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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Ghost of Tsushima podcasts!
I’ve long been a fan of Sam Hughes’ Sound Architect podcast. He always asks great questions and the results are informative discussions with very talented audio people. I was pleasantly surprised when he reached out asking if I’d like to … Continue reading
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Tagged ghost of tsushima, podcast
The Mix of Ghost of Tsushima
[editor’s note: This was originally published here on June 9, 2021]. It’s hard to believe Ghost of Tsushima is almost a year old already! It came out on July 17, 2020. We started planning for the final mix in February … Continue reading
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Tagged ghost of tsushima, mixing
The Sound Design of Ghost of Tsushima: Bloopers
No five year long project would be complete without at least a few goofy bloopers. There were so many more that we just didn’t capture, but I hope this brings a smile to your face. For me, it is just … Continue reading
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Tagged bloopers, ghost of tsushima
The Sound Design of Ghost of Tsushima: Crafting the Ambience
To be honest, when we first started making Ghost of Tsushima, I was probably most excited about the possibility of traveling to Japan to capture ambience. We sent two teams over to Tsushima and throughout Japan but I didn’t get … Continue reading
Posted in Field Recording, Ghost of Tsushima, Sound Design
Tagged ambience, field recording, ghost of tsushima, sound design
The Sound Design of Ghost of Tsushima: Fake Birds
The natural world we built for Ghost of Tsushima is one of the sonic highlights for me. The world is lush and full of so many different species of birds, insects, amphibians and mammals, many of which were recorded in … Continue reading
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Tagged fake birds, ghost of tsushima, sound design
The Sound Design of Ghost of Tsushima: Horses
One of the first decisions made on Ghost of Tsushima was that our main means of fast locomotion in the game would be horses. It made sense since that was what was used by both Mongols and Japanese warriors in … Continue reading
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Tagged field recording, ghost of tsushima, horses, sound design
The Sound Design of Ghost of Tsushima: Dogs
The dogs in Ghost of Tsushima are fun to talk about because, like so much of the soundscape of the game, we started with a lot of research and then recording them was a blast. Let’s just ignore the fact … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, ghost of tsushima, sound design
The Sound Design of Ghost of Tsushima: Combat Impacts
We knew as soon as we began working on Ghost of Tsushima that swordplay would be a major part of the game and that the swords had to sound dangerous. We had been working on some close quarters sword-based combat … Continue reading
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Tagged combat, ghost of tsushima, sound design
The Sound Design of Ghost of Tsushima: the Mongol Warhorn
A sound we knew we needed early on was a war horn for the Mongols. It had to be iconic and immediately recognizable so that a player could hear it nearby or in the distance and know “uh oh, there … Continue reading
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Tagged ghost of tsushima, warhorn
Website Resurrected!
I don’t think anyone actually reads this site with any regularity if I’m not sharing on the social medias, but my wordpress went down maybe a year ago or so? Probably longer. Looks like my database got corrupted. Finally got … Continue reading
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