On The Mastering Show, Katie Tavini shares her inspiring story of how she got into mastering. On Tonebenders, Nicholas Renbeck talks about what it is like to work as a freelance Sound Supervisor in New York City. On The Sound Architect UK, Jared Emerson-Johnson, composer at Telltale Games discusses his career and favorite Telltale tracks.
On Soundbytes, Derek and Barney talk about GDC adventures, new workstations, and more. Emily Reese speaks with Kirk Hamilton from Kotaku about his musical background and his favorite soundtracks from recent games. And finally, learn from the experts at Google about how to increase the immersion of your VR/AR experiences, games, and YouTube videos with the Resonance Audio SDK.
Episode outline: ‘Our guest in this episode is Katie Tavini, who shares the inspiring story of how she got into mastering. It’s something we’re asked all the time, and Katie is a great example of one way to start in the industry, in a time when internships and junior positions are becoming less and less accessible. She also talks about the great network of engineers she’s discovered through Red Bull’s Normal Not Novelty initiative.
Other topics include:
* Why Katie got into mastering
* Do you need expensive gear to master effectively ?
* Katie’s favourite piece of gear
* Does understanding classical music help with mastering ?
* The challenges of being a female engineer
* The pros and cons of attended sessions’
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Episode outline: ‘In this episode we sit down with Nicholas Renbeck for a talk about what it is like to be working as a freelance Sound Supervisor in New York City. We go in depth on his recent Golden Reel and Emmy award winning work for the HBO series “The Night of” as well as other projects he has worked on in his long career. Thanks to C5 Sound for letting us use their studio to conduct the interview.’
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Episode outline: ‘Sam Hughes speaks with composer of nearly all the Telltale Games franchises, Jared Emerson-Johnson. They discuss his career, so far, favourite tracks from the TellTale Games, his process and more!
For the past decade or so Jared has been the music man at Bay Area Sound—writing music, creating sound design, directing voiceover and acting in all sorts of games and occasionally in other media.
You may know him from his Telltale games scores to the Sam & Max series, The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Tales From the Borderlands and Game of Thrones.
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Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!
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Episode outline: ‘Hello! Welcome back to episode seventeen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk about GDC adventures, Derek’s new workstation build, a LOT of random chit-chat, and Barney delves into his current obsession with tape and Nagra.’
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Episode outline: ‘Kirk Hamilton is the Editor-At-Large for Kotaku.com, and he’s always been a huge fan of music in games. He studied jazz at the University of Miami, and ended up out in the Bay Area being a saxophonist for a while and teaching music. I’ve always enjoyed talking with Kirk about game music, so I asked him on to talk about what some of his more recent favorites are lately.
Patrons, you’ll have access to a bonus clip of Kirk and I talking about playing Destiny 2, which was a lot newer when we spoke last year.
Kirk is great – I’m glad he loves game music so much :)’
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Episode outline: ‘Learn how to increase the immersion of your VR, AR, gaming, and YouTube experiences using the Resonance Audio SDK. We’ll cover the basics to advanced capabilities like near-field rendering, geometry-based reverb baking, cross-platform support, as well as how to optimize your app performance without sacrificing quality on mobile and desktop platforms.’
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Game Audio Packs - Game Sound Effects Libraries Spells Variations Vol 4 Play Track 255 sounds included $10.20
Spell Variations Vol. 4 marks the grand finale of our magical sound series, delivering a diverse and powerful collection of spell effects. Inside, you’ll find summonings, blood spells, petrifications, healing spells, dark incantations, and much more!
This volume includes 255 high-quality sound effects, organized into 27 distinct spell types, each with multiple variations (3 to 17) to ensure no spell sounds the same, even when reused across your project.
Each spell type is carefully named and sorted into individual folders, giving you intuitive navigation and maximum flexibility for magical scenes, game effects, or cinematic transitions.
Recorded, edited, and mastered in 192 kHz / 24-bit, these sounds deliver exceptional clarity and full adaptability for pitching, layering, or creative processing.
A must-have library for professional sound designers seeking drag-and-drop magical sounds for video games, trailers, animations, or any audiovisual production.
More about the pack
– Intuitive file naming
– All you’ll ever need regarding magical sounds [Use them again & again
Use the sound effects over and over, in any of your projects or productions, forever without any additional fees or royalties. Use the SFX in your game, in your trailer, in a Kickstarter campaign, wherever you need to, as much as you want to.
– Totally mono compatibility
– All sounds have several variations.
– Use your imagination and feel free to use any sound for a creature other than the one described, remember that the world of sound is totally subjective.
– For any questions or problems: khronstudio@gmail.comFeatures
– 255 spell sounds
– Number of Audio Waves: 255
– Format: 192KHz / 24 bits
– Win/Mac: Yes
– Minutes of audio provided: 19:2140 %OFF -
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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Mini-Set Bundle: Dark Whooshes, Impacts & Cinematic Hits, Bright Wisps & Whooshes Play Track 63 sounds included, 2 mins total $11.95
This bundle consists of our three releases: Dark Whooshes, Impacts, Cinematic Hits, Bright Wisps & Whooshes!
Dark Whooshes is comprised of 15 transition sounds that favor a darker or more muted tone! But don’t be fooled- some of these transition sounds are powerful.
Impacts & Cinematic Hits has 29 individual percussive sounds across the 18 sound files. These cinematic impacts run the spectrum from loud to abstract to intimate.
Bright Wisps and Whooshes is overflowing with bright and airy transition sounds! The wisps are quick & icey. The whooshes are brimming with light and our long swells are almost magical.
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