If you are attending SiegeCon in Atlanta this weekend, you are in luck! Watson Wu will be hosting a raffle during both of his game audio talks, giving audience members the chance to win microphones, swag, gift cards, and more. To learn more about the giveaway and its sponsors, check out Watson's blog post. And if you haven't purchased tickets to SiegeCon yet, they are … [Read more...]
News: Watson Wu on Recording for ‘Project Cars 2’
Watson Wu, the master of recording fast, powerful cars (as heard in Baby Driver, Need for Speed, Fifth Gear, Transformers: War for Cybertron, etc., etc.) wrote about his experience recording rallycross cars for the newly released game, Project CARS 2. He shares a few moments from the passenger seat, lessons learned about gear, and lots of photos from the tarmac. You can read … [Read more...]
IBC: The Sound Mix Of Baby Driver
IBC recently published an in-depth article about the Sound Design, Mixing & SFX Recording of Edgar Wright's Baby Driver. You can read the full story here. … [Read more...]
Watson Wu – Killing Floor 2 Weapon Recording Behind The Scenes
Watson Wu recently shared a behind the scenes video showing footage of weapon recording sessions for newly released Co-Op First Person Shooter Killing Floor 2 by Tripwire Interactive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8-YgPCmUDg … [Read more...]
Planet Coaster’s Sound Designer Watson Wu Rent Entire Theme Park For Sound Recording
Watson Wu, Sound Designer for recently released Coaster Park Simulation Game Planet Coaster, recently shared some interesting behind the scenes videos & how he shut down an entire theme park for the recording sessions. Source: PC Games N https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGYhbuS8Nzo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-LKZHJHiG4 … [Read more...]
Watson Wu on Listening
Let's start out with what to listen for in a recording location. Naturally, we're always going to be looking for a space that isn't going to introduce too many environmental and human generated artifacts into the recording, but the physical layout and acoustic properties of a location can contribute as much character to your recordings as microphone selection...sometimes even … [Read more...]
The Tonebenders – Vehicle Recording Roundtable
I'm really stoked by the way The Tonebenders Podcast has been jumping onto our monthly topics when they can. This time, they've got a spectacular roundtable conversation with Rob Noke, Watson Wu and Max Lachmann. Give it a listen, and make sure to visit the Tonebenders webpage to find out more information about their guests in this episode. Thanks for the contribution, … [Read more...]