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hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
According to certain discoveries in STO's sound files, there are apparently computer voiceover snippets for another faction.

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1k883yqX46M
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0sQ2Kx4R07y
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1zNtufLjsvg

Were these meant for the Romulans...or perhaps...another faction? I was a bit irked when Romulans just used the Fed computer voice for all alerts and whatnot.
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  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    hypl wrote: »
    According to certain discoveries in STO's sound files, there are apparently computer voiceover snippets for another faction.

    http://vocaroo.com/i/s1k883yqX46M
    http://vocaroo.com/i/s0sQ2Kx4R07y
    http://vocaroo.com/i/s1zNtufLjsvg

    Were these meant for the Romulans...or perhaps...another faction? I was a bit irked when Romulans just used the Fed computer voice for all alerts and whatnot.

    Oooh! I love these!
  • killdozer9211killdozer9211 Member Posts: 925 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Came to +1 a suggestion for Rom computer voice to be added.

    Was pleasantly surprised to find a suitable candidate proposed.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    They sound very Romulan.
  • vhiranikosvhiranikos Member Posts: 208 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Would be nice. I always always always hated the fed computer voice. even as a child watching the shows i did not care for it.
  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I don't think it sounds very Romulan; in fact, there is a metallic tone to the voice which makes me think it might be some sort of android voice.

    For a Romulan computer voice, I would prefer a melodious Italian female voice, like that of Monica Bellucci or Silvia Colloca.
  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    protogoth wrote: »
    I don't think it sounds very Romulan; in fact, there is a metallic tone to the voice which makes me think it might be some sort of android voice.

    For a Romulan computer voice, I would prefer a melodious Italian female voice, like that of Monica Bellucci or Silvia Colloca.

    I disagree. The 'metallic tone' highlights the artificial nature of the computer's voice. I think it fits quite nicely.
  • atlmyklatlmykl Member Posts: 305 Arc User1
    edited March 2014
    I disagree. The 'metallic tone' highlights the artificial nature of the computer's voice. I think it fits quite nicely.

    I disagree with your disagreement. Computers and even phones of today can speak just fine without sounding metallic. Only in the 70's should computers from the 'future' sound so robotic. I agree with the poster above. A slight Italian accent would be perfect for the ship computers of the Space Romans...I mean Romulans.
  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    atlmykl wrote: »
    I disagree with your disagreement. Computers and even phones of today can speak just fine without sounding metallic. Only in the 70's should computers from the 'future' sound so robotic. I agree with the poster above. A slight Italian accent would be perfect for the ship computers of the Space Romans...I mean Romulans.

    I disagree with your disagreement with my disagreement: Even the Federation computer voice is altered to sound artificial. It's thematic. And why would a Romulan have an Italian accent?
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I disagree with your disagreement with my disagreement: Even the Federation computer voice is altered to sound artificial. It's thematic. And why would a Romulan have an Italian accent?
    Well.... I'll have to disagree with your disagreement of his disagreement with your disagreement.

    The difference is the meter and tempo not the pitch or timbre. :P

    Computer voices now go for a flat delivery that doesn't emphasize words the way people do in normal speech. But it typically sounds normal otherwise.
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  • shadowwraith77shadowwraith77 Member Posts: 6,395 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Would be a nice addition to the fact, that I have asked them to add in the computer's voice for shield strength as well.

    Example: Left shield is failing, shield strength is at 65%, meaning the other 3 facings combined with the 1 that is failing= a total of 65% overall strength.
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  • vonhellstingvonhellsting Member Posts: 543 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    It's not bad little garbled but that's to be expected. At least it sounds stern unlike the fed computer which sounds like a computerized waiter.
    Though I would accept just about anything to get rid of the fed computer voice.:P
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  • shadowwraith77shadowwraith77 Member Posts: 6,395 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    It's not bad little garbled but that's to be expected. At least it sounds stern unlike the fed computer which sounds like a computerized waiter.
    Though I would accept just about anything to get rid of the fed computer voice.:P

    I like the fed voice, but only on a fed. :P
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  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I like the fed voice, but only on a fed. :P

    The only problem with the FED voice is it's too quiet no matter how high I set my volume levels.
  • logos1326logos1326 Member Posts: 66 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Romulans do need their own voice. I'd like to see STO get Carolyn Seymour for this or something Romulan. She has a great Romulan voice in my opinion. She was Commander Taris on TNG and more recently the voice of Dr Chakwas in Mass Effect.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    The only problem with the FED voice is it's too quiet no matter how high I set my volume levels.

    The KDF one is too loud. :P
  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    And why would a Romulan have an Italian accent?

    Perche sono italiana, naturalmente. :P

    But seriously, why not? Romulans are obviously based to a large degree on Romans, even if they were intended to represent the PRC.
  • centersolacecentersolace Member Posts: 11,178 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    protogoth wrote: »
    Perche sono italiana, naturalmente. :P

    But seriously, why not? Romulans are obviously based to a large degree on Romans, even if they were intended to represent the PRC.

    That was only in TNG afterward. In TOS they were stand ins for the Russians like the Klingons were.
  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    That was only in TNG afterward. In TOS they were stand ins for the Russians like the Klingons were.

    No. In TOS, they were intended to represent the PRC, the Klingons were the Soviets, and the UFP was the USA/UN (some say NATO, but the image of the UFP seal is obviously based on that of the UN).
    Paul Schneider modeled the Romulans on the ancient Romans, naming the species' homeworlds after the mythical founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. "It was a matter of developing a good Romanesque set of admirable antagonists that were worthy of Kirk," Schneider related. "I came up with the concept of the Romulans which was an extension of the Roman civilization to the point of space travel, and it turned out quite well." (Captains' Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages, p. 34) D.C. Fontana reckoned that Schneider basing the aliens on the pre-existing Roman civilization was the cause for the writer receiving insufficient credit for creating the Romulans. ("Balance of Terror" Starfleet Access, TOS Season 1 Blu-ray) Gene Roddenberry, interested in ancient Rome himself, approved of the initial depiction of the Romulan species. "He loved Paul's having endowed the enemy-Romulans with the militaristic character of the ancient Romans," wrote John D.F. Black and Mary Black. (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 2, Issue 11, p. 19) Roddenberry's original concept of the Romulans, however, was that they represented 1960s' Chinese Communists. (Star Trek: Nemesis hardback ed., p. xx)
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    Gene Coon primarily modeled the Klingons, metaphorically, on contemporary Russians, making the standoff between the species and the Federation representative of that between the Russians and the Americans during the then-ongoing Cold War. (Star Trek: The Original Series 365, p. 139) Dave Rossi clarified, "In many ways, the Klingons were born out of our fear, as Americans, of [...] the Communists." According to D.C. Fontana, there were a range of other real-world sources that additionally gave rise to Coon's creation of the Klingons. "What did he want to accomplish? I think he just wanted a good, tough villain... for Kirk," Fontana speculated. "And I think he was basing a lot of it on the kind of attitude of the Japanese in World War II, the TRIBBLE in World War II, because Gene was a World War II veteran marine and he really took all this to heart. And as a result, he modeled them on the worst villains he knew." ("Errand of Mercy" Starfleet Access, TOS Season 1 Blu-ray) Chekov actor Walter Koenig specified, "They were evil and nationalistic. But Star Trek did not address the baser things in man. There was no imperialism or colonialism. We addressed this obliquely, hoping that someone would pick up our message out there." (Cinefantastique, Vol. 27, No. 11/12, p. 61)
    -- Source
    (emphasis added)

    See also:
    http://www.startrek.com/boards-topic/33379829/changes-in-tng-klingons-and-romulans
  • jmaster29jmaster29 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    protogoth wrote: »
    Perche sono italiana, naturalmente. :P

    But seriously, why not? Romulans are obviously based to a large degree on Romans, even if they were intended to represent the PRC.

    Tbh, I think they needed a British male voice, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zTiWcterB0
    I mean, "enemy units in close proximity" would sound boss in that voice.
    It also represents how awesome and cunning the Romulans where. TNG Romulans FTW!
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  • catoblepasbetacatoblepasbeta Member Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    logos1326 wrote: »
    Romulans do need their own voice. I'd like to see STO get Carolyn Seymour for this or something Romulan. She has a great Romulan voice in my opinion. She was Commander Taris on TNG and more recently the voice of Dr Chakwas in Mass Effect.
    She was great as Toreth/Taris. When I think Romulan, she's one of two actresses/actors that spring immediately to mind, the other being Andreas Katsulas. STO Romulans need some more TNG-era cred for me to take seriously, and she would be a great choice to voice a Romulan computer.
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    sounds more like a borg drone to me......
  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    protogoth wrote: »
    I don't think it sounds very Romulan; in fact, there is a metallic tone to the voice which makes me think it might be some sort of android voice.

    For a Romulan computer voice, I would prefer a melodious Italian female voice, like that of Monica Bellucci or Silvia Colloca.

    I haven't seen it posted here yet but I think the voice is based on the one we heard on the Romulan Warbird in "Contagion".

    *EDIT: but equating Romans with Italians is a bit silly IMO. It's like saying Asterix is the same as Inspector Closeau because in the remotest way possible they come from the same area they're just over a dozen centuries apart.
    It's also like saying Norwegians are vikings because they come from the same area they're just about 1,000 years apart.*
  • exa12exa12 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    the third one sounds a bit nasally

    did they ever use a romulan computer voice on the show?


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  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    exa12 wrote: »
    the third one sounds a bit nasally

    did they ever use a romulan computer voice on the show?

    Near the end of TNG:"Contagion" when Picard escapes through the iconian gate and ends up on the bridge of the Romulan Warbird where the computer seems to be counting down the seconds to the ship's self destruction.
  • jrwithjrwith Member Posts: 154 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    it needs someone cold and logical sounding, if it's possible get Eric Bana in. not as Nero but as the voice as he played that well.
  • l30p4rdl30p4rd Member Posts: 334 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I thought the Romulan computer voice was male. Those sound files are okay but I can see why they left them out. A romulan computer voice would be a good thing to have but its not broken so it does not need to be fixed :D
  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I would love to have Obisek voice :/
    But Sela's would be cool to.

    Now, they don't sound particularly Romulan (makes you wonder what a typical Romulan voice is), but I like their voices. And they are/were available.

    As for why Sela or Obisek would be the computer voice, probably for the same reason Lwaxana Troi was the fed computer voice.
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Well the clips dosen't sound anything romulan... Too metalic/mechanic.
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  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    anazonda wrote: »
    Well the clips dosen't sound anything romulan... Too metalic/mechanic.

    It's actually pretty close to this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiUk87bPa2Q#t=0h0m25s

    *EDIT: took me until now to find a darn vid of the scene*
  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    misterde3 wrote: »
    I haven't seen it posted here yet but I think the voice is based on the one we heard on the Romulan Warbird in "Contagion".

    *EDIT: but equating Romans with Italians is a bit silly IMO. It's like saying Asterix is the same as Inspector Closeau because in the remotest way possible they come from the same area they're just over a dozen centuries apart.
    It's also like saying Norwegians are vikings because they come from the same area they're just about 1,000 years apart.*

    There's a difference between affirming total identity in culture and noting that, of all the Romance Languages spoken today, Italian is the closest to Latin. We are talking, after all, about what a Romulan voice would sound like. Diane Duane (creator of the Romulan language "Rihan") has stated that she wanted Rihan to sound like a mix of Latin and Welsh, and I think she produced something that qualifies for that description.

    Whoever they get for it (if they do it at all), I hope they make certain that any Rihan words/names are pronounced correctly (*ahem*).
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