Elden Ring Spirit Greatsword Redesign

With all of the recent hype around Elden Ring, I decided to do a small redesign for the “Spirit Greatsword”. It was also part of the “Still Alive Game Labs” Discord sound design competition. It was a very fun redesign and I think it turned out well. I’ve been focusing on adding more and more layers to my designs.

For most of this redesign, I recorded and also used the many recordings of knives and machetes I took from previous redesigns and ran them through a large variety of effects. The main plugin I used (and tend to use with magic) was Absynth. It is such a workhorse, its incredible. I’ve spent a decent amount of time learning more and more about it. Modulating, routing and learning what other plugins mesh well with it. I’ve found that Crystalizer by Sound Toys is an incredible pairing. Running bassy crazy synth stuff can end up with things like this:

I hope this finds you well!

Sincerely,

-Soundwich