PODCAST · leisure
Game Audio Hour
by Team GAH
A podcast that features a varied cohort conversing regularly about game audio since 2014! Ideas, techniques, secrets, opinions, and all the miscellany you can fathom related to the world of sound design and music production for video games.
Episodes
-
Ep. 277 - Miles to Go Before I Bleep and Bloop
It's September, and the gang is back in force to chat about audio, and mostly game audio, even! Alex, Mike, and Vince talk about instrumental excursions, modern album releases, and even an audio middleware from 34 years ago! Other notable mentions include: Grotrian-Steinweg (Piano manufacturer)…
more -
Ep. 276 - Now With 50% More Vitamins and Visual Novels!
Another hiatus... followed inevitably by another eagerly anticipated episode! Alex and Vince get immersed in VR and Visual Novels and live to tell the tale! Other notable mentions include: 16bit Sensation (Manga and Anime series) Tales of Ephidrina (Music Album, Amorphous Androgynous) Featuring:...
-
Ep. 275 - Lost in (Sample Library and Project File) Translation
It's been more than a month since the last episode, but contrary to popular belief, Mike, Alex, and Vince are very much alive and ready to chat about games, audio, and (of course) game audio! Other notable mentions include: AATranslator (DAW project file translation software, Suite Spot Studios)...
-
Ep. 274 - Forced Feedback
The trio returns in 2025! Mike, Alex, and Vince opine about various topics, some of which are even tangentially related to games, audio, or game audio! Other notable mentions include: Zebra 3 (U-He soft synthesizer) New Blue Sun (Andre 3000 album) ShaperBox (Cableguys plugin) Get Back…
more -
Ep. 273 - Happy New NAMM 2025!
The GAH is back for its first episode of 2025! Alex and Vince get off to a rousing start with some chat about music merchants and then spin out towards other things in the worlds of games, audio, and... you guessed it... COMPRESSOR PLUGINS! Other notable mentions include: Omnipressor (compressor...
-
Ep. 272 - Black Cyber Season is Here
Alex, Mike, and Vince enter into a month of shopping and sales and leave with various acquisitions, so of course they have to talk about the various audio related purchases they made! Other notable mentions include: Tai Chi (reverb plugin, Reverb Foundry/Liquid Sonics) Cinematic Studio Strings...
-
Ep. 271 - Open Office Hours! (ft. Stephen O'Bent)
This GAH has the trio joined by special guest: Stephen O'Bent! The episode features mention of all the usual stuff from the challenges of game audio education to the importance of playing Super Mario Odyssey with your kids! Other notable mentions include: Fumiya Tanaka (Music Producer/DJ) The...
-
Ep. 270 - The Conference Will Not Be Televised
The trio finally make mention of Halloween festivities... but not before talk of intimate game audio conferences, recording methodology, and gear new and old. Other notable mentions include: Goat: A Musing Whimsy (Novel, Allan Batchelder) Every Frame a Painting (Youtube channel, Taylor Ramos and...
-
Ep. 269 - Periodic Shift
Mike, Alex, and Vince gather for an October podcast without once mentioning any impending Halloween celebrations. They do mention, however, past cartoons, past music periodicals, and a rather recent video game soundtrack release. Notable mentions include: Carl Stalling (Music composer) Future…
more -
Ep. 268 - Tracker's Delight (ft. Kochun Hu)
The GAH trio is joined by special guest: Kochun Hu! Sure, they eventually get to talking about Astroneer and music philosophy, but before that, they just have to talk about Alex's favorite subject: TRACKERS. Other notable mentions include: Peaky Blinders (TV drama and its anachronistic…
more -
Ep. 267 - Stroopwafel!
Alex and Vince chat a bit about Concord despite not playing it, and now no longer having a chance to play it. Then it's off to Germany, Russia, and back to Britain as they talk cool plugins, state orchestras, and progressive rock bands. Other notable mentions include: Yevgeny Svetlanov (Russian...
-
Ep. 266 - Yokohama Conference Log
Vince returns from Japan (again?!) to describe what he saw at the CEDEC conference and chat a bit about his talk, Mike looks back with some fondness at 3+ decades of Finale's impact on the music writing scene, and the two make some decisions for their absentee cohort on what his role will be on...
-
Ep. 265 - Flying Solo!
Vince has the mic all to himself and he's reminded of his struggle with audio latency, so of course he has to inflict you with it as well! Other notable mentions include: Sony BRAVIA Theater Quad sound system Tokyo Revengers soundtrack Featuring: Vincent Diamante Recorded August 2, 2024
-
Ep. 264 - Heavyweight Battle!
The duo of Mike and Vince find themselves confronted with the eternally burning question of: FMOD or WWISE? Other notable mentions include: Nothing But Thieves Godot Featuring: Vincent Diamante and Alex May Recorded July 5, 2024
-
Ep. 263 - Meet The MUUUTSCH!
The GAH trio are joined by a special guest: Almut Schwacke! They chat about audio and touch on things like: discovering foley, being a tonmeister, and getting into video games after starting in the film sound editing world. Other notable mentions include: You Suck At Parking / Happy Volcano -...
-
Ep. 262 - Brownian Motion
Work habits, FMOD, and brown noise figure prominently in this episode of the GAH, with Alex in particular berating Vince for his poor attempts at work-life balance while Mike maintains order with some helpful tips. Other notable mentions include: Elden Ring (Video Game / FromSoftware) Pacific…
more -
Ep. 261 - Down With The Sickness
The pair of Alex and Vince go back and forth, chatting about audio tools, monitoring environments, and... food poisoning?! Other notable mentions include: Designer Notes (Podcast / Soren Johnson) Horizon: Forbidden West (Video Game / Guerilla Games) Velocity 2X (Video Game / FuturLab) Joris de…
more -
Ep. 260 - Downtime? Things will be great!
It's a duo for this episode, and both Mike and Vince are chatting about things that they might do while in the lulls between major projects. Other notable mentions include: SSL (Audio Manufacturer) White Sea Studios (Youtuber) Dan Worrall (Youtuber) Jerry Goldsmith's rejected film score for...
-
Ep. 259 - Podcast Quartet (ft. John Robert Matz)
After chatting a bit with him during conferences the past year, we had to invite composer and performer John Robert Matz onto the show to chat about what he's been up to lately! He talks about the score for Tchia but also about things back in the day (indie game dev!) and that GAH staple:...
-
Ep. 258 - Post-GDC Hot Takes Incoming? Just Fun Music!
Another GDC has come and went, and two of the GAH trio were around to partake... but that's not nearly the only game event worth going to early in the calendar year! But the real question for this episode is: Can ANY game event stand up to the inaugural edition of the Game Audio Hour Hot Take?!...
-
Ep. 257 - The Chase Is On! (ft. Chase Bethea)
We're a little past 10 years now, but we're still celebrating this milestone, this time with another of our cohort from years past. Chase Bethea joins the duo of Alex and Vince to chat a bit about game audio, this time answering some questions from listeners as well as keeping us abreast of all…
more -
Ep. 256 - The 10-year, 8-bit Extravaganza! (ft. Jack Menhorn)
It's been 10 years and one of our illustrious cohort from the early days, Jack Menhorn, joins the trio of Mike, Alex, and Vince to chat a bit about game audio! The group chat about audio moving between indie and AAA, middleware, and even some of the current anxiety about AI. Other notable…
more -
Ep. 255 - You Don't Need The Latest Tech (but it sure does help!)
The duo of Mike and Vince wax lyrical of their recent Apple purchases... or should I say: Mac-quisitions? Newer tech talk then moves to talk of some older gear that is still supported by its creator, then the ever conspicuous Conspicuous Consumption! Notable mentions include: Apple Mac Pro M2…
more -
Ep. 254 - New Year's Optimizations
The Game Audio Hour crew is a trio again, as Vince emerges from the vortex of new fatherhood! As befits a New Year's (-ish) episode, the team reflects upon audio creation and production habits, and how to refine them. Also, we learn how effectively RX can remove the sound of a lawnmower outside...
-
Ep. 253 - We Don't Need No Steenking Musical Genres. (Or Do We?)
Alex and Mike discuss the heavenly acoustics of Wiener Musikverein, the tribulations (and surprising benefits) of moving one's audio rig to the new Mac Pro, and the utility of the term "genre" in game audio.
-
Ep. 252 - Holding Out For A Montage?
The trio of Vince, Alex, and Mike end up chatting about gear for much of this episode: little keys, big keys, and just right keys figure prominently! Games and music do come in as well, but you'll have to listen to the end to hear some of the fun albums that get brought up! Notable mentions...
-
Ep. 251 - Games, Audio, and Big Business
Mike, Vince, and Alex are back for another episode and are still wading in the wake of big business moves. Unity, Unreal, Bandcamp... there's all sorts of uncertainty on the horizon. Still, there's plenty of straightforward game audio and music talk to be done! Notable mentions include: Bandcamp...
-
Ep. 250 - Unity Gain?
Vince and Alex commiserate and discuss some of the major issues hitting the game dev and music world right now. However, not even the double-whammy of Unity's latest changes and fraudulent DMCA claim soundtrack takedowns can dampen their enthusiasm for games, audio, and game audio! Notable…
more -
Ep. 249 - Game Audio EXTREME!
Just like the previous episode, Vince recounts going to a big video game show and Alex reels in excitement! This time, it’s the California Extreme classic game show and Vince talks about all the fun retro and modern video games he came across… but eventually, the duo get to talking about straight...
-
Ep. 248 - What Happens In Vegas Sounds Cool
Alex and Vince are at it again! This time, Vince starts off by chatting about cool things happening at the EVO fighting game tournament in Las Vegas, while Alex grounds things with some of the sound design work he's currently doing. Synths, workstations, and even some Japanese manga figure in the...
-
Ep. 247 - Austin Wintory and some Stray Podcasters
Austin Wintory joins the trio of Mike, Alex, and Vince to chat a bit about game music! From the beginning of Austin's game scoring to his latest work on Stray Gods and various forays in-between, the crew have a rollicking good time that, yet again, pushes the GAH to consider naming the podcast...
-
Ep. 246 - Midsummer, now with 100% more audio talk!
Alex and Vince are at it, this time with the former making the latter quite envious with tales of roasted wild boar and hot takes on EQ plugins! Vince's Mac is back in the conversation, but plenty of other things also figure, including a decent amount of game playing on Vince's part! Notable...
-
Ep. 245 - June gloom? Not when there are Apple and game announcements happening!
Mike and Vince chat about June announcements... or in Vince's specific case, a lack of ability to announce when one of the not-E3 venues to emerge from the ashes of E3 is shut down. But Apple's WWDC has got both these composers thinking about their newest top of the line entries in computing....
-
Ep. 244 - I Want My PSP
Alex and Mike chat about a diverse range of gear, as well as an even more diverse range of relationships with their gear. Music competitions, old plugins, and new DAWs figure into the discussion as the two consider what make their tool and instrument choices the ones for them. Notable mentions...
-
Ep. 243 - Time to Upgrade to a MidiVerb!
The duo of Alex and Vince wax philosophical... but not before chatting about various bits and pieces of audio fun. Mic preamp buffers, iLok dongles, and germanium (atomic number 32) figure among the topics as they eventually wind their way through another GAH episode that is (of course!) rather...
-
Ep. 242 - Dubrovnik or Burbank? and Other Tough Choices!
Alex is back from a trip from Reboot Develop Blue and the remaining crew of Mike and Vince have to imagine the wonders of a beautiful town in Croatia playing host to a few hundred game developers. From there it's off to the races as it's an episode of Game Audio Hour that is... only an hour long?...
-
Ep. 241 - Wait?! Time Extended?!?! ACTION!
Vincent has NAMM happening in his backyard, Alex is moving forward by looking back at some 90s arcade classics, and the two connect for further topics and ponderings on game music in this episode! Notable mentions include: Future Music Magazine Time Crisis (arcade game by Namco) Radiant Silvergun...
-
Ep. 240 - More Chatting About The Future Of Our Jobs
Vincent, Alex, and Mike are back to chat about stuff the week after Game Developers Conference, and the trio have some thoughts about how they've extracted the most value out of that conference. Then it's on to the latest flavor of AI making the rounds, and then the stuff that the guys have been...
-
Ep. 239 - The Word of the Day is: NIGIYAKA
Alex and Vincent are at it again, chatting game audio and going through a bit of history all the while. Hopefully you enjoy our BRIGHT and BUSY conversation! Notable mentions include: Citizen Sleeper (game by Jump Over the Age, soundtrack by Amos Roddy) -...
-
Ep. 238 - We Control The Vertical (Mouse)
Alex recounts a tale of woe to Mike and Vince, but this one has a happy ending... and it doesn't even involve compressor plugins, for once! Notable mentions include: Logitech MX Vertical Mouse - https://www.logitech.com/en-us/products/mice/mx-vertical-ergonomic-mouse.910-005447.html Civilization…
more -
Ep. 237 - From VSTi to VSTai in 3, 2, 1...
Mike and Vince successfully chat about AI and music without making reference to HAL 9000, Skynet, or any other frightening fictional computer entity. They also spend time reminiscing on some of their first work in the game music space, more than 2 decades back! Notable mentions include: John…
more -
Ep. 236 - Happy New Gear...YEAR! I mean YEAR!
After passing a couple of new year's thresholds, the trio of Alex, Mike, and Vince are back with a new episode! Vince has returned from Japan, Alex has returned from the opera, and Mike has returned from hibernation to poke at various things through the lens of game audio! Notable mentions…
more -
Ep. 235 - Have A Holly Jolly Game Audio Hour!
The trio is back... but only for an ever so brief moment before signing off for the year! Of course, they can't well go without mentioning that staple of New Year's discussions: RESOLUTIONS! They also can't go without some staples of GAH episodes past, which means: Conspicuous Consumption (of...
-
Ep. 234 - Where One Cares to Acknowledge the Mistakes of One's Youth
The duo of Alex and Vince team up to offer a somewhat introspective episode this time around. Between reflections on a very early attempt to record voice actors for a commercial game, navigating the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and chatting a bit about recent game dev achievements, it's no wonder that...
-
Ep. 233 - Martin Stig Andersen Controls the Horizontal and the Vertical!
The GAH trio is joined by renowned game audio designer and music composer Martin Stig Andersen of Control, Inside, and Limbo fame... but there's more to him than just those titles! Alex, Mike, and Vince pepper him with questions and mostly avoid the usual Black Friday talk on this exciting…
more -
Ep. 232 - Chatting About Everything(?!) with Jeff Broadbent (where Everything = Music!)
The trio is now a quo... quado... quartet! That's the word! Mike, Alex, and Vince are joined this episode by Jeff Broadbent (https://jeffbroadbent.com/), a composer that has an established career working in media, especially some of gaming's most well-loved franchises. We start from the beginning...
-
Ep. 231 - Reboot Your Life With A New Instrument!
Alex and Vince are at it again! This episode features Vince trying to cajole Alex into coming to LA for GameSoundCon, but really it's all a front for how envious he is of Alex being able to hangout with Martin Stig Andersen for dinner while they were at the Reboot conference! Still, there's…
more -
Ep. 230 - Game Audio History with Special Guest Brian Schmidt
Mike, Vince, and Alex have a special guest this episode! Brian Schmidt comes on the show along with his vast experience working on game, starting from pinball and arcade games in the mid-80s, through console hardware audio in the 2000s, and to the present day and his current station as founder…
more -
Ep. 229 - The Way of the Dodo and Other Musical Arts Techniques
The crew of Alex, Mike, and Vince reconvene after a much needed summer break... and they get right back into it! Some new toys, new techniques, and a bit of consideration/prognostication about algorithmic music are par for the course here at the GAH headquarters! Notable mentions include:...
-
Ep. 228 - A Producer and a Composer Walk Into a Bar...
Mike and Alex convene and chat about game music from some different angles, starting from the perspective of various software and how they treat music input/recording and representation, and moving on to their own interlinked experiences working as a game producer and music composer and those...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast that features a varied cohort conversing regularly about game audio since 2014! Ideas, techniques, secrets, opinions, and all the miscellany you can fathom related to the world of sound design and music production for video games.
HOSTED BY
Team GAH
CATEGORIES
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Game Audio Hour have?
Game Audio Hour currently has 72 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Game Audio Hour about?
A podcast that features a varied cohort conversing regularly about game audio since 2014! Ideas, techniques, secrets, opinions, and all the miscellany you can fathom related to the world of sound design and music production for video games.
How often does Game Audio Hour release new episodes?
Game Audio Hour has 72 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Game Audio Hour?
You can listen to Game Audio Hour on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Game Audio Hour?
Game Audio Hour is created and hosted by Team GAH.
URL copied to clipboard!