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My Favourite Noise Reduction Plugins for Sound Design

November 30, 2023 Oliver Smith

A common mistake beginning sound designers make - and I was certainly no exception to this, is using too many noisy source elements in the construction of their sound effects. Or not taming that noise adequately enough.

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Tags Sound Design, Game Audio, Free VST Plugins

The Best Free Plugins for Sound Design

July 6, 2023 Oliver Smith

These are some of my favourite free plugins that I use daily as a freelance sound designer for video games.

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Tags Best Free Plugins for Sound Design, Best Free Audio Plugins, Free VST Plugins, Sound Design, Game Audio

Serum Tutorial: How to Use Serum as an Envelope Generator for Sound Design

April 7, 2023 Oliver Smith

Serum is widely known among the sound design and game audio community as a powerful software synthesizer. But maybe less known is the fact that it can also be used as an effect insert. 

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Tags Serum Tutorial, Sound Design, Game Audio, Envelope Generator, Serum VST

Sound Design for an ARPG - Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem

March 31, 2023 Oliver Smith

I wanted to share a bit about my process of designing and implementing sounds for mobs in an Action Role Playing Game (ARPG) like Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem.

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Tags Sound Design, CryEngine, ARPG, Audio Implementation, Game Audio, Game Development

Unreal Engine Audio Implementation Demo: Soul City

December 14, 2021 Oliver Smith

Unreal Engine audio implementation demonstration using the project: Soul City

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Tags Sound Design, Unreal Engine, Audio Implementation, Game Audio

Small Speakers, Big Impact: Maximizing Mobile Game Audio for Small Speakers.

August 23, 2021 Oliver Smith

How to optimise your mobile game’s audio for Mobile Speakers

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Tags Mobile Game Audio, Game Audio, Sound Design, Mobile Games, Audio Production