Granulate 2: A Product Review

Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Fracture Sounds / Will Bedford Reviewed on: Kontakt 5.5 / Mac / Logic Pro 9.1.8   Granulate 2 is a reboot from Fracture Sounds, with many new features added that were sought after in 1.0. It is an audio manipulation engine for use with Kontakt 5, that allows for powerful

Turtle Beach Stealth 450 Wireless Surround Headset Review

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Hello! Welcome to another Turtle Beach headset review, this time with the Ear Force Stealth 450 Wireless Surround Headset. I tested the 450's via  various activities, not only on PC (As they are advertised), but also on PS4, Xbox One and Mobile (with music). So let's take a look! At First Feel The 450s are

Firewatch Game Audio Review

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Developer: Campo Santo Composer/Sound Designer: Chris Remo Sound Provided by: Bay Area Sound Inc., Jared Emerson-Johnson, Julian Kwasneski, Connor Stock & Chris Remo Voice Artists: Rich Sommer, Cissy Jones Review by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes Back in February, San Francisco developers Campo Santo brought us Firewatch. Featuring members who have worked on the likes of Bioshock

Now Play This Games Exhibition

Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Now Play This is a games exhibition held in the New Wing of Somerset House, as part of the London Games Festival. It's a 3-day event running from the 1-3 April, now in its second year. Now Play This, is particularly focused on artistic

BAFTA Conversations with Screen Composers: Clint Mansell, in association with PRS for Music

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Article by Katie Tarrant Edited by Sam Hughes For several years now, BAFTA and PRS for Music have been hosting a series of events called ‘Conversations with Screen Composers’ at the Royal Albert Hall. The events have previously featured the likes of Murray Gold, Michael Giacchino and the late James Horner. Recently,

Andy v Doug: Dawn of Audio, A Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Audio Review

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Review by Andrew Overfield & Doug Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Directed by: Zack Snyder Composers: Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL) & Hans Zimmer Sound Design: Phil Barrie, Chuck Michael, Jussi Tegelman, David Grimaldi & others. So for the first time in The Sound Architect history, here is a joint review! Mostly because Andy and Doug were going

Life is Strange Game Audio Review

Review by Alyx Jones Edited by Sam Hughes Developer: Dontnod Entertainment Composer: Jonathan Morali Audio Lead: Sébastien Gaillard Audio Artist: Frédéric Devanlay (Big Wheels Studio) Sound Design: Louis Martin, Yannick Tassin Voice Actors: Hannah Telle, Ashly Burch, Nik Shriner, Dani Knights, Carlos Luna Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Disclaimer: This review contains some hints towards the game's narrative direction. Not full on spoilers, but proceed

iZotope RX 5 Advanced Audio Editor Review

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Review by Sam Hughes Developer: iZotope Reviewed on: Windows 10 PC We've all heard of the black magic that is iZotope RX5. All those years as sound designers, amongst many other audio professionals, telling people "No we can't do that, that's impossible!". Well RX has been constantly reducing the amount of truth to that

Deadpool Film Sound Review!!

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Review by Douglas Waters Edited by Sam Hughes Directed by: Tim Miller Composer: Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL) Sound Design: Warren Hendriks, Craig Henighan, Ai-Ling Lee & Others   What a year of superhero films this is shaping up to be! This year cinema goers will be able to see, among others, the likes of the