Article by Katie Tarrant Inspired by the roaring success of previous tours, legendary composer Hans Zimmer has announced a spectacular new tour, ‘The World of Hans Zimmer’, which is travelling the UK this month, March 2019. The tour will go underway from 17th of March in Krakow, and hits the UK
Author: Katie Tarrant
Katie is a sound designer and composer currently working for Rare on Sea of Thieves. She graduated with a First Class Honours in music from Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts in 2016. A lover of music from a young age, she is also a guitarist, bassist, and drummer. In 2016, she was the first ever recipient of UK Music's 'Outstanding Contribution to Music' graduate award, and honoured the following year to receive King and Diversi's scholarship to attend the Game Developer's Conference 2017. Most recently, she was nominated at one of Games Industry Biz's Top 100 Future Talent. Some of her favourite games include Bioshock, Overwatch, Life Is Strange, Uncharted, Fallout, and many more.
Signal Space Interview: The Sound of We Happy Few
Article by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Following my review of We Happy Few back in November, I recently had the pleasure of chatting to Chris Fox (Audio Director) and José Aguirre (Managing Director) of Signal Space Lab; the company responsible for the casting, dialogue recording and mixing, original soundtrack,
We Happy Few Game Audio Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Tom Garner Developer/Publisher: Compulsion Games Composer: Nicolas Marquis Original Music/In Game Band: Andrew Barr, Brad Barr, Murray A. Lightburn, Patrick Watson (The Make Believes) Sound Design Design/Integration: Valentino Lercher Audio Production: Signal Space Lab Audio Director: Chris Fox Audio Team: Adrien Sauret, Joe Barrucco, Ivo Ivanov, Eli Hason, Michel Marchant, Toussaint Renaud, Maxime Letertre VO
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban In Concert
EGX Audio Talks
ACID Pro 8.0 Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Introduction ACID Pro 8.0 is a DAW targeted at music creators and producers that thrives on loop-based experimentation and production. In need of an upgrade since its initial creation, MAGIX have given ACID a much needed makeover, with a sleeker design, the addition of a
Sound Forge Pro 12 Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Developer: MAGIX INTRODUCTION Sound Forge Pro 12 is an audio waveform editor originally developed by Sony, but was acquired by MAGIX in 2016. Since its acquisition, MAGIX have now released the biggest update to Sound Forge Pro in over 25 years ago. As suggested by the name, Sound Forge
Planet Earth II In Concert Review
Woodchester Piano Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Fracture Sounds is a company founded and run by composer and programmer Will Bedford, who specialise in crafting virtual instruments and composer tools. Their previous releases include Granulate 2, Dream Zither, Tiny Music Box, and ARCO, and their latest release is Woodchester Piano. Woodchester Piano
GORE Sound Library Review
Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: SoundMorph Contributors: Michael Leaning GORE is available here: https://www.soundmorph.com/product/57/gore SoundMorph are a renowned name amongst the audio industry and deservedly so. Founded in 2013, they have brought out a collection of impressive libraries, including the likes of Dust, Sinematic, and Robotic Lifeforms. The company’s intention is to create