At first, I thought maybe it was just Heavy's voice actor, Gary Schwartz, getting old. But then I gave it more thought: Demoman's voice lines still sounded fine, and Heavy at times sounded almost more like Demoman than himself.
I started fiddling around with Heavy's voice lines in Audacity, and what would you know: After pitching his voice down by approximately 8 percent, he sounded MUCH closer to his old self.
Demonstration
Ultimately, I think this is something only Valve can fix, since I don't know the exact values, equipment or filters they use to pitch down Heavy's voice just right.
agrastiOs
commented
7 years ago
I'm not entirely sure what went wrong, but the voice lines they added for Heavy during Meet Your Match don't sound quite right.
At first, I thought maybe it was just Heavy's voice actor, Gary Schwartz, getting old. But then I gave it more thought: Demoman's voice lines still sounded fine, and Heavy at times sounded almost more like Demoman than himself.
I started fiddling around with Heavy's voice lines in Audacity, and what would you know: After pitching his voice down by approximately 8 percent, he sounded MUCH closer to his old self. Demonstration
Ultimately, I think this is something only Valve can fix, since I don't know the exact values, equipment or filters they use to pitch down Heavy's voice just right.