I'm back

Heyo

Ferstofus

Heyo

Do we have a planned date on when this is releasing?

Well, as soon as it is finished

Gotcha, checking in since the week is ending soon

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@deleted-role It is finished! It is finally! It is posted! It ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!! https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1493904