Soundbytes Podcast

Soundbytes Podcast episodes:

• 05.04.2022

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 52 - Spring Thing

  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...

  
• 03.01.2022

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 51 - 10,000 Hours (and how to spend them)

  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...

  
• 02.03.2022

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 50 - Catchup With Katie Tarrant

  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...

  
• 11.30.2021

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 49 - Interview with Paul Stoughton

  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...

  
• 11.09.2021

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 48 - Five Years!

  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...

  
• 07.30.2021

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 47 - Interview with Julie Buchanan

  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...

  
• 07.02.2021

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 46 - Creative Dilemmas

  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...

  
• 05.04.2021

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 45 - May Questions

  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...

  
• 03.01.2021

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 44 - WFH Questions

  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...

  
• 02.01.2021

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 43 - A-ha! Moments, NFL and Unionization

  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...

  
• 12.02.2020

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 42 - The End is Near (of 2020)

  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...

  
• 09.01.2020

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 41 - We Back

  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...

  
• 06.05.2020

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 40 - Summer Catch Up

  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...

  
• 04.02.2020

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 39 - Survival Mode

  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...

  
• 01.01.2020

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 38 - Best of the Decade

  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...

  
• 12.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 37 - Interview with scntfc and Eduardo Ortiz Frau

  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...

  
• 11.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 36 - Three Years

  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...

  
• 10.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 35 - Life Update

  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...

  
• 09.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 34 - Summer's End

  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,...

  
• 08.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 33 - Workflow and Process

  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...

  
• 07.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 32 - A Reddit Adventure

  Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-two of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we talk E3 2019, Godzilla, Keanu Reeves, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Tetris Effect, and we dive into the depths of Reddit, and visit /r/GameAudio/,...

  
• 06.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 31 - Reel Basics

  Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty-one of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we have a chat about showreels, and how to best approach showreels as a sound designer in the games industry. We go over some...

  
• 05.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 30 - Interview with Josie Brechner

  Hello! Welcome back to episode thirty of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we sat down with Josie Brechner and had a chat about music, GDC, freelancing and getting started in the crazy world of game...

  
• 04.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 29 - Interview with Alex Previty

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-nine of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We were at GDC this month, and we took the opportunity during the week to sit down with our friend, Alex Previty, for an interview....

  
• 03.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 28 - Interview with Josh Bell and Francesco Del Pia

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-eight of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, Barney sat down with his two friends and colleagues, Josh Bell and Francesco Del Pia, to discuss life at Cloud Imperium Games, making...

  
• 02.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 27 - Things We Wish We Knew

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-seven of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We're already a month deep into 2019, and so far the year has brought us snow, and the much awaited first demo for Anthem. We...

  
• 01.01.2019

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 26 - New Year, Same Old Us

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-six of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. It's 2019! The year has really flown by. We're starting the year off right, with another of our rambling episodes. This month, we talk Spiderverse,...

  
• 12.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 25 - Interview with Isabella Ness

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-five of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month, we were honoured to be joined by the fantastic Isabella Ness, a sound designer working for Clean Cuts & Cerebral Lounge out of Washington...

  
• 11.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 24 - Two Years

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-four of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. Twenty-Four! That's two years!? We've been doing this crazy thing for two whole years. Join us as we celebrate 104 weeks of premium content, and...

  
• 10.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 23 - Dehumaniser 2 & Reformer Pro

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-three of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We're very excited to bring you this month's episode with the kind help of our friends at Krotos Audio. Krotos us provided with some copies...

  
• 09.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 22 - Some Sound Favourites

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-two of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk Mac and Pro Tools, various Spiderman games, Spyro, we also discuss our favourite sounding games, and chat a bit about foley....

  
• 08.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 21 - Roland and Live Sound Design

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty-one of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we decided to do our own seperate segments, Barney talked a bit about the new Roland R-07 recorder, and Derek dived into some...

  
• 07.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 20 - Sanken and Gators

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twenty of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. It's just me this time, Barney, as Derek is away helping PowerUp Audio at SGDQ. I took the opportunity to explore some recordings I've made...

  
• 06.08.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - Special Episode - Interview with Mattia Cellotto

  Hello! Welcome to a special episode of Soundbytes! We sat down and chatted with sound designer and field recordist Mattia Cellotto, about his new library, Animal Hyperrealism Vol I. Mattia talked about his beginnings in sound design, his current work,...

  
• 06.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 19 - Interview with Nick von Kaenel

  Hello! Welcome back to episode nineteen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk got to sit down with the brilliant Nick von Kaenel, of Respawn Entertainment, and to discuss Nick's background, current work on...

  
• 05.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 18 - Alien Day

  Hello! Welcome back to episode eighteen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk UE4 demo development, we evaluate the work of Ridley Scott, subtlety and nuance, and answer a bunch of listener questions.  Hosted by: Derek...

  
• 04.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 17 - To San Fran and Back

  Hello! Welcome back to episode seventeen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk about GDC adventures, Derek's new workstation build, a LOT of random chit-chat, and Barney delves into his current obsession with tape...

  
• 03.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 16 - Pree Gee Dee Cee

  Hello! Welcome back to episode sixteen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk; our recent library releases, the fast approaching GDC, Udemy, Nagra, and then we delve into the topic of maintaining motivation for...

  
• 02.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 15 - The Odyssey Collection: Essentials Deep-Dive

  Hello! Welcome back to episode fifteen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We're incredibly excited to be bringing this month's episode to you with the help of Pro Sound Effects, who are very kindly sponsoring us. They...

  
• 01.01.2018

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 14 - Holiday Special

  Hello! Welcome back to episode fourteen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk about Derek's first indie title, games we're playing, some recording we've been doing, and we announce the winners of our holiday...

  
• 12.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 13 - Mana-Mana

  Hello! Welcome back to episode thirteen of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. We're back after a short break! It's been a whole year since we started this crazy thing and we're so thankful to you all for listening! In...

  
• 10.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 12 - Middleware Madness

  Hello! Welcome back to episode twelve of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. In this episode we talk industry news, middleware, and answer a few questions.  Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersubBarney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: EuroGamer: 'The...

  
• 09.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 11 - Crunch Time

  Hello! Welcome back to episode eleven of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk Gamescom, Madden 18, crunch, interviews... and Scooby Doo?  Hosted by: Derek Brown - @subwoofersubBarney Oram - @BarneyOram1 Follow Soundbytes on Twitter: @soundbytes_p Links to things we mentioned: Gamescom Battlefront 2...

  
• 08.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 10 - Summer Shindig

  Hello! Welcome back to the tenth episode of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we catch up about Develop, hear more about Derek's work at EA, discussing working life and answer a few listener questions.  Hosted by: Derek...

  
• 07.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 9 - Sound Design Special

  Hello! It's just me this time, Barney, as Derek is super busy working on his first AAA title, which we will be hearing about very soon. For now though, I thought I'd do a little special episode, digging into some...

  
• 06.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 8 - Just Us

  Hello! Welcome back to the eighth episode of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we talk about Derek's new venture into full-time freelancing, we discuss the art of sound design, and answer a few questions from our...

  
• 05.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 7 - Diversity with Haroon Thantrey and Katie Tarrant

  Hello! Welcome back to the seventh episode of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we decided to tackle the incredibly important issue of diversity in games and game development. We were lucky to be approached by...

  
• 04.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 6 - Post-GDC Wrap-Up with Damian Kastbauer

  Hello! Welcome back to the sixth episode of our monthly podcast about games and game audio. This month we had the immense honour of sitting down with the one and only Damain Kastbauer (lostchocolatelab), pillar of the game audio community...

  
• 03.11.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - GDC17 Special - Interview with Matthew Marteinsson and Jamie Bell

  Hello! Welcome to this GDC 2017 special episode!! GDC happened last week and while Barney did not attend, I had the chance to sit down with Matthew Marteinsson and Jamie Bell of Klei Entertainment! We talk about GDC, the game...

  
• 03.01.2017

  Soundbytes Podcast - EP 5 - Field Recording

  Hello! It's just me this time, Barney, as Derek is over in San Francisco this month for GDC. As I had the opportunity to take this episode, I decided to do something a bit different. This month I took the...