Game Sound Designer Discusses Cars, Implementation, Recording, and more | Interview with Mark Knight
21In this video, Mark Knight shares his insights and experience recording cars. We discuss recording, designing, implementation, amongst various other subjects.
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About the guest: Mark Knight is a veteran video game sound designer with 25+ years of experience. He has worked on Formula 1 games for 15+ years and has worked with such clients as Electronic Arts, Crytek, Bullfrog Productions, Audi Motorsport, and Dovetail Games.
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0:00 - Intro
1:10 - Tell us a bit about yourself, education, background, and how you got to where you are today
3:43 - Once hired for a car game, how do you get started? What's the process like?
5:45 - Cinematic sound design or Realism?
7:20 - How to record cars
11:14 - Gear for recording cars
13:11 - How to Design Cars
18:54 - Splitting tonal harmonic content from noise
19:46 - Using granular playback engines
21:00 - Granular vs Loops
22:01 - How to beef up your car sounds
24:13 - Layering sounds with your car engine sound
25:33 - Do you design your sounds within the game engine?
27:15 - What is your process for implementing the car sounds in-game?
34:00 - Positioning car sounds in the game
38:31 - It's impossible to say how to get into the video game industry!
48:33 - Networking and talking to people
52:14 - Love your job. Love the game.
55:48 - Music composition and how to stand out
1:01:20 - Rapid-Fire Questions
1:05:33 - Mark Knight's Contact
1:06:40 - Thanks for watching!
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