“Alien” may make me a “headphone person”.

Here is gameplay video of Alien by Heighway Pinball that shows that game has really come together.

(Plus it’s shipping!)

 

 

From Heighway Pinball:

In this video, we show Alien Pinball being played continuously to illustrate the shots and flow of the game – along with various modes and features being activated.

The audio was already impressive when I played it at Expo, but now my ears are ready for the improvements that have been made since then.

From David Thiel on Pinside, H/T: Ed Zeltmann on FWB Facebook Page

“The Alien sound package is VERY stereo and dot one. About a year ago I added a subwoofer to my studio setup so that I could understand the contribution of low frequency stuff when I added it. There are times in the Alien sound package when audio only a subwoofer can reproduce makes a difference (Aurich encouraged this low frequency contribution). Very soon now I will be mastering all the sounds for the amp/speaker setup of the Heighway cabinet.

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For spatial audio cues to work at all given the geometry of pinball speaker placement they have to be exaggerated and dynamic. I do this wherever possible. Even the music benefits from the spaciousness of a stereo mix. Reverb effects of dialog put in a resinous Xeno cave are much richer in stereo. Balls moving around orbits and ramps have proper and dynamic audio location effects.

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I’ve been working on this package since Jan 2016 and it has really come together.
After I have a chance to flip and tweak, flip and tweak I think you will be real happy.
(and yes, there is lots of Hudson [in stereo]) “

Are there official Heighway Brand Beats Headphones for sale? If so, I’m going to need them.

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