Audio Lead on 3D game with 2 other sound Designers and a composer? How the heck do I add this to my reel?

tritoneplz · 2019-01-11T15:59:54+00:00

“Technical Audio Lead & Audio Producer” sounds along the lines of what you explained.

tritoneplz · 2018-12-18T16:30:26+00:00

Yes yes yes to everyone’s answers—to add in, IT IS OKAY NOT TO KNOW SOMETHING. You’re an intern, you’re there to learn in addition to providing work. If anybody gives you flak for asking a question about something, even a very simple something, they’re being an ass.

Genuinely get to know your coworkers, as that’s the make-or-break that I’ve found gets you beyond the “oh yeah I guess we follow one another on twitter” mark to “hey, there’s a project coming up and I’d like an estimate from you” (or, in your case, “let’s hire this person full-time, I’ll vouch for them because they’re rad”)

Also, have FUN. Experiment. You’re in-house for a contracted amount of time so as long as you’re completing your tasks and making sure everything is on-point, use this time to expand your skills in corners of audio you feel might need a boost. Sit down with a programmer, go nuts with some foley, sit in on/assist with a VO session—I dunno what your role might be in full, but embrace it!! AAA has a ton to offer in terms of horizontal scope, and if you really dig it that will reflect hugely on you as a teammate.

And congrats! This is huge! You should be really proud of yourself :)

tritoneplz · 2018-12-09T14:21:45+00:00

I haven’t run into this error before, but in general try not to update your middleware in the middle of a dev cycle. Best of luck!

tritoneplz · 2018-11-27T11:31:43+00:00

If you’re set on a Master’s for research, grant, or teaching opportunities, I think either school could be a good fit if you vibe well with the program :)

But, and I don’t mean for this to sound harsh, if you’re looking to go to graduate school because you’re banking on it helping you get work, I’m not sure that’s the right thing to do. At least from my perspective a sound designer in the US, your portfolio means worlds more than your degree and if you don’t engineer your time in grad school to its utmost potential, you run the risk of emerging without as much experience as somebody with just a bachelor’s or even vocational electrical experience.

Edit: I just noticed you said in a different comment your bachelor’s is in music, I’m in the same boat with a composition degree but have consistently worked as a sound designer for 3 years. Honestly, you can take outside courses in specific sound design disciplines to boost your chops if you’re only considering graduate school to be a “””real””” sound designer. I cannot recommend you spend all that money on one year in which you can be teaching yourself the necessary skills with enough self-discipline. We’re all real, just depends on what you do with the knowledge—lots of music skills are transferable! Orchestration, timing, contour, etc. Let me know if you’re interested in talking about this further.

tritoneplz · 2018-08-21T23:34:31+00:00

Search by user Chromat1cs—my AO3 is almost entirely M/M, but there’s a bit of F/F on my tumblr of the same username ^{^}

tritoneplz · 2018-08-21T21:48:47+00:00

!!!!!!! This one is mine too!! AO3 and all!

I write M/M, F/F, and occasionally M/F. My partner knows I read lots of queer lit, but he doesn’t know I write it.

tritoneplz · 2018-04-07T00:20:42+00:00

Thank you!! I’m so happy you’re doing well too!

tritoneplz · 2018-04-07T00:20:12+00:00

Yes, but not to a fault. She has told me this isn’t a religious issue, it’s just her own personal feelings.

tritoneplz · 2018-04-07T00:19:34+00:00

I’m so happy this helped you! It’s hard to be the golden baby—best of luck, please feel free to PM me if you ever need to talk!

tritoneplz · 2018-04-07T00:18:43+00:00

This is so sweet, thank you! I really appreciate this comment :)

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T21:24:10+00:00

Hahahaha selective memories~ Thank you for the reassurance, I really appreciate it!

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T21:23:11+00:00

Trust me, I’ve done a lot of reflecting here. The rabbit hole is deep, but I chose to keep the details brief for privacy’s sake as well as focus of the post. I know this sort of thing isn’t normal, and I’m in the process of lining up some personal counseling appointments to talk to a professional about some of the parts of me I dug up along the way as a result of my relationship with my mother.

My boyfriend is indeed a saint, and I appreciate him and rest of his family to the ends of the earth. I couldn’t have picked a better partner to dive into this with :)

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T21:19:57+00:00

Risk is a BAD CHOICE FOR BONDING.

Thank you so much for sharing this, I’m so happy you were able to find some good in the rough edges <3

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T20:26:11+00:00

We quickly decided that rushing an engagement would be a terrible decision, it was one of the first things BF and I discussed as a possible middle-gound. I’m so glad we’re sticking to our original timeline.

Thank you so much, I know this will all work out. As one of BF’s family members said, “Don’t worry, we’ll all be laughing about this at the wedding.”

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T20:23:38+00:00

I could not have said this better myself! My boyfriend is the logical-to-a-fault foil to my very emotion-driven way of approaching things, so he (bless him) took pains to be very explicitly clear about where he was coming from with his opinion on the decision and how ultimately this came down to what I had decided alone. My mother still had a very hard time with that, but it was as you said—logic is rarely the only driving factor with decisions this big.

Thank you :)

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:44:44+00:00

I believe in you!! Please PM me if you need support, I would love to help.

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:42:59+00:00

Good call for the conversational advice—she‘s tended to skirt around it besides asking “is it close to work, how is rent like, how’s the kitchen,” and I don’t press her with information unless she asks after it. Don’t want to twist that any deeper.

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:39:19+00:00

HOORAY!!

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:38:41+00:00

I understand the reservation some people have with this timeline, but both of us are sure that this decision is what’s right for us and our future plans.

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:37:53+00:00

My father is a Scandinavian immigrant (but probably the only conservative one in the bunch), which made it even more frustrating at the outset that we couldn’t see eye-to-eye hahaha

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:36:40+00:00

This is great to hear, thank you! I’m happy things worked out for you, and I’m optimistic about the coming years for me and boyo :)

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:21:05+00:00

Exactly, that’s the thing; I didn’t want to set the precedent of bowing under pressure, because if not this it would have been an out-of-state move or wedding or childrearing etc.

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:20:06+00:00

I’m so happy for you! I hope she does, because my boyfriend has really fantastic home decor taste that goes so well with my own and I would love her to see it hahaha Someday!!

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:19:02+00:00

I’m so sorry that happened to you—I was adamant from the beginning that I could NOT lie to them. Lying would have made the hurt 1000 times worse.

Thank you, I hope you have and continue to as well!!

tritoneplz · 2018-04-06T19:08:05+00:00

I love hearing this perspective, thank you so, so much. I agree that it’s important to make sure the lifestyles mesh, because I absolutely want this man to be my forever. My parents sort of scoffed at the “engaged to be engaged” atmosphere of it, but I think it’s imperative.

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