Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-seven of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we were incredibly lucky to be joined by two incredibly talented audio people: composer scntfc (Andy Rohrmann) and sound designer Eduardo Ortiz Frau. Both Andy and Eduardo have just finished up working on the newly released game, Afterparty. We loved the sound and music of Afterparty, so it was a real honour to be able to dig into some of the specifics that went into its creation. We talked about Eduardo and Andy's backgrounds in audio and games, about how they both ended up working on Afterparty, and we discussed their approach to creating audio such a unique gaming experience. A huge thanks to both Andy and Eduardo for taking the time to chat to us, it was an incredibly insightful and inspiring interview.
You can follow Eduardo on Twitter here: @edsounddesign and Andy on Twitter here: @scntfc.
Afterparty is out now, and can be purchased on Xbox One, PS4 and the Epic Games Store.
Hosted by:
Derek Brown - @subwoofersub
Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1
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Links to things we mentioned:
Sword & Sworcery: Moon Grotto by scntfc
Oxenfree by scntfc
The Stanley Parable
Night School Studio
Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-six of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month marks an incredible milestone for us - three whole years of the Soundbytes podcast! It's been great a journey and a lot of fun. We're thankful for everyone who has listened to us. In this month's episode we talk a bit about the past 3 years, we talk about settling into new jobs, and Barney talks about a recent field recording expedition he went on.
Hosted by:
Derek Brown - @subwoofersub
Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1
Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p
Links to things we mentioned:
SoundDevices MixPre-6 II
Trench Rammer Recording Session
Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-five of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. Just a very short one from us this month, as we're both very busy. Barney is currently travelling in Israel after having just started a new job with SweetJustice, and Derek in settling into a new job at Naughty Dog and a new home in LA. It's been a hectic month for us so we decided to pre-record a quick update on where our lives are at. We'll be back very soon with more of that infectious banter and game audio knowledge share. Have a lovely October!
Hosted by:
Derek Brown - @subwoofersub
Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1
Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p
Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-one of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we have a chat about showreels, and how to best approach showreels as a sound designer in the games industry. We go over some basic info and talk a bit about our experience making reels over the years. We also talk about Avengers: Endgame, Shazam!, Death Stranding, Raising Kratos, Divinity: Original Sin II, Austin Wintory's GDC 2019 talk The 'Banner Saga' Franchise: Making Indie Sound AAA and many more fun things.
This month, we're really excited to be sponsored by our friends at Pro Sound Effects! They have sent us over a copy of 'Bass Machine', a new library from their Sonomar Collection. We have a chat about the library in the episode, and we've also made a couple of videos for you to hear more of the library, here and here. You can also get a fantastic $50 off the library, when using the code 'SOUNDBYTES' at the checkout! Thanks PSE!
Hosted by:
Derek Brown - @subwoofersub
Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1
Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p
Links to things we mentioned:
Muppet Elevator: Battle Hymn of the Republic
God of War - Raising Kratos: Full Length Feature
PowerUp Audio's ReelTalk
Death Stranding – Release Date Reveal Trailer
Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-eight of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, Barney sat down with his two friends and colleagues, Josh Bell and Francesco Del Pia, to discuss life at Cloud Imperium Games, making sounds for spaceships and spacesuits, and generally working with a big team on a big project. We also talked about finding work in the games industry as a sound designer, how to deal with moving to a new city and a new country to join a company, and how to get past the impostor syndrome that comes with starting a career in sound. A huge thanks to Josh and Fran for taking the time to chat, we had a great discussion and we hope it is helpful information, especially for newcomers to the industry.
You can follow Josh on Twitter here: @joshadambell and Fran on Twitter here: @makeatemplate.
Hosted by:
Derek Brown - @subwoofersub
Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1
Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p
Links to things we mentioned:
Star Citizen
Wwise
VFS - Vancouver Film School
First Man
Star Citizen: The Sound of Fury Video
