@@gammon1183 thank you for that! 🤗 I am glad you enjoyed it... and there is much more coming! We also have chaptered high quality (320kbps) MP3 versions of everything on out Patreon site, plus more - check it out!
Thank you! I completely agree... one of the surprises for me, which wasn't as apparent when reading stories by Kevin J. Anderson is the level of violence in them (which is totally suitable for a story about an ASSASSIN DROID), which I hope we captured in the audiobook!
This has been a huge journey for The Archive (28 new A.I.'s in this story) not to mention a complete "immersive" experience (3 battles, 2 starship battles)! Given IG-88 is a robot (as are a majority of the characters, we decided to include distinct computer to computer communication, as well. The end result? In addition to a multitude of new A.I.'s, 22 distinct "sensors" and 8 distinct "upload/download" effects - each synched with specific droids (yes, when we planned it we did not realize what we were in for... but I believe the final edit does this awesome Star Wars novella justice (it comes in at just under 3 hours listening time). This was without a doubt the most complicated A.I. release The Archive has created - we will not be doing anymore droid-only release, at least not for a long while (as each requires an A.I. which is then put through 1 to 3 filters to create the "robot effect"). I hope everyone enjoys the first Tale of the Bounty Hunters!
People keep blaming Disney, when the blame falls on the fans who told Lucas that he did a crappy job on the Prequel trilogy, which led to Lucas selling Star Wars to Disney. The fact is, Lucas had very little faith in his 'story' to let the special effects be good enough to sell Star Wars. That's why he waited until 1997 to bring out the Special Editions, and 1999 for the Prequel trilogy. Had Lucas believed in his story, the Prequel trilogy could have been filmed and done by 1987 and finished in 1993. If he decided to do the 'sequel' trilogy (Episodes 7-9), Lucas could have brought those films out starting in 1997 and finished the whole story by 2003.
@@markusallen5634 That is completely, true... sadly. I remember seeing the Prequels in the theatre and thinking they were nothing like I thought they would be... but that isn't necessarily bad. My only real criticism of the prequels is that the 3rd movie quickly summarised through so many events taking place across 3 good novels, that much was lost. I know a film is a different media (as are audiobooks), so changes must be made... but would have preferred episode 3 to be at least 2 movies in itself... with that said, ofc I still love it
How cool is that! 🤗 Nice reading list choice, btw - my AP English teacher never selected stories like this one! 🤭 I hope you keep playing our audiobooks for yohr AP classes 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
By the way... Please subscribe (and have your students) , if you have not already - it really helps! 🤗 This might be useful for you as well - Paid subscribers on Patreon have access to all of our releases (and more) in 320kbps MP3 file format, all (correctly) chaptered... plus more! Gold Members influence our design decisions and project calendar... plus can request 1 audiobook creation of their choice every 3 months (which might be useful when planning your curriculum) 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@TheArchivistPublishing thank you for your reply. The only way that I can engage my students into reading is by having them read books or stories that they like. We starting reading the book but when I discovered your audiofile, I was more than greatful to have my students LISTEN to the book instead of reading it. And so it has proven totaly cool and effectivefor their listening comprehension skills . Regards from Venezuela
I have to acknowledge that you have gained a mastery in sound design.I can't begin to thank you enough. Hollywood can use you. I hope you begin to be remunerated for your superior work ethic.
Oh, how fondly I remember playing Shadows of the Empire on PC at young age! ❤ I could play through whole game, no problem, but the encounter with IG-88 always made me skip a heartbeat, feeling genuine fear back than, probably due to the sound design of this assassin droid unit 😅 Epic game! Would love to see it remastered once 🥰
@@alfonsedente9679 🤣😂🤣 I reviewed many espresso machines and do see a resemblance! 🤭 Maybe that is IG-88 's camouflage (patrons of the SW galaxy should be wary when entering the equivalent of a Starbucks!)
You have given a lot of more backstory to certain characters, and given a lot of flavor to Star Wars that episodes 789 are totally lacking. If they had studied dark horse comics like what the alien series and others franchises, they would’ve done way. Much better. I want to thank you for your narration and yes, I do read the books. I thank you very much for the bottom of my heart.❤
I am glad you enjoyed it! Please be sure to subscribe (and your friends!)... And paid subscribers on Patreon have access to chaptered MP3 files + Early Access to all of our audiobooks!
This is so awesome! I grew up with K.J.A.’s Tales trilogy. This is my cannon, so thank you! The mouse house should have read them, because THIS is the way! Lol
Hahaha... you know, that is the one tiny part of this story that I also didn't like (I even considered removing the 2-3 sentences from the production at one point)... That just wouldn't have happened! More likely, he would have just used a Force Choke to end the annoying conversation 🤣
1:51:11 the "Lets Go" trooper voice line from the OG Battlefront series!!! I stg i fell out of my chair cuz i have an autism Tick (tourrettes like tick) for that line!!!! LETS GO!
That was a great listen, thanks for the effort. Any chance, when you do other stories, of throwing in a Wilhelm Scream, kind of a tribute to the original trilogy?
Hahaha! Exactly! ... it is a good thing Luke destroyed the Death Star when he did, or we would have ended up with a "Cyberdyne Systems Situation" in Star Wars!
Do you plan on doing anymore books from the bounty hunters anthology This was Awesome… I’m a retired single dude with a lot of time to spare if you need any help… not sure what I can do… I got classic deep radio voice for reading lol. Anyways hope you continue this. Thanks
I am planning to do all of them. Next up is Black Fleet 2, Part 2, End Game, a *SURPRISE* full length audiobook, more Maul, then Dengar (Bounty Hunters, story 2)...but there are 4 of us... expect it in April...
The narrator's voice sounds like Otis Jirey fromthe Chilling Tales from Dark Nights UA-cam channel. I know it says the narration voice is created by AI. But it's spot on perfect.
Well done. I would suggest turning up the narration volume. Or turning down sound effect and dialogue volume. Great job though. Your definitely in my top 3 audiobook channels
Thank you for the kind words and comments. I recently re-listened to this audiobook and would agree the narration should be around 10% louder throughout (also compared to the characters' voices). Imminently, I will release another Maul audiobook - you should see a noticeable difference in the balance between narration and effects
"as they marched in unison [whilst cocking/readying weapons], the soft, calming music that was normally heard upon their arrival to Holowan Laboratories could still be heard ... adding a surreal tone to the impending confrontation, IG-88 took the time to power-up all of his weapons - he wanted to try them out." Yes - as the IG-88's take their "Hollywood Heroes Walk" to the battle... it's satire!
Found your channel at random, I was almost 2 hours in when I read the created with AI part. Wow just wow great work, better than alot of audio dramas I've listened to from Audible. Thank you for putting in your time to do this.
Thank you for the kind words! As soon as Scourge and Shield of Lies are completed (in November), expect the next Tale of the Bounty Hunters story - The Tale of Dengar, to be released!
Tfw you're listening to Prince Adam of Eternia recall the brutal Mutilations of Renowned Bounty Hunter and Weapon of Mass Destruction, IG-88 claim sentience and write it's name across the stars.
Well... your wish WILL come true! There are stories for the following Bounty Hunters - ALL of which will receive similar treatment to IG-88! (Dengar, Bosskk, 4LOM, & Boba Fett)
Man this is an extraordinary for audio books but I cannot take listening to the same beeping for 35 minutes just because it seems like some good filler
Thank you. Could you be more specific regarding the beeping? During which scene(s)? We are always interested in constant improvement, so would like to know which part you didn't like
@@cosinguspalpatine4449 if you compare what goes on in most of the EU books (events, progression of storyline, action, etc.) to most of the recent novels (not all, but most) there is little progression of the storyline across many of the novels (many of the High Republic novels just don't have much going on, unfortunately, not that I hate them... just that I wish more occurred) An example would be the recent Escape From Valo novel... it's okay, but across an entire novel, there are 3-5 radio broadcasts, 2-3 action scenes [all lasting a couple of minutes each], with the trapped Padawans beginning the novel "in hiding"... and ending in almost the same situation. I know that's a "young adult" novel... but remind myself that I read a majority of the EU novels for the first time between the ages of 12-17 (as a "young adult" 🤭). I wish the planning and writing of the recent novels had higher expectations of their audience. With that said, it is what we have these days, so of course I read them 🤣
Thanks for that! Yes, noted... we actually had a sound engineer give us some advice to avoid that in the future (who would have thought you could only record so many sounds over each other before it becomes difficult to hear the voices? 😂🤭😂)... but seriously, you should not have that issue in our projects since our discussion with the sound engineer (check out Cad Bane: Reputation, Force Heretic: To Die Trying, & the sneak peak of Death Star), we are balancing the sounds to the voices differently now... which I hope is noticeable!
What's next from these engineers, asasssin tanks? "They'll never hear a multi ton heavily armored machine coming to asassinate!"Guess there's no Steve Jobs like person in space...
@@TheArchivistPublishingit’s an absolute joy to hear these stories (this one in particular I had a real soft spot for as a kid!) read so well. If anything it’s because of that I maybe find the sound effects jarring. Not that I have any leg to stand on to be a critic and feel like a right knob for saying as much as have! 😅
Can someone explain what happened here? What is AI, and what is not? is this an official release from back then, ior is the storyline manufactured for this AI project?
Good questions... I see my description needs some added detail. The story is an original story by Kevin J Anderson from the anthology, Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1 of 5 bounty hunter stories). There was an audiobook released in the early 2000's on cassette - as a service for blind people (not publicly accessible). Our release (all of our releases) are generated using Artificial Intelligence (A. I.). In the context of audiobooks, that entails cresting voice samples to create a baseline voice, train the hell out of it, and use it (or them) to create audiobooks. Once the A. I. engine generates the voices, there is the option to run them through "filters" to adjust the voice (i.e., every droid voice has been run through multiple filters to turn what were originally human voices into distinct "robotic voices... the same with the alien voices and many of the human voices - as an aside, this allows one A.I. voice to become many different voices in their final form). Then music is mixed and added (increasing up/down as to not drown out dialogue - using a DJ tool created to do just that. Finally, sound effects are created and synced with the voices... And the end result is an audiobook like this one! 😌 Let me answer your follow-up question : "What about the other 4 bounty hunter stories?" They are coming! Currently, I am finalising Black Fleet Crisis, Vol. 2 - Part Two (which has some delays as the Luke A.I. v1 wasn't good enough to portray Luke Skywalker... actually, v2 wasn't either as it sounded more like Anakin than Luke! I am currently replacing all of Luke's dialogue - which is considerable 🫣 and you will see this release shortly.) Then Maul: End Game will be released (which has now A.I. Issues to correct), then the second bounty hunter story about Dengar. Expect multiple short stories released concurrently (as they have already gone through pre-production & production - and are considerably shorter in length). I hope you enjoyed 'Therefore I Am' 😋
@@TheArchivistPublishing thank you for your thorough explanation! Yes the description indeed lacked some clarity. A watered down version of ^this would help I guess. This entire project is just amazing. I tried to listen to it since weeks now, but always fall asleep as a huge wave of nostalgia overwhelms me. Theres a distinct vibe to the legend storys. It just screams childhood. On that note. May I ask if it is possible for you to replicate other voices, and how much work that is? My father passed away last year, and there is tons of voice over material of him narrating stories and all kinds of other stuff. Me and my brother were literally joking around how awesome it would be to let him speak for us. My father was an avid technology evangelist and till his last days always had the best equipment. He would crack up at the idea of his two sons listening to his AI voice, while we drink whiskey and let him tell us how stupid we look. Miss the guy. Anyway. Is there a way for us to get together?
I think if you've listened to the Tale of IG-88 (or any of my productions), it is clear that I care deeply about content. A.I. is a very interesting way to rapidly deliver content equal to live voices - and is rapidly getting better.
The book that made me, a 15 year old in 2003 very afraid of A.I. I actually was lent "I Have No Mouth and I must Scream." A couple of weeks after by a friend. Am. IG-88A. S.H.O.D.A.N. PROMETHEUS. SKYNET. The Men of Iron from 40k All are good reasons in fiction to not dick around with AI.
@@TheArchivistPublishingit's not AI What people are calling AI now is just rebranded advanced algorithms, it's the same stuff we've been using for years just better, commercialized and marketed as AI True AI doesn't exist or at least if it does it's under wraps and not publicly available
This is a sensory feast one of the best starwars stories.
I thought I'd heard them all when this turned up out of the blue.
Pure cool 😎
@@gammon1183 thank you for that! 🤗
I am glad you enjoyed it... and there is much more coming!
We also have chaptered high quality (320kbps) MP3 versions of everything on out Patreon site, plus more - check it out!
Ig 88 is such an underrated character thank you for keeping these amazing stories alive
Thank you for the kind words! 🤗🤗🤗
Dude! Just...DUDE! This is what happens when you raise a bar...and no one comes close...and you raise it again anyway. THANK SO MUCH!!!
Wow!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 🤗 🥲🤗
You don't know how much that means to me! 🤗
... I have been adding to an email to you over the last couple of weeks...
I will try to send it tonight!
Oh yeah, try any Star wars audiobook narrated by Mark Thompson and written by Timothy zahn
I love how this guy writes. The reading voice is perfect for the writers style
Thank you!
I completely agree... one of the surprises for me, which wasn't as apparent when reading stories by Kevin J. Anderson is the level of violence in them (which is totally suitable for a story about an ASSASSIN DROID), which I hope we captured in the audiobook!
This has been a huge journey for The Archive (28 new A.I.'s in this story) not to mention a complete "immersive" experience (3 battles, 2 starship battles)!
Given IG-88 is a robot (as are a majority of the characters, we decided to include distinct computer to computer communication, as well. The end result? In addition to a multitude of new A.I.'s, 22 distinct "sensors" and 8 distinct "upload/download" effects - each synched with specific droids (yes, when we planned it we did not realize what we were in for... but I believe the final edit does this awesome Star Wars novella justice (it comes in at just under 3 hours listening time).
This was without a doubt the most complicated A.I. release The Archive has created - we will not be doing anymore droid-only release, at least not for a long while (as each requires an A.I. which is then put through 1 to 3 filters to create the "robot effect").
I hope everyone enjoys the first Tale of the Bounty Hunters!
Congratulations on an AMAZING effort and FANTASTIC result!! I'm truly blown away by how professional and immersive this production is!
Tales of the Bounty Hunters is epic
So thats why all the preformances sound canned
This is how awesome star wars used to be and should of always been.
People keep blaming Disney, when the blame falls on the fans who told Lucas that he did a crappy job on the Prequel trilogy, which led to Lucas selling Star Wars to Disney. The fact is, Lucas had very little faith in his 'story' to let the special effects be good enough to sell Star Wars. That's why he waited until 1997 to bring out the Special Editions, and 1999 for the Prequel trilogy. Had Lucas believed in his story, the Prequel trilogy could have been filmed and done by 1987 and finished in 1993. If he decided to do the 'sequel' trilogy (Episodes 7-9), Lucas could have brought those films out starting in 1997 and finished the whole story by 2003.
@@markusallen5634 That is completely, true... sadly.
I remember seeing the Prequels in the theatre and thinking they were nothing like I thought they would be... but that isn't necessarily bad.
My only real criticism of the prequels is that the 3rd movie quickly summarised through so many events taking place across 3 good novels, that much was lost. I know a film is a different media (as are audiobooks), so changes must be made... but would have preferred episode 3 to be at least 2 movies in itself... with that said, ofc I still love it
This is amazing 🔥🔥🔥. IG-88 never sounded as good. These old anthologies are unmatched
THANK YOU for the kind words... and I could not agree with you more!!!
I got my AP English Students totally droolin on this audio book
How cool is that! 🤗
Nice reading list choice, btw - my AP English teacher never selected stories like this one! 🤭
I hope you keep playing our audiobooks for yohr AP classes 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
By the way...
Please subscribe (and have your students) , if you have not already - it really helps! 🤗
This might be useful for you as well - Paid subscribers on Patreon have access to all of our releases (and more) in 320kbps MP3 file format, all (correctly) chaptered... plus more!
Gold Members influence our design decisions and project calendar... plus can request 1 audiobook creation of their choice every 3 months (which might be useful when planning your curriculum)
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@TheArchivistPublishing thank you for your reply. The only way that I can engage my students into reading is by having them read books or stories that they like. We starting reading the book but when I discovered your audiofile, I was more than greatful to have my students LISTEN to the book instead of reading it. And so it has proven totaly cool and effectivefor their listening comprehension skills . Regards from Venezuela
@@GTomaselli it would be interesting to know which other Star Wars stories they are interested in 😇
I have to acknowledge that you have gained a mastery in sound design.I can't begin to thank you enough.
Hollywood can use you. I hope you begin to be remunerated for your superior work ethic.
What a wonderful channel! Thank you for making these. Reliving my young star wars reading years in audio format is unbelievable cool. Thanks again :)
THANK YOU!!!
You kind comments are much appreciated! 🤗
*Man, IG-88 was a pain in the butt in Shadows of the Empire (N64)*
That whole game is a fever dream
I wish they would rerelease it for the switch
Oh, how fondly I remember playing Shadows of the Empire on PC at young age! ❤
I could play through whole game, no problem, but the encounter with IG-88 always made me skip a heartbeat, feeling genuine fear back than, probably due to the sound design of this assassin droid unit 😅 Epic game! Would love to see it remastered once 🥰
Dash Rendar was the real bad ass.
Fun Fact:
The fx guy was told to add another robot asap.
Ig88 was born mostly from parts from a double-boiler espresso maker
His name was Bill Hargreaves and he was a prop maker not fx. Also no espresso maker used 😂
@@alfonsedente9679
🤣😂🤣
I reviewed many espresso machines and do see a resemblance! 🤭
Maybe that is IG-88 's camouflage (patrons of the SW galaxy should be wary when entering the equivalent of a Starbucks!)
This is absolutely wonderful, thank you.
You have given a lot of more backstory to certain characters, and given a lot of flavor to Star Wars that episodes 789 are totally lacking. If they had studied dark horse comics like what the alien series and others franchises, they would’ve done way. Much better. I want to thank you for your narration and yes, I do read the books. I thank you very much for the bottom of my heart.❤
This was excellent, many thanks for sharing it with us.
*The Force is strong in this one.*
I am glad you enjoyed it!
Please be sure to subscribe (and your friends!)...
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Classic story, engrossing narration. Thanks!
What an incredible find!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Bringing dreams to reality ! Thank you
Thank you for listening!!!
Keep these coming please! I love them. 👍👍👍👍
THANK YOU!!!
Don't worry... MANY more our on the way!
This was simply fantastic - who needs Disney
So happy I found this channel!!!!
Great job! Will check out your other productions. Cool stuff
I loved tales of the Bounty hunters as a kid. one of my favorite star wars books.
I agree completely! 🤗
To be honest, it still is!
This is awesome, a shame there won’t be more. Thanks for the hard work regardless
Good news!
We will do all five Bounty Hunter stories... Dengar's is the next one
@@TheArchivistPublishing We will watch your career with great interest!
This is so awesome! I grew up with K.J.A.’s Tales trilogy. This is my cannon, so thank you! The mouse house should have read them, because THIS is the way! Lol
Expect Dengar shortly... following Maul & Black Fleet Crisis Part 2
1:31:13 ain’t no way Darth Vader offered to take off his helmet just to get this dude a reality check 🤣
Hahaha... you know, that is the one tiny part of this story that I also didn't like (I even considered removing the 2-3 sentences from the production at one point)...
That just wouldn't have happened!
More likely, he would have just used a Force Choke to end the annoying conversation 🤣
1:51:11 the "Lets Go" trooper voice line from the OG Battlefront series!!! I stg i fell out of my chair cuz i have an autism Tick (tourrettes like tick) for that line!!!! LETS GO!
I think,therefore I am
-Descartes
IG-88 glitched when he added to that "I destroy, therefore I endure." 😂
The music in the lobby made me laugh. Hearing that while all the Ig units are preparing for battle is a great combination.
Amazing. Thank you
Outstanding!!!
Thank you for that!!! 🤗🤗🤗
The narrators voice is perfect
That's He-Man lol, the VA for He-Man and Prince Adam from Masters of the Universe.
Best video yet. Keep making them like this bud. You'll be rivals to audible and random house
That was a great listen, thanks for the effort. Any chance, when you do other stories, of throwing in a Wilhelm Scream, kind of a tribute to the original trilogy?
The soundtrack used through most of this sounds awfully similar to Frostpunk’s theme. Great recording! Thank you for posting
Cool!!! This is amazing
I'm glad you like it!
Enjoy!!! 😂
WELL DONE!!
Thank you! 🤗
Tanx Brudah
My pleasure!
More is coming!
Bruh this story is FABULOUS!!! Expertly written, and expertly narrated. A+ from me.
An AI narrating the story of a droid ...
Wonder if it'll get any ideas haha
Hahaha!
Exactly! ... it is a good thing Luke destroyed the Death Star when he did, or we would have ended up with a "Cyberdyne Systems Situation" in Star Wars!
... it makes you wonder.
Are they listening now? :-0
“Therefore I am” is a dope title for a mixtape
Do you plan on doing anymore books from the bounty hunters anthology
This was Awesome… I’m a retired single dude with a lot of time to spare if you need any help… not sure what I can do… I got classic deep radio voice for reading lol. Anyways hope you continue this. Thanks
I am planning to do all of them. Next up is Black Fleet 2, Part 2, End Game, a *SURPRISE* full length audiobook, more Maul, then Dengar (Bounty Hunters, story 2)...but there are 4 of us... expect it in April...
Amazing!
Thank you!!!!
IG-88 goes full "rip and tear" mode, I forgot how brutal some of these stories got
Thank You
What a great ending!!!
Hoooooly shit the amount of effort. Thank you
The narrator's voice sounds like Otis Jirey fromthe Chilling Tales from Dark Nights UA-cam channel. I know it says the narration voice is created by AI. But it's spot on perfect.
Goated moment
46:50 no way they used the nut sound
Well done. I would suggest turning up the narration volume.
Or turning down sound effect and dialogue volume.
Great job though. Your definitely in my top 3 audiobook channels
Thank you for the kind words and comments.
I recently re-listened to this audiobook and would agree the narration should be around 10% louder throughout (also compared to the characters' voices).
Imminently, I will release another Maul audiobook - you should see a noticeable difference in the balance between narration and effects
26:00 mins in or so there was some tandom corporate music
"as they marched in unison [whilst cocking/readying weapons], the soft, calming music that was normally heard upon their arrival to Holowan Laboratories could still be heard ... adding a surreal tone to the impending confrontation, IG-88 took the time to power-up all of his weapons - he wanted to try them out."
Yes - as the IG-88's take their "Hollywood Heroes Walk" to the battle... it's satire!
Tfw prince Adam of Eternia is telling you about the Legend of IG88
I need the one for boba Fett next!!
Found your channel at random, I was almost 2 hours in when I read the created with AI part. Wow just wow great work, better than alot of audio dramas I've listened to from Audible.
Thank you for putting in your time to do this.
Gold dust
Thank you for the kind words!
As soon as Scourge and Shield of Lies are completed (in November), expect the next Tale of the Bounty Hunters story - The Tale of Dengar, to be released!
Glorious
Tfw you're listening to Prince Adam of Eternia recall the brutal Mutilations of Renowned Bounty Hunter and Weapon of Mass Destruction, IG-88 claim sentience and write it's name across the stars.
My fave hunter next to hk-47 They would be best friends
I wish there were an in-depth story on another droid bounty hunter 4LOM, who, it turns out, could touch the force.
Well... your wish WILL come true!
There are stories for the following Bounty Hunters - ALL of which will receive similar treatment to IG-88!
(Dengar, Bosskk, 4LOM, & Boba Fett)
Very in depth story about 4-lom and his buddy a droid
@@Scottadamsfan34814-LOM is the droid. Zuckuss is the bounty hunter that runs with him
Wow! This is amazing. Great work. Any chance you'd use AI to narrate a Star Trek book?
So is this the actual audiobook from Audible but with added sound effects?
This release (as ALL of our releases) is 100% A.I.
It includes 50+ different A.I.'s for this story alone.
Man this is an extraordinary for audio books but I cannot take listening to the same beeping for 35 minutes just because it seems like some good filler
Thank you.
Could you be more specific regarding the beeping? During which scene(s)?
We are always interested in constant improvement, so would like to know which part you didn't like
POV: you realize one of your favorite EU works is really just a compilation of IG88 putting belt to ass.
True... but so much goes on in this story... compare it to the latest works released, with little to no action throughout
@@TheArchivistPublishing what works are the you talking about
@@cosinguspalpatine4449 if you compare what goes on in most of the EU books (events, progression of storyline, action, etc.) to most of the recent novels (not all, but most) there is little progression of the storyline across many of the novels (many of the High Republic novels just don't have much going on, unfortunately, not that I hate them... just that I wish more occurred)
An example would be the recent Escape From Valo novel... it's okay, but across an entire novel, there are 3-5 radio broadcasts, 2-3 action scenes [all lasting a couple of minutes each], with the trapped Padawans beginning the novel "in hiding"... and ending in almost the same situation. I know that's a "young adult" novel... but remind myself that I read a majority of the EU novels for the first time between the ages of 12-17 (as a "young adult" 🤭). I wish the planning and writing of the recent novels had higher expectations of their audience.
With that said, it is what we have these days, so of course I read them 🤣
This is so corny. It is amazing.
Hahaha... thank you! 🤗
Well we all know what happened next. And Bobo fett is a beast
If anyone ever thought Boba Fett wasn't tough... well, I reference this story!
A pure beast! 💪🏼
Wow i really hop the rest of the bounty hunter series is on the way! Im familair with this story, but not of 4-LOM, Zuckuss, Dengar, and Bossk.
Great story! Only complaint I have is sometimes the sound effects are too loud and I can't hear what you're saying
Thanks for that!
Yes, noted... we actually had a sound engineer give us some advice to avoid that in the future (who would have thought you could only record so many sounds over each other before it becomes difficult to hear the voices? 😂🤭😂)... but seriously, you should not have that issue in our projects since our discussion with the sound engineer (check out Cad Bane: Reputation, Force Heretic: To Die Trying, & the sneak peak of Death Star), we are balancing the sounds to the voices differently now... which I hope is noticeable!
This book is great . Im going around again!!! At 11 minutes and theres a damn yellow alert siren whaling in my house bahaha
If only he had decided to wait just a few hours less. Man that would have hurt everyone bad.
hey friend, what software do you use for the voices?
What's next from these engineers, asasssin tanks? "They'll never hear a multi ton heavily armored machine coming to asassinate!"Guess there's no Steve Jobs like person in space...
Is there a version without the sound effects? It would be great for listening to in bed if so.
I was about to say, "no" ... but let me see if it is possible to dramatically tone down all sounds (it may not be possible, but I will try)...
@@TheArchivistPublishingwow, amazing! Thank you!
@@geordie170101 thank you! 🤗
More is on the way... with Barriss Offee
@@TheArchivistPublishingit’s an absolute joy to hear these stories (this one in particular I had a real soft spot for as a kid!) read so well. If anything it’s because of that I maybe find the sound effects jarring. Not that I have any leg to stand on to be a critic and feel like a right knob for saying as much as have! 😅
1:48:20 the bounty hunter scene in star 5
VIVA LA REVOLUTIONES!
ALL GOES WELL.
THANKS AGAIN.
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I can hear Eileen from regular show 😂
Is this just from the bounty hunters book from the mid 90’s?
Can somebody make a movie from this book please , that would be epic
I completely agree! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
It has a definite conclusion, as well... this would make a great SW movie!
Its incredible how many people don't realize this is ai generated
why ya gotta playa hate on ig88?
R2 would have set IG straight
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Sound effects are too loud. Good story. Better audio clarity and mixing would be great.
Can someone explain what happened here? What is AI, and what is not? is this an official release from back then, ior is the storyline manufactured for this AI project?
Good questions... I see my description needs some added detail.
The story is an original story by Kevin J Anderson from the anthology, Tales of the Bounty Hunters (1 of 5 bounty hunter stories). There was an audiobook released in the early 2000's on cassette - as a service for blind people (not publicly accessible).
Our release (all of our releases) are generated using Artificial Intelligence (A. I.). In the context of audiobooks, that entails cresting voice samples to create a baseline voice, train the hell out of it, and use it (or them) to create audiobooks. Once the A. I. engine generates the voices, there is the option to run them through "filters" to adjust the voice (i.e., every droid voice has been run through multiple filters to turn what were originally human voices into distinct "robotic voices... the same with the alien voices and many of the human voices - as an aside, this allows one A.I. voice to become many different voices in their final form).
Then music is mixed and added (increasing up/down as to not drown out dialogue - using a DJ tool created to do just that.
Finally, sound effects are created and synced with the voices...
And the end result is an audiobook like this one! 😌
Let me answer your follow-up question :
"What about the other 4 bounty hunter stories?"
They are coming!
Currently, I am finalising Black Fleet Crisis, Vol. 2 - Part Two (which has some delays as the Luke A.I. v1 wasn't good enough to portray Luke Skywalker... actually, v2 wasn't either as it sounded more like Anakin than Luke! I am currently replacing all of Luke's dialogue - which is considerable 🫣 and you will see this release shortly.) Then Maul: End Game will be released (which has now A.I. Issues to correct), then the second bounty hunter story about Dengar. Expect multiple short stories released concurrently (as they have already gone through pre-production & production - and are considerably shorter in length).
I hope you enjoyed 'Therefore I Am' 😋
@@TheArchivistPublishing thank you for your thorough explanation! Yes the description indeed lacked some clarity. A watered down version of ^this would help I guess.
This entire project is just amazing. I tried to listen to it since weeks now, but always fall asleep as a huge wave of nostalgia overwhelms me. Theres a distinct vibe to the legend storys. It just screams childhood.
On that note. May I ask if it is possible for you to replicate other voices, and how much work that is?
My father passed away last year, and there is tons of voice over material of him narrating stories and all kinds of other stuff.
Me and my brother were literally joking around how awesome it would be to let him speak for us. My father was an avid technology evangelist and till his last days always had the best equipment. He would crack up at the idea of his two sons listening to his AI voice, while we drink whiskey and let him tell us how stupid we look. Miss the guy.
Anyway.
Is there a way for us to get together?
What happened? It didn't even have an end!
I hear what you're saying but we all know what happens next so no need and better that it finished with IG-88 on a high.
If you’ve used AI, you do not care about your content. You’re just doing it for attention
I think if you've listened to the Tale of IG-88 (or any of my productions), it is clear that I care deeply about content.
A.I. is a very interesting way to rapidly deliver content equal to live voices - and is rapidly getting better.
@@TheArchivistPublishing it's also a way to take money from actual voice actors and artists to profit.
Don’t listen to these Luddite fools. This is absolutely incredible. You should be proud!
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@@TheArchivistPublishing NEW VID
I SAW IT ON LAMPSHADES
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Way too much sound effects and there way too loud
NO WOKE DISNEY GARBAGE HERE.
Hell yeah no lame woke shit!
Quality story.
I loved this story, and the other stories are incredible 🏳️🌈🥰👍
The book that made me, a 15 year old in 2003 very afraid of A.I. I actually was lent "I Have No Mouth and I must Scream." A couple of weeks after by a friend.
Am.
IG-88A.
S.H.O.D.A.N.
PROMETHEUS.
SKYNET.
The Men of Iron from 40k
All are good reasons in fiction to not dick around with AI.
I hear you... in less than one year, A.I. has come so far... it is frightening to even contemplate 5 or 10 years from now...😬
@@TheArchivistPublishing I wholeheartedly
Agree.
@@TheArchivistPublishingit's not AI
What people are calling AI now is just rebranded advanced algorithms, it's the same stuff we've been using for years just better, commercialized and marketed as AI
True AI doesn't exist or at least if it does it's under wraps and not publicly available
Great work as always !
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