Review by Kyle Worrall Edited by Tom Garner Developer: From Software and JAPAN Studio Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Lead Composer: Ryan Amon et al. Sound Department: From Software & JAPAN Studio Reviewed on: Playstation 4 Introduction Originally released way back in early 2015, Bloodborne (From Software) has recently been made available for free (with a subscription) to console gamers all over the
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Old Man’s Journey Game Audio Review
Reviewed by Willy McCarter. Edited by Sam Dudley Music & Sound Design: Andrew Rohrmann (aka scntfc) Developer: Broken Rules Reviewed on: Nintendo Switch Introduction Released in May 2017 on Steam, Old Man’s Journey developed by Broken Rules finally made its way to the Nintendo Switch recently. I had the pleasure of playing this lovable, kindhearted and
A Quiet Place Film Sound Review
Article by Ryan Williams Edited by Alyx Jones Directed by: John Krasinski Composer: Marco Beltrami Sound Design: Brandon Jones Supervising Sound Editors: Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn From the first moment of seeing the trailer to A Quiet Place, I suspected this film was going to be special. Its party trick is to focus upon
Ringing Rocks Sound Library Review
Reviewed by Willy McCarter. Edited by Sam Dudley Developer & Sound Designer: Thomas Rex Beverly Publisher: Thomas Rex Beverly Reviewed on: Macbook Pro Introduction Earlier on this year, I was lucky enough to pick a copy of the sound library Ringing Rocks produced by Thomas Rex Beverly who is a sound library creator and field recorder
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi Audio Review
Review by Thomas O’Boyle Edited by Katie Tarrant Directed by: Rian Johnson Composer: John Williams Sound Design: Ken Klyce w/Skywalker Sound Writing an introduction to a Star Wars film always feels odd. If ever there was a franchise that sat firmly within the pop culture zeitgeist of every single generation of its existence then
Spitfire Chamber Strings Review
Review by Jordan Killiard Edited by Sam Dudley Price: £599 inc. vat Developer: Spitfire Audio Spitfire Chamber Strings has risen out of the ashes of Spitfire’s original Sable series. Released back in 2013, Sable was a modular library beginning Spitfire’s British Modular Library (BML) series, released in five volumes, including specially created ensemble
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
iCON iKeyboard 8x Review
Review by: Jordan Killiard Edited by Katie Tarrant Price: £200 Developer: iCON Pro Audio Distributor: Synthax Audio Reviewed on: Cubase 9.5, Windows 10 The iCON iKeyboard 8x is a new addition to the most under-looked of composer's tools - the 88 key semi-weighted keyboard. There's not a lot of them out there and none seem to
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
