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Medieval Weapons Collection Guide

Medieval Weapons is a collection of sounds of period armaments, including melee swords, axes, maces, and hammers, in both single and double-handed variations and different weights, a complete set of ranged throw weapons, large to small, knives, daggers, stars, staffs, axes, metal and wooden shields, and an array of strikes and impacts for each weapon on an array of surfaces. Ranged weapons include a bow, crossbow, and spear, with a complete complement of arrow whooshes and impacts.

The complete list of all the subprojects and their associated data and embedded metadata is available in the accompanying Medieval Weapons SoundBook.

[Note]Note

This guide provides information specific to this collection. For general information that applies to all Strata collections, refer to the Strata User Guide.

The Main Project

The Medieval Weapons main project provides a convenient way to visualize, locate, and audition the sounds in the Medieval Weapons collection. Additionally, it is a central point from which you can open the individual subprojects of the collection. The main project contains tracks for each subproject weapon, with media items that reference the various subprojects in nested tracks. You can audition any of the media items, which reference the rendered output from the corresponding subprojects.

In the main Medieval Weapons project, you can double-click any subproject media item to open the corresponding subproject, in which all of the tracks and layers available for the specific weapon are arranged.

Use the Region/Marker Manager to find and jump to the different subproject tracks. For more information, refer to Regions and Markers in the Strata User Guide.

A subproject media item. Double-click it to open the subproject in a new tab.

Media items that reference the rendered output of the weapon subproject. Place the cursor at any point on the timeline and click Play to audition the rendered output.

Use the Region/Marker Manager to find, filter, locate and play media items.

Medieval Weapons Subprojects

The Medieval Weapons collection contains the following subprojects:

  • Impact Ranged

  • Melee Axes

  • Melee Blunt

  • Melee Edged Small

  • Melee Pointed

  • Melee Swords

  • Ranged Bow

  • Ranged Crossbow

  • Ranged Throw

  • Shield Metal

  • Shield Wood

Tracks, Layers, and Regions

Medieval Weapons tracks, layers, and regions use the standard Strata colors and hierarchy. The main project and subproject track layout is similar to all projects across the Strata collections.

For more information on custom Strata colors, refer to Track Names and Colors in the Strata User Guide.

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