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Interview: Atsushi Suganuma of Square-Enix Japan

May 30, 2018 by Jack Menhorn

  Jack Menhorn: Tell us about yourself. What led you into doing sound design for games? Atsushi Suganuma: I am Atsushi Suganuma, I am an audio director at Square-Enix Japan. I worked on both “FINAL FANTASY XV” game development as well as the CG animation feature film “KINGS GLAIVE FINAL FANTASY XV”. On the game side, I was managing our audio team as Audio Lead … [Read more...]

News: Sound Decision – Inside the world of audio branding

October 23, 2015 by Adriane Kuzminski

A cursor hovers over the time on a Windows 95 screen, displaying the date as October 23, 1995. An exclamation pops up to say, "You keep checking the date. You must be confused. It's 1995. That feeling that you installed Windows 95 a long time ago is just confusion. Windows 95 will now run Solitaire to calm you."

User Interface sounds are a breed of their own. Some clearly represent their actions, such as the epochal 'door opening' to indicate a contact has logged on or the equally attention-grabbing announcement that "you've got mail," which rationalized why you had to tie up the phone line another five minutes. Other sounds attempt to bind emotions to their actions; the wistful start … [Read more...]

Soundminer HD Now Supports iLok, Plus Discount on Ripper with v4/HD Purchases

August 23, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Soundminer has released an iLok version of  Soundminer HD, which comes with new features, including unlimited databases and SmartDrag. Official specs below: HD Searching features include: supports advance mutli-field boolean search just like our noted v4 line. supports direct in field searching supports live linked searching supports locked search within and search … [Read more...]

Soundminer HD Available Now

February 3, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Soundminer HD is now available on the Soundminer Store at $199 (Windows or Mac). There's also an "Universal HD" versión ($299) that allows you to run your license in both operating systems. You can also buy the HD version and update to the Universal HD version for $100 whenever you want. Main Features Includes our advanced super fast robust V4 Search engine with support for … [Read more...]

Soundminer HD Plus Released

December 4, 2010 by Miguel Isaza

Soundminer HD Plus (Win/Mac) is available now in the Soundminer Store at $399. Soundminer HD is not available yet. Soundminer HD is a new lower cost product line that offers users modular feature options as well as the option to run it on both Macintosh and Windows operating systems.  The starting price for this product is only $199US and is packed with great Soundminer … [Read more...]

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