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About:
Hello! My name is Abbie Howard. I’m an Audio Designer currently working full-time at Rebellion. I’m based in North Yorkshire, UK, working remotely and in a hybrid capacity.
I have over three years of experience in game audio, previously working at Double Eleven as an Audio Designer. I’ve been involved in game development from pre-production all the way through to implementation, gaining a strong understanding of audio pipelines and integration.
Prior, I graduated from The University of Huddersfield studying a bachelors degree in Music and Sound for The Moving Image, being awarded a First Class Honours (1:1). Alongside my studies I worked with the placement game development company Canalside Studios, as well as freelancing audio design, podcast dialogue editing, and creating library music albums for television placements.
Additionally, I have a background in Creative Media Production, being awarded a Dist*Dist*Dist*, which helped spark my initial interest with field recording, directing and cross-team collaboration, and developed my post-production editing techniques.
I love both the creative and technical sides of audio- bringing sound to life in fun and immersive ways!
Equipment & Proficiencies:
I use REAPER for game audio creation and editing assets, and Logic Pro for music creation.
I'm familiar with implementing with Unity, UE5 blueprinting, TortoiseSVN, MaxMSP, Adobe Premiere Pro, JIRA, and Wwise 101 & Wwise 301 certified.
Equipment wise, I use my Sennheiser MKH 8040 Stereo Pair (cardioid; frequency response 30-50,000Hz; extremely low distortion and inherent self-noise), Zoom H5 field recorder, AT-875r shotgun, Shure SM7B, Imelod contact microphone, and Zoom F3 multitrack 32-bit float field recorder, and for outdoor recordings my Cinela ALBERT Windshield.
I also love creating cinematic orchestral music.
In my spare time I have created albums for The Nerve, ready to be synced on TV/Productions.
You can listen to these albums here. Some recent placements include BBC1's Antiques Roadshow, BBC1's Countryfile, BBC4's Write Around the World with Richard E Grant, and ITV's Joanna Lumley's Home Sweet Home, etc.
Occasionally, I freelance music cues for the long-standing British comedy animation channel Eddsworld, the videos accumulating over 11 million views worldwide. You can visit my Music Placements page for more examples where my music features, along with other bespoke tracks.
Interests / Personal Projects:
I'm a Women In Games Ambassador- aiming to recruit more women into the gaming industry as well as promoting diversity and perspectives. If you're looking to get into the game audio industry and would like some advice, please feel free to reach out! (abieohoward@gmail.com).
In my spare time, I'm always striving to improve my craft on redesigns, creating my own sample libraries, learning additional theory material, and love volunteering for SpecialEffect during event work.
I also enjoy developing audio tools in Cycling74's MaxMSP that are designed to aid sound design creation and manipulation. You can download my polyphonic Granular Synthesizer standalone application for Windows and MacOS, choosing your own suggested price.
This is particularly fun for creating new and alien textures, pads, and even UI elements, altering the grain density, pitch, and window selection of the audio source.
This tool allows you to alter the waveform movement direction and speed, basic ms. delay, as well as a moveable filter graph that you can apply with presets; with various 'scrub modes' to dictate the window parameters; and a record out feature which allows you to directly capture the output and place the file into your chosen directory.
Non-audio-specific interests:
Medieval swords and armour, intermediate Dutch, attending music gigs, Canon 750D photography, terrarium creation, Studio Ghibli, travelling, insects/invertebrates and sea-life, my siamese cat, and wildlife conservation.
Favourite Games of All-Time:
Portal 2 (Valve Corporation)
A Way Out (Hazelight Studios)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
A Short Hike (Adam Robinson-Yu)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (Chris Sawyer)
Baldur's Gate 3 (Larian Studios) High-Elf Fighter
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Favourite Audio in Games:
Silent Hill 2 Remake (Bloober Team) - Ambience
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) - Weapons, presentational identity
God of War Ragnarök (Sony Santa Monica) - Combat, mix
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios) - Split-screen clarity, interactability
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) - Musical themes and cues
Little Nightmares 2 (Tarsier Studios, Supermassive Games) - Atmosphere building & riser stings
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