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3rd Annual Games Music Connect

April 23, 2015 by admin

3rd Annual Games Music Connect

Registration details have been announced for the third annual Games Music Connect, which will take place on Tuesday 14 September, at the Purcell Rooms in London. 2014's edition featured composer Olivier Deriviere (Assassin's Creed IV: Cry Freedom) and Audiokinetic's Simon Ashby, among many others. Whilst speakers have not yet been announced, this year's event looks set to focus … [Read more...]

Rev. Dr. Brad Meyer on the PS4 controller speaker

April 9, 2015 by admin

Ever considered using the built-in speaker in the PS4 controller in a sound design? Or are you just curious about some creative approaches to special-case speakers for games? Check out this post by the Rev. Dr. Brad Meyer on the subject over at his blog for some quick info on effective approaches to controller speakers. … [Read more...]

“…desperately unstrategic…” – An interview with Jessica Curry, Director and Composer at The Chinese Room

March 18, 2015 by Cormac Donnelly

“…desperately unstrategic…” – An interview with Jessica Curry, Director and Composer at The Chinese Room

Jessica Curry is a Director and Composer at The Chinese Room, a game development studio based in Brighton, UK. The studio shipped their first game, Dear Esther in 2012 and are currently hard at work on their third, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture. Designing Sound: Tell us a little about how you got started out as a composer? What kind of projects did you start out … [Read more...]

Dynamics In Education – Interview With Michael Sweet, Professor of Game Audio at Berklee College of Music

January 29, 2015 by Richard Gould

Dynamics In Education – Interview With Michael Sweet, Professor of Game Audio at Berklee College of Music

  As the Artistic Director of Video Game Scoring at Berklee College of Music, Michael Sweet leads the development of the game scoring curriculum.  Michael is an accomplished video game composer and has been the audio director of more than 100 award winning video games.  His work can be heard on the X-Box 360 logo and on award winning games from Cartoon Network, … [Read more...]

Review: Twisted Tools METAMORPH

December 20, 2013 by Samuel Ejnes

Review: Twisted Tools METAMORPH

METAMORPH is the latest sample library from Twisted Tools, makers of the designed sample libraries as well as some fun and unique Reaktor ensembles. With sounds designed by BJM Mario Bajardi and Komplex (Iter-Research), METAMORPH "takes heavily processed violins, pianos and acoustic instruments and morphs them into impacts, sci-fi atmospheres, user interface elements and … [Read more...]

An Interview with John Roesch

December 17, 2013 by Samuel Ejnes

An Interview with John Roesch

In  over 30 years working in sound, Foley artist John Roesch has amassed an impressive list of credits, including major films like "Inception" and "The Matrix" and games like "Final Fantasy X" and "Dead Space." With over 400 credits to his name, John was awarded the MPSE's Career Achievement Award earlier this year. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with John on his … [Read more...]

Review: Game Audio Culture by Rob Bridgett

October 1, 2013 by Jack Menhorn

Review: Game Audio Culture by Rob Bridgett

Review by Karen Collins “Game Audio Culture” isn’t a book, so much as a manifesto. Dragging sound design (perhaps somewhat reluctantly) from out of the darkened underground studios and out into the open, Bridgett proposes that it’s time that sound designers started to be more collaborative with the rest of the game team. Bridgett boldly states that we’re in a “post-sound … [Read more...]

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