From Battlefield To Star Wars - A Great Interview With EA DICE Audio Director Ben Minto:

Posted November 16, 2020 by Asbjoern Andersen in Game audio, Sound community highlights

We just came across this brilliant interview by John Broomhall with EA DICE's seasoned Audio Director Ben Minto - if you're interested in game audio, you don't want to miss this one. Oh, and as an extra bonus, we've also added in a number of additional interviews with the talented audio team at EA DICE.

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Here’s the official Develop:Brighton intro:

Studio Audio Director, Ben Minto, reflects on 13 years at acclaimed game developer, EA DICE, whose mantelpiece strains under the weight of countless awards trophies for best of breed game audio across a string of hit titles. They’ve even been trusted to add to the hallowed Star Wars canon. We ask him to share key insights to the sustained success he’s enjoyed alongside his pioneering audio colleagues.

EA DICE Audio Director Ben Minto: From Battlefield to Star Wars | Develop:Brighton Digital 2020

Take a game audio deep-dive with the talented team at EA DICE:

Want to know more about the audio at EA DICE? We’ve got a number of exclusive interviews for you below:

• How Star Wars Battlefront II’s stellar sound was made

• Behind the incredible sound of ‘Battlefield 1’

• The Future Of Game Audio – with Ben Minto

• Video: Behind the sound for Battlefield V – with Andreas Almström and Bence Pajor

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SENTINEL is a cinematic sound library crafted by French sound designer Julien Caraz, known for his raw, visceral approach to audio storytelling. Created exclusively for HorrorSound, this collection is a deep dive into organic sonics, stylized textures, and hybrid cinematic intensity.

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Braams
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Bundles MASTERGUN – RPK-74 Play Track 1430 sounds included $90

The Master Gun RPK-74 Sound Effects library is recorded using a large array of various microphone configurations, we recorded shots from several distances in an open shooting range in the Nevada Desert.

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In addition to the unsuppressed shot recordings, we’ve also sampled the RPK-74 with a suppressor attachment. The suppressed RPK-74 was sampled right after the unsuppressed recordings using the exact same microphone setup as the unsuppressed version. This provides you a seamless transition between the unsuppressed and the suppressed recordings.
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Because adding a suppressor to the firearm increases the weapons muzzle velocity, the fire rate of the suppressed weapon is slightly faster than its unsuppressed counterpart.

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Cinematic & Trailer Sound Effects Spaceship Flying By Vol.2 Play Track 450+ sounds included, 129 mins total $15
Spaceship Flying By Vol.2 is a sound effect library for creating exciting scenes in science fiction films, cartoons, animations and video games.These sounds convey the feeling of dynamic and fast spaceship flights, immersing the listener in the world of intergalactic adventures.

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Demo files for review (5, 15 and 30 second versions of the spaceship flybys “Stereo To Mono”) from the sound set “Spaceship Flying By Vol.2” in mp3 format with watermarks can be downloaded from this link.
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