December's here, and it brings with it our next featured sound designer...Jeff Seamster. Jeff’s career in game development and interactive audio includes high-profile titles such as Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Blitz: The League II, SimCity Societies, Caesar IV, and Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War. He has been responsible for sound design at Midway Games and Stainless … [Read more...]
October’s Featured Sound Designer: Ann Kroeber
It is my distinct honor to introduce this month's featured guest at Designing Sound. Ann Kroeber has graciously agreed to share her experiences and thoughts on our profession and industry. Her career has spanned some of the most significant changes in our profession, and her background provides us a wonderful opportunity this month. Please join me in welcoming her. … [Read more...]
July’s Featured Sound Designer: Axel Rohrbach
Axel Rohrbach is the lead sound designer of Dynamedion, an audio production studio based in Germany and focused on video games content. He's also co-founder and creative director of BOOM Library. This month we have the honor of feature him as our special guest, so let's get started! Bio Born 1981 in Frechen near Cologne, Germany. Parents got a music school, started with … [Read more...]
June’s Featured Sound Designer: Coll Anderson
I'm pleased to announce a new special guest on Designing Sound: Coll Anderson. About Coll Anderson has been working with sound for 24 years. His work includes recording, editing, designing and mixing, and spans indie art house classics, award-winning documentaries, and many studio films. From Documentaries including Errol Morrisʼ Oscar winning “The Fog of War”, Sundance Grand … [Read more...]
April’s Featured Sound Designer: Rodney Gates
It's always a pleasure to announce a new guest on Designing Sound. During this month, Rodney Gates will be sharing with us a lot of his experiences in the world of sound design and audio direction for video games. Bio "I became interested in sound and music at a young age, making cassette tapes on my Yorx stereo with a crude electret-condenser microphone with old needle-drop … [Read more...]
March's Featured Sound Designer: Erik Aadahl
We have a new special guest on the blog: Erik Aadahl, a talented sound designer who will be with us during this month, giving some articles, interviews and lots of cool stuff. We hope you enjoy it. Bio Erik Aadahl was born in San Francisco, and graduated high school Valedictorian. He took a full-ride scholarship to the University of Southern California (USC) and studied Film … [Read more...]