Name: From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio PAX Prime 2014 Panel [LIVE PRESENTATION] by Akash Thakkar in Talks/Interviews
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Description: From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio. Presented with Ryan Ike and Jacob Pernell.

Hahah, I think this is when Jack Menhorn and Matthew Marteinsson (i.e. indie game audio badasses) stood up to get in the questions line... uh oh....

I rambled about bodily functions for like 10 minutes before the panel started. I can't tell if I'm glad Akash cut it out.

Loved this talk, guys. Thanks for putting this up!

After hearing this, I decided to try out the Katamari Damacy soundtrack. Too bad iTunes doesn't have it... yet!

Wait a minute.  Passionate hard work?  Time?  Effort?  ....er...I'm out.  Oh, wait...collossal hammer of suck...I can do THAT    ;)  GREAT TALK, Thanks, Guys!

Talks/Interviews

This set primarily was made with Dobro Solo - a music software instrument (VST) by www.8dio.com

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8Dio Instant Dobro: "Picture Without You" by Troels Folmann

The first track for a mobile game I'm working on called Devouring Stars, which is about celestial entities kicking the bajeezus out of each other. 

Available on Steam!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/354230/

Get the soundtrack on:
Bandcamp - https://ryanike.bandcamp.com/album/devouring-stars-original-soundtrack
Loudr - https://loudr.fm/release/devouring-stars-original-soundtrack/7GxH3

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From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio. Presented with Ryan Ike and Jacob Pernell. 

From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio PAX Prime 2014 Panel [LIVE PRESENTATION]

A mix down of some stems made for a Wwise prototype.  This is a rescoring of "Mable: The Journey" by Triple Vision Games.  

Mable

Demystifying Game Audio presented at PAX Dev 2015 featuring Akash Thakkar, Marty O'Donnell, and Lance Hayes.

PAX Dev 2015 Panel - Demystifying Game Audio [LIVE PRESENTATION]

Make Games | Be Happy presented at PAX Prime 2015 featuring Akash Thakkar, Jacob Pernell, and Ryan Ike.

PAX Prime 2015 Panel - Make Games | Be Happy [LIVE PRESENTATION]

Excerpts from the original score to JOURNEY, released March 13, 2012 on PlayStation3, developed by thatgamecompany and produced by Sony Santa Monica Studios. 

All music composed, orchestrated and produced by Austin Wintory.

Featured soloists:
Tina Guo: Cello
Amy Tatum: Flute / Bass Flute
Charissa Barger: Harp
Rodney Wirtz: Viola
Noah Gladstone: Serpent
Sara Andon: Flute

Orchestral performances by the Macedonia Radio Symphonic Orchestra
Orchestra conducted by Oleg Kontradenko
Orchestra contracted by Laurent Koppitz

Vocals ("I was born for this") performed by Lisbeth Scott
Text compiled by Jeremy Howard Beck

Details on the official soundtrack release coming soon! 

JOURNEY: I was Born For This (End Titles)

A New Beginning

A short cue, in the style of those awesome "Level Select" tracks that would play when you picked a stage to play in the Mega Man series.

A Challenger Approaches (Mega Man Style "Level Select" Cue)

This is an interview featuring voice actress Dawn Michelle Bennett and I. We discuss voice acting, our work on the game Freedom Planet, and general game audio goodness.  

Dawn's section: 0:11 - 8:15, Akash's Section: 10:04 - End. 

Interview conducted by David Lin from the Berklee Internet Radio Network. Visit www.thebirn.com for more info.

Dawn Bennett & Akash Thakkar [INTERVIEW]

This is a talk I gave at the PAX East conference in March 2013. The title of the talk is "Game Audio: From Hobbyist to Professional." The panel focuses around how to break into the game audio industry. 

The first half of the file is the talk itself, with the second half being the Q&A section. This file is available for download.

PAX East 2013 Game Audio Panel [LIVE PRESENTATION]

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YES! I know the mix on this is all over the place NO! I will not be fixing it

From Square Waves to Symphonies: Creating Great Game Audio PAX Prime 2014 Panel [LIVE PRESENTATION]

Akash Thakkar

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