Designing Sound: Hi Charles, first of all, would be great to have an introduction about your career. How did you start, how you grow up in the sound world, and so on… Charles Deenen: Thanks for the invite! We’ll have a fun month together with (hopefully) lots of usable info. I’ve been called an old fella by some young folks in the industry, so am getting up there in age. I … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview With Tom Smurdon, Audio Director of "Dark Void"
Dark Void is a new sci-fi adventure game from CAPCOM for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The story is about a cargo pilot called William Augustus Grey who crashes into the Bermuda Triangle and is teleported to a parallel universe. With the help of other survivor humans and Nikola Tesla, Willian have to go back to the earth, but first fighting with all kind of creatures on the Void. Here … [Read more...]
Interview with Eric Persing, Founder of Spectrasonics
It Seems that the Virtual Instruments Magazine is back to life. They have a new issue with nice content, including a great interview with Eric Persing, sound designer, composer and founder of Spectrasonics, one of the best companies in the would of virtual instruments. Check: What led you to sound design? I never really pursued being a sound designer, because at the time there … [Read more...]
Interview with Chuck Russom
George Spanos has launched a new interviews section on GameSoundDesign.com. That category started with Chuck Russom, sound designer of videogames such as God Of War, Medal of Honor, Call of Duty and more. Great talk! Game Sound Design: Taking a quick glance at your credit list, it's obvious you have a passion for sound. What motivated you to become a game sound … [Read more...]
Your questions to Richard Devine!
In the same way I did with the previous specials, you have the opportunity to ask your own questions to the featured sound designers, this time Richard Devine. There are several ways to do that: Leave a comment on this post Use the contact form Write to designing sound [at] gmail [dot] com … [Read more...]
Richard Devine Special: Exclusive Interview
Here is the result of a great talk I have with Richard Devine. He has a lot of interviews and profiles on the web, so I tried to do different questions and explore on a more technical/geeky side. However if you want to ask something to Richard, there is a place for that. Let's read! Designing Sound: Hi Richard, first of all... Introduce yourself and tell us something about … [Read more...]
Andrew Lackey Special: Dead Space [Exclusive Interview]
Dead Space is one of my favorite videogames and the sound there is really amazing. We have already seen good info about the sound of Dead Space, but here are some more specific questions from an interview that I had with Andrew Lackey, Check it! Designing Sound: First of all, tell us exactly what was your job on Dead Space. Andrew Lackey: I was one of three sound designers on … [Read more...]