Ask Marty O'Donnell Anything! (Destiny)

by Blackt1g3r , Login is from an untrusted domain in MN, Saturday, April 09, 2016, 21:03 (2939 days ago) @ Claude Errera

Hi Marty, thanks for doing this AMA. All of us here at DBO are impressed with the work you did while at Bungie and we can't wait to hear The First Dreamer. (Only three days lef to fund and it's very close to being funded now!)

On Changing Technology:

• Technology has changed a lot since the Marathon days, how has your process changed along with the technology?
  
• How much of the audio design is dependent on technological limitations?
  
• What techological improvement are you most grateful for?

On Audio Design:

• When designing the audio environment, where do you start? Do you start with music, sound effects like gunfire, or do you just have an idea of what it should sound like when you start and then you just put things together to match that idea? Do you target a particular feeling?
  
• How do you debug (just audio issues in general when multiple audio sources are mixing together) live game audio? Are there tricks to tracking down issues which are different from what programmers typically do?

On VR and Audio Setup:

• Does changing from stereo, to 3D audio with surround sound, to headphones on a VR headset change how you design the audio?
  
• What kinds of things do you do differently?

On Sound Effects:

• What is the most difficult sound you have had to record?
  
• What is the most interesting sound you have ever recorded?