Everybody Has to Learn Everything20250222122749
Everybody Has to Learn Everything
It’s all too easy to look around at peers and colleagues, especially in creative fields like sound design, and feel like you’re always a step behind. We often compare our current abilities to the poli...
Receiving Feedback as a Creative20241012134859
Receiving Feedback as a Creative
Receiving feedback is hard. Really hard. And as sound designers or creative folks, it can feel downright brutal. We’re not just talking about tweaking some numbers on a spreadsheet or switching slides...
My Reaper Environment for Sound Design20240912210642
My Reaper Environment for Sound Design
I often get asked about how I use Reaper for sound design, so I thought I'd share a guide to my setup, along with explanations of my methods and the reasoning behind them. This post isn't meant to be ...
Reaper Quick Tip – Easy Soloing Items20240801151457
Reaper Quick Tip – Easy Soloing Items
Here's a quick and easy way to audition media items when you are designing layered content in Reaper....
My Reaper ReaPack Repository20240730144034
My Reaper ReaPack Repository
I finally figured out how to set up my own ReaPack repository for my Reaper scripts and other resources. Most are simple scripts or JSFX geared towards assisting sound design workflows in Reaper....
Reaper vs Pro Tools for Sound Design20240712151943
Reaper vs Pro Tools for Sound Design
To date myself, my audio journey began in 1999 with a dubiously obtained copy of Cool Edit Pro, which I used in high school to record and mix music. When I studied audio at Indiana University I learne...
God of War Ragnarok Awards Recap20230501190258
God of War Ragnarok Awards Recap
Awards season has now wrapped and it's been an honor and a gift to see God of War Ragnarok recognized for so many awards. There was truly a plethora of great sounding and inspiring video games that ca...
Sci-Fi Engines with Manipulator and Your Mouth20201005215213
Sci-Fi Engines with Manipulator and Your Mouth
I saw an inspiring tweet recently from @chrisscullion about using the plugin Manipulator to create sci-fi engine sounds, and I had to give it a shot myself. It turns out, it's super fun! If you have M...
Oblique Strategies for Sound Designers20200910203331
Oblique Strategies for Sound Designers
Working in a creative field, it can be easy to find oneself stuck . As a solution, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt created a set of cards labeled Oblique Strategies that offer short suggestions to ...
The Importance of Developing Critical Listening Skills20200908153704
The Importance of Developing Critical Listening Skills
As a sound designer, the most important tools in your toolbox are your ears and your brain. Forget your microphones, sound library, plugins, and your DAW. Let’s just focus on the act of listenin...