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Ever wonder what it takes for a successful collaboration between a videogame studio and an audio production studio? Based on 20+ years of experience from both sides of this process, BAFTA and Develop award-winning audio director Adele Cutting from Soundcuts Ltd shares her essential insights on how to achieve quality results as an audio outsourcer for games:
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The devil is in the details, and thatโs certainly true of the soundtrack that Jeff Schmidt created for Wonderyโs seven-part podcast Inside The Exorcist by creator/writer/host Mark Ramsey. Hereโs how he created the sound for the series, covering everything from creating sinister drones, clever sound design and recording approaches, to crafting those demonic voices and much more:
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Hereโs how supervising sound editor Michaล Fojcik and Foley artist Heikki Kossi brought the wintry world of โMoomins and the Winter Wonderlandโ to life with sound:
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Creative Assemblyโs Charles Pateman on how game audio differs from linear media: For Audio Media International, Charles Pateman from Creative Assembly shares his thoughts about the differences between interactive and linear audio. From the iterative process and no picture lock to our relationships with other departments, Charles shows us how we have a special workflow that challenges โtraditionalโ production.
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How Immersive Sound Brings Mixed Reality to Life: Technology writer Alice Bonasia writes about the role of spatial audio in building believable, multi-sensory virtual environments. She speaks with HoloLens inventor Alex Kipman, developer Kean Walmsley, and Auro-3D founder Wilfried Van Baelen about what makes a convincing experience and the challenges sound designers and developers face.
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A Conversation with Ben Burtt on Perseverance: Shaun Farley from Designing Sound interviews Ben Burtt about his decades-long pursuit to create โclassicโ sounds during his highly respected career. He shares the trial and error process he developed by learning from his mistakes, and how โ with the trust of the director โ this workflow can lead to โwonderful undiscovered worldsโ.
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Interview: The Force is with Tracy W. Bush, audio designer for Star Wars toys: Over at Gigantic Software, Krystle Becknauld interviews Tracy W. Bush, audio director at Sphero, about the companyโs new line of Star Wars toys. He talks about their new products, including models of BB-9E, R2-Q5, R2-D2, and their evil counterparts, and how they developed their bleep-and-bloop languages and emotions even before the The Last Jedi has been released!
