audio professional Archives - The Sound Architect

Interview with Sound Designer/Recordist Michael Leaning AKA Shotgun Mike

by Sam Hughes - 19/07/2018 0466

Sam Hughes speaks with sound designer/recordist Michael Leaning. Michael Leaning has worked as a professional sound designer for 9 years, starting his sound design career at Traveller’s Tales in 2009, spending 4 years working on the hugely popular LEGO games. In 2013 he moved to Lionhead Studios to work on

Avantone Pro Announces CLA-10 Nearfield Studio Monitors

by Sam Dudley - 05/07/201805/07/2018 0367

Avantone Pro brings 'back' to market the much-loved nearfield studio monitoring mainstay with closely-matched CLA-10™ Studio buffs rejoice! The classic sound and design of the well known studio referencing monitor the NS-10 (discontinued by Yamaha in 2001) has been faithfully recreated by audio products producer Avantone Pro in collaboration with five-time

Evenant Online Course: The Aspiring Trailer Music Composer

by Andrew Overfield - 02/02/201730/01/2018 0520

Evenant Online Course: The Aspiring Trailer Music Composer Review by Andrew Overfield Edited by Sam Hughes Publisher: Evenant Online Course Leader: Christian Baczyk Reviewed on: Web Back in October I came across an offer via a few mutual friends on Facebook that a trailer music course was being released. Having dabbled in the area of trailer music since around May of

Interview with Anne Juenger, COO of Umlaut Audio

by Sam Hughes - 07/06/201627/06/2016 0640

Sam Hughes speaks to Co-founder and COO of Umlaut Audio. Umlaut Audio designs fully customizable software instruments and samples. Umlaut’s products are inspired by years of experience developing custom virtual instrument solutions and samples for many of the world's most famous composers such as Harry Gregson Williams,Danny Elfman (1953- )

Julia Hardy with The Sound Architect at the BAFTA Games Awards 2016

by Sam Hughes - 03/06/201627/06/2016 0367

Sam Hughes discusses the important of audio with BBC Radio 1 presenter, Julia Hardy at the BAFTA Games Awards 2016, they discuss the event and its nominees as well as Julia's thoughts on game audio. Stay up to date with more of our interviews and support our Patreon if you love what

Obsidian’s Audio DIrector, Justin Bell on South Park: The Stick of Truth

by Sam Hughes - 26/03/201627/06/2016 0667

Sam Hughes chats to Audio Director, Justin Bell over at Obsidian about South Park: The Stick of Truth. They discuss all of the techniques and work involved in the project including some in-depth discussions of implementation, workflow and more! Justin graduated with an A.A. degree in Music from Los Angeles Valley College

Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate Interview with Audio Director, Lydia Andrew

by Sam Hughes - 27/02/201627/06/2016 1788

Sam Hughes speaks to Audio Director, Lydia Andrew about her career so far and her work on Assassin's Creed: Syndicate. Lydia is an Audio Director who has worked in game audio for 14 years and in the entertainment industry for nearly 20. She started her games career with Electronic Arts in the

Interview with Ori and the Blind Forest Audio Director, Andrew Lackey

by Sam Hughes - 20/02/201627/06/2016 0530

Earlier this year, Sam Hughes caught up with Sound Designer, Andrew Lackey, about his work on Ori and the Blind Forest. They also discuss his previous work on amazing titles such as The Matrix Trilogy as well as the recent release, The Witness and more! Andrew is an award winning sound designer and

Interview with Leonard J Paul (School of Video Game Audio)

by Alyx Jones - 03/02/201627/06/2016 0785

Alyx Jones chats with Leonard Paul, after a busy year, about how the School of Video Game Audio is going as well as his current work on the follow-up to Retro City Rampage, Shakedown Hawaii. Leonard is well known for his work on titles such as EA’s NBA Jam, NHL 11,

Interview with Rise of the Tomb Raider Audio Director, Jack Grillo

by Sam Hughes - 19/12/201527/06/2016 0614

Sam Hughes speaks to Audio Director, Jack Grillo about the epic adventure release Rise of the Tomb Raider! Jack has been working as a Sound Designer for the past 20 years, with experience in film, television, commercials, and video games. Early in his video game career, Jack worked as Audio Lead