About Audio Middleware

  So you’ve seen this term “audio middle-ware” flying around in conversations and possibly pondered these questions: What is audio middle-ware? Why do we need it? Why should I learn it? Which ones should I learn?   What is it? Audio...

The flickering light beckons…

I stumbled onto this sound by accident. Visiting the bathroom in an office building, I noticed a plinking sound – and decided to investigate. At first I thought it was the sound of a tap dripping onto a metal bar, but was pleasantly surprised to see a flickering...

Fixing an Apogee Mini-Me

I managed to blow my Apogee MiniMe for the second time. I think I plugged the wrong power supply into the unit and heard a sizzle and a burning smell (never good with electronics). Last time this happened, I sent the unit back to Apogee for repairs. $130 later I had a...

Trove OST

One of the fun things I get to do is write music for this game called “Trove” – a Voxel based MMORPG produced by Trionworlds. My stylistic choices for the game’s score was based on old retro games from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s –...

Lets get a little perspective!

I grabbed the vacuum in from the broom closet to tidy up a little before a presentation.  I noticed that this vacuum had a lot of audio character and after doing it’s job I set about seeing what sounds I could coax from this red beastie!   I have been using...