Raptor Sound Effect

[topknot87]

Watching some in game videos of people playing and I noticed one of the Utahraptor's calls either is a damn good copy or the exact sound effect from the Jurassic Park series. The short barking noise.

Is this old news? More importantly is this legal?

*shrug* Oh well, look forward to trying the game tonight.

[Sargon The Grape]

It’s legal because it isn’t actually the raptor call from Jurassic Park. It is sourced from the same sounds, but Universal can’t copyright those. They recently did a similar thing with the Rex broadcast and hostile calls.

[Sable]

It's been that way for a while. Personally, I liked the old 1-call. It was a 3-burst call that sounded more similar to a bird-like cooing, but still that had that intimidating hiss/growl I'd expect from a Utahraptor. But the devs try WAY too hard to make some of the dinosaurs into JP knockoffs, with the most recent being the Rex, and so far I haven't met very many people who actually like the new sounds for Rex and Utah.

If you haven't heard the original sounds for the Rex and Utah, a YouTuber called Bushzilla might still have videos of it on his channel. They were older models, but I suggest you check them out to compare the sounds.

[Liekeze]

Utah got the turtle mating sound almost a year ago I think. The sound designer literally tracked down the same turtle call used in Jurassic Park in a sound library website that looked like it was from the early 2000's. I love the call and think it is part of what makes the Utahraptor the best dinosaur in the game.

[topknot87]

Originally posted by George:

I bet its legal cause you can't prove The Isle uses the same sound effects from Jurassic Park really. Now if The Isle made a game model of the Indoraptor thats a whole other story

Sound effects are definitely covered by copyright laws if created by the in house production team. I'm sure there are means to prove too that it is or isn't the same sound.

That being said, earlier responses make it seem like the devs and Universal used a sound effect from a royalty free or at least public sound library.

[dinosauriac]

Originally posted by topknot87:

That being said, earlier responses make it seem like the devs and Universal used a sound effect from a royalty free or at least public sound library.

It turned out to be a recording from the BBC of a couple of giant tortoises mating, somewhere in the Seychelles. Listed under "comedy" which almost seems appropriate when heard out of context.. https://retired.sounddogs.com/sound-effects/cartoon-comedy-tortoises-seychelles-872295

Took a bit of work to edit out the squeaks of their shells on each other.

[Mr. Stimpson]

Originally posted by dinosauriac:

Originally posted by topknot87:

That being said, earlier responses make it seem like the devs and Universal used a sound effect from a royalty free or at least public sound library.

It turned out to be a recording from the BBC of a couple of giant tortoises mating, somewhere in the Seychelles. Listed under "comedy" which almost seems appropriate when heard out of context.. https://retired.sounddogs.com/sound-effects/cartoon-comedy-tortoises-seychelles-872295

Took a bit of work to edit out the squeaks of their shells on each other.

You just ruined my childhood...

[Liekeze]

Originally posted by dinosauriac:

Originally posted by topknot87:

That being said, earlier responses make it seem like the devs and Universal used a sound effect from a royalty free or at least public sound library.

It turned out to be a recording from the BBC of a couple of giant tortoises mating, somewhere in the Seychelles. Listed under "comedy" which almost seems appropriate when heard out of context.. https://retired.sounddogs.com/sound-effects/cartoon-comedy-tortoises-seychelles-872295

Took a bit of work to edit out the squeaks of their shells on each other.

I knew I had seen you put up this link and explanation on the Discord before!

P.S. I love your sound work on this game. The Isle has some of the best dinosaur sounds of any dinosaur game.