Eduardo Ortiz Frau is a freelance game audio designer based in Austin, TX. He has worked in audio and music production for over ten years and has been working in sound design for games since 2011. He's worked on titles like The Stanley Parable, Apotheon, and Neverending Nightmares. Eduardo Oritz Frau was kind enough to answer some of our questions about his work including … [Read more...]
Sound Design: Affects on Physiological Performance
This piece is a guest contribution by Darrin P. Jolly. Darrin is a recent Valedictorian from the Bachelor of Science in Recording Arts program at Full Sail University. Currently completing a Masters of Science degree in Game Design, Darrin is conducting research on the applied influences audio has in saccadic time performance. Abstract This experiment was designed to … [Read more...]
Music Cognition and Psychoacoustic Research: An Interview with Dr. Susan Rogers
For this month's theme of "Research", Dr. Susan Rogers was kind enough to answer our questions about her work and research in music cognition and psychoacoustics. Susan Rogers holds a doctorate in cognitive psychology from McGill University (2010). Prior to her science career, Susan was a multiplatinum-earning record producer, recording engineer, mixer and audio technician. She … [Read more...]
Plugin Research and Development at iZotope: An Interview with Matthew Hines
Matthew Hines is an audio technologist specializing in post production and audio mastering by day, and a keyboardist by night. Hailing from England, where he cut his teeth editing MIDEM award-winning classical recordings, dialogue and audio restoration for Nimbus Records, he's called USA home for the last eight years. Freelancing as a sound designer and dialogue editor for … [Read more...]
What is Sound “Research”?
This is a guest contribution by Karen Collins. Karen is the Canada Research Chair in Interactive Audio at the Games Institute, University of Waterloo, Canada, and the director of Beep: A Documentary History of Game Sound. She’s been researching game audio for the past fifteen years, and in the process, published four books and nearly 100 research papers on sound. As Albert … [Read more...]
Monthly Theme: Research
Re-search noun 1. the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. "This month on DesigningSound.org we're going to be looking into the subject of research" verb 1. investigate systematically. "What have you been researching? Would you like to share it with the community?" The current state of … [Read more...]
DesigningSound.org is Recruiting Volunteers
DesigningSound.org is on the lookout for capable News Editors and Contributing Editors for our site. … [Read more...]