The Soundscape of Uprising

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Sound spotting capsuleers,

The Uprising expansion brought several new developments into the soundscape of New Eden, with a view to making EVE more immersive, convincing, and richly detailed. In this blog we’re going to walk you through the design and composition principles behind many of those new sound effect (SFX) and music features of Uprising – namely the new turret SFX, the Upwell Hangar soundscapes, new login music, and the adaptive battlefield music.

And if you like the idea of taking the sounds of the star cluster with you into the rest of your life, make sure not to miss EVE’s latest music release! We’re very excited to announce that all of the music of Uprising has now arrived on Spotify and other streaming platforms as a new album. With 10 tracks to lose yourself to, ‘The Music of Uprising’ brings plenty to keep your ears occupied. In fact, why not put it on now, as a backdrop to reading this blog?

Without further ado, let’s dive into it!

The Uprising expansion came with updated sound design for turret weapons. This includes outburst and impact sounds of beams, pulses, blasters, railguns, artillery, and auto cannons.

Apart from the turrets sounding and feeling more powerful and rewarding as you unleash their firepower, a main function for the new designs is to give a visceral and clear sense of weapon size and technology, so that they may become useful audio clues that can be exploited as an integral part of gameplay.

The update also cleans up the overall sound experience of large-scale battle scenarios – not least due to EVE’s new sound prioritization system which saves on CPU usage from the audio system, while significantly improving the overall sound experience of EVE Online. You can also check out this special