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Recording: My Microphone Collection
In the fast-paced world of video game development, sound libraries are the go-to for most sound designers, but I love to record my own sounds as I feel I 'know' them better. I am steadily increasing my personal library through recording with my ever-growing microphone collection, so I thought I would write a 'showcase' of the equipment I have so far in my career as of 2025. Basic Ucho (Omni Electret - Pair) These are my ambient recorder extraordinaires, super affordable and
Oliver Nixon
Oct 152 min read


Soma Ether Debut
First Soma Ether Use Finally got around to using this EMF microphone, with some processing (Trash and more), here’s what I got! From the...
Oliver Nixon
Oct 91 min read


A quick look back on the last few months...
Summer is over and now is time to look back on the last few months both personally and professionally. I have taken the bulk of my annual...
Oliver Nixon
Sep 121 min read


Develop: Brighton - 2025
Spot my head! My third Develop: Brighton after nearly three years in Game Dev, huge thanks to Jagex for funding them all! On Wednesday I...
Oliver Nixon
Jul 161 min read


Runefest 2025
On March 1st and 2nd 2025 Jagex hosted Runefest at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK. This was the first since covid and...
Oliver Nixon
Apr 101 min read
Monthly Sound Design Challenges at Jagex
February 2024 myself and Andrew Dodds began hosting a somewhat monthly sound design challenge at Jagex. We pick clips and give everyone...
Oliver Nixon
Feb 191 min read


27/09/24 - Current Reaper Workflow
With today's blog post I'd like to dive into my Reaper workflow by looking at how I set up a new project with a template, my...
Oliver Nixon
Oct 24, 20242 min read


24/9/24 - First blog, a little about me...
This is my first blog post of my revived and updated website, I intend to use this site as an archive of my career and a way of looking back
Oliver Nixon
Sep 24, 20243 min read
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