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(TSAP S04E12) Anne-Sophie Mongeau and Philip Eriksson join Sam, to chat about their amazing work on the acclaimed co-op title It Takes Two from Hazelight. They discuss the challenges of mixing and design for a split-screen game, handling the huge scope of the different levels with various forms of gameplay, the sound designer’s playground and more!...

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(TSAP S03E15) For those of you who don’t know, The Last of Us has a very special place in our hearts. 7 years ago, our VERY FIRST episode of The Sound Architect Podcast, was with Audio Lead on TLOU1 – Phillip Kovats. So, 7 years later when Sam got to speak with Audio Lead (Now...

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Review by Jake BastenEdited by Sam Hughes Developer: Krotos Audio Krotos Audio recently released their Sound Design Bundle 2, featuring all of their best tools in one package. Their most recent release Igniter (Full Tank edition), a tool and library for vehicle sound design, is included in this bundle as well as all the Krotos...

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Sam chats to composer Emily Rice about her career, scoring Mr. Malcom's List, and working with Junkie XL, Brian Tyler, James Newton Howards & Laura Karpman.

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Sam speaks with composer Cris Velasco, about his recent work on Fortnite, Darksiders III, his process and more!

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Krotos Audio, creators of Dehumaniser 2, Reformer Pro and Weaponiser, have just released an ominous video stating that their new product is "Coming Soon".

From the sound effects in the video it is quite easy to take a guess at what they are bringing out....but what do you think?

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“Taking place in various cities each year, the game development industry and, specifically, game audio professionals unite to share and learn from one another and the creative works and expertise of the finest of game audio teams.” Some of the videos from Audiokinetic’s Wwise Tour 2018 are now all available! https://www.audiokinetic.com/community/wwisetour/ There are great talks...

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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 multitude of...

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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 GRAMMY® Award-winning mix engineer...

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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...

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