Soundbytes Podcast

Hello! Welcome back to episode fifty-two of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we catch up after being away for a while, and discuss some fantastic listener questions.  Check out Derek's Modular Mecha library here! Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP Audio Podcast Alliance: audiopodcast.org

Hello! Welcome back to episode fifty-one of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This episode is a brief deep-dive into the concept of mastery, and the journey required to achieve that goal. It's a bit of a brain dump surrounding the process of starting a creative endeavour, and addresses practice, fear, looking stupid, experimentation, and a host of other subjects. There's a variety of clips and books referenced in this episode, which have been linked below. Andrew Price - The Habits of Highly Effective Artists Ira Glass - The Gap Jake the Dog - Sorta Good at Something Benedict Cumberbatch reads Sol LeWitt's letter to Eva Hesse Expert: Understanding the Path to Mastery by Roger Kneebone Think Like an Artist by Will Gompertz How to be an Artist by Jerry Saltz Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP Audio Podcast Alliance: audiopodcast.org

Hello! Welcome back to episode fifty of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This episode we catch up with our friend Katie Tarrant, who we previously chatted to in episode 7, back in 2017! Katie is a senior sound designer and musician at Rare, and has spent the past few years working on Sea of Thieves. We chatted with Katie about her work at Rare, her journey into the industry and internships, reflected on the impact of the pandemic, and discussed wider changes in the industry over the last few years. It was a real pleasure to chat to Katie again! We hope you enjoy the conversation and benefit from Katie's excellent wisdom. You can follow Katie on Twitter, here: @ktarrantaudio Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP Audio Podcast Alliance: audiopodcast.org

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-nine of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We've got an extremely exciting episode this month; an interview with Paul Stoughton, hosted by our friend Tzvi Sherman! We're extremely thankful to Paul for sharing his wonderful knowledge, and to Tzvi for interviewing Paul and putting together a fantastic episode. They chatted about techniques to learn and improve on sound design style, as well as Paul's work at Skywalker Sound, Sweet Justice and his library releases, under the name Penguin Grenade. We think it's a really great one and we hope you all enjoy! You can follow Paul on Twitter, here: @PaulStoughton and view his work on his website, here: https://www.paulstoughton.com/ You can follow Tzvi on Twitter, here: @TransientGamers Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-eight of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we're having a quick catch up, chatting about our five-year anniversary, as well as chat about Derek's new gig, the future of remote work, new audio toys and synths. Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP  

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-seven of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We've got an exciting one for you this month! We were very lucky to be joined by the exceptionally talented sound designer and composer Julie Buchanan. We chatted with Julie about her background and journey into game audio, and talked about some of the projects she has been a part of, including Godfall, Rocket League and Say No! More. It was a pleasure to have Julie on the podcast and we hope you enjoy the conversation we had. You can follow Julie on Twitter, here: @jbuaudio Say No! More is out now, and can be purchased for Steam, Nintendo Switch and IOS. Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-six of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk Fallout 76, cold-emailing for work, creating source material, finding the balance with emotional investment into creative work, recent recording adventures and workstation must-haves! We really enjoyed having this conversation, and we hope you enjoy it too! Discord plug: The Soundbytes discord server is in full swing with lots of excellent conversations happening, and we'd love to have you with us. Please join at the link below! Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-five of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk about a selection of wonderful questions including what we'd say to ourselves at the start of our careers, some new plugins we've been playing with, some thoughts on how to maintain motivation in our work, and some thoughts on how to work with programmers. Plug again: The Soundbytes discord server is in full swing with lots of excellent conversations happening, and we'd love to have you with us. Please join at the link below! Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-four of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. It's a consecutive episode! This month we discuss a bunch of fun questions, discuss our first gigs in the industry, talk about the impact of remote work on mentoring within audio teams, and discuss the future of generalist vs specialist skillsets. Plug again: The Soundbytes discord server is in full swing with lots of excellent conversations happening, and we'd love to have you with us. Please join at the link below! Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-three of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. It's 2021 and we're back for some more sound-based chats. This month we catch up about COVID, talk about the new Soundbytes Discord server, and discuss a wonderful selection of questions from our listeners. We had a lot of fun recording this episode and we hope you enjoy listening to it.  Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Join the Soundbytes Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fP7wAEKjBP Links to things we mentioned: Barney's New Gun Library Derek's New Eurorack Case 'The Last of Us 2 Surpasses The Witcher 3 as the Most Awarded Game in History'

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-two of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We're rolling in for one last episode this year, and what a ride it has been. Thankyou for keeping up with our (admittedly infrequent) antics in 2020, we're hoping to have some more substantial episodes for you to sink your teeth into in 2021. This month we talk Biden, Demon's Souls, Miles Morales, the PS5 launch, and the TLOU2 win for best audio at the Golden Joysticks. Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: The Last of Us 2 Sweeps The Golden Joysticks with Five Awards Demon’s Souls Miles Morales

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty-one of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we catch on all manner of fun things, including games we're playing, explosions Barney has been recording, eurorack Derek has plunged into and source we've been making. As we mentioned, we're hoping to start doing some livestreams sometime soon - keep an eye on the twitters!  Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: Barney's RPG Recording Adventure Barney's New SASS Mic Arturia CMI-V TwistedTools S-Layer Soundminer Radium

Hello! Welcome back to episode forty of Soundbytes. It has been another strange few months, as I'm sure you're all aware, but we thought we'd have a little chat and catch up about some things that have been happening. We want to start off this month by expressing our unequivocal support for the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests against the murder of George Floyd. We're disgusted by the inhumanity and disregard for common decency displayed by the police in the USA right now, and we took a moment in this episode to discuss how we can support the protestors and the wider movement. In the episode, we mentioned the Minnesota Freedom Fund, who have been paying bail for those arrested during the protests, and the Official George Floyd Memorial Fund, set up by Floyd's grieving family. These funds are among many that are supporting this very important fight. Please help as you can. We also discussed Derek's last day at Naughty Dog and the upcoming release of TLOU2, as well as discussing some of the cool s

We're back! Sorry it has been a while. Things have changed a little since we last met, including a worldwide pandemic. We're both in lockdown and the moment and we're sure many of our listeners are also. We just want to wish you all safety, it's a strange time and we talked a bit about that in the episode. We offer a few ideas for working from home, as that's the new normal for a lot of folks now, at least for the foreseeable future. Barney also tells us a little about his escapades in recording explosive sounds. Stay home friends! And stay safe. Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: Pro Tools Free Quarantine License Reaper Free Quarantine License Pomodoro Technique Barney's London Cannon Recording Adventure Barney's Explosives Recording Adventure

Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-eight of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. It's 2020! Welcome to the new decade. We decided to use this episode to dig back through some of the sound gems we've particularly enjoyed in the last 10 years. It's a mix of games and films, and we each talk about what our choices mean to us, and how they inspired us.  We wanted to say an extra special thanks to all who have stuck with us over the years, and continue to listen to our podcast. We're eternally grateful for your support. We are also excited for the new year and what it'll bring for us, and we'd like to wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2020. As mentioned in the episode, we'll be at the Game Audio LA meetup on the 18th of Jan. We're looking forward to seeing old friends, and making some new ones. If you're local, we'd love to hang out with you!  Hosted by:  Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: Richa

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 Br

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-four of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we talk No Man's Sky, new mic purchases, the final Joker trailer, the new SoundDevices Mixpre-6 II, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, and much, much more.  Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: No Man's Sky BEYOND Sanken CO-100k, Sennheiser MKH8060 and Aquarian Audio H2a Hydrophone Joker Final Trailer Sound Devices MixPre-6 II Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon Tonsturm Whoosh The Secret To The Gruesome Sounds In Mortal Kombat Is Exploding Vegetables Stephen Schapps' Reaper Theme Bullet Journal Value of Gigabyte 1980 - 2009

Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-three of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we talk about our new library, Lo-Fi Sci-Fi, Barney's new Neumann's, the new Richard King library from Pro Sound Effects, Far Cry 5, and we answer a bunch of wonderful questions about workflow and process - thanks to Nikolaj de Haan for those! Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersub Barney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: Lo-Fi Sci-Fi by Barney Oram and Derek Brown - on ASoundEffect Lo-Fi Sci-Fi Trailer Far Cry 5: The Hope County Choir - 'Oh the Bliss' Far Cry 5: The Hope County Choir - 'Help Me Faith' Pro Sound Effects - King Collection: Volume 1 Neumann KH120 London Game Audio Drinks - Saturday 3rd of August