Work is moving along on Version 3 of the JJ Pack. I plan to release it soon after the next build arrives for us in a few weeks. Speaking of which, it's a little difficult to work on it while not knowing what the next update holds. So I like to think that I'm doing prep work.

I used to think it was easy making a spotter pack. Capture sound, listen to sound, pull what sounds like it might possibly fit somewhere now, or at some point later. Sounds easy enough. But when you're listening to sound, focus must be maintained. You almost have to do nothing else but listen. I have the habit of watching TV, or browsing the internet while I'm listening. Many times, you only hear half of it since your attention is divided. It turns into background noise.

So I started going through my mountain of captured sound, and I missed a lot of things. I kept thinking, "Why didn't I pull that when I first listened to this???" Still, I miss the days when I first started this. So few things to listen to, and so much to listen for. Nowadays, I've got around 90 races on file, comprising of at least 160 hours of dialog. The fun part is thinking that you heard a certain phrase in some race, something that would be perfect, then trying to find it. See: needle in haystack. But that doesn't stop me from blowing 3 hours looking for it!

My main focus now is organization. When the new files are listed soon, I should be ready. This post had no particular purpose or reason. I just wanted to write something in this blog thingy. It comes with the website, so why not, right?