Dan Reynolds

Why I Refuse to Use "AI" Unreal Engine UI programmer

Pretty cool website. thanks for showing me. @dannthr.bsky.social benui.ca/why-i-refuse...

Process thread for the cover to my art book Carbon Based coming August 11 to kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/oni... Final vs layout 1/

looked up the clip just because sometimes people change his words for captions that end up innocently reshared, but upon finding it decided to share the video because hearing him say it makes it 1000% more definitely true and everyone will listen/believe more than reading it written out

Fog/Clouds are so fluffy now!

4ms cheaper than my previous fog implementation and much prettier imo. Using Niagara particles with a topdown projection of the areas it should clear out.

YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio Tech Audio Chat (feat. Eric Buchholz) Episode 13: Markov Chains and More

Tomorrow night, @ebuch.bsky.social will be joining me on the Tech Audio Chat where I'll be going over some aspects of MetaSound Node Configuration, incorporating Data Assets to pass lots of config data into MetaSounds, and procedural music design and theory. Join us! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkcg...

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Contextually Driven Interactive Music in SSX What would it sound like if a virtual DJ could take any user provided music track and remix/rearrange it in real-time, while syncing it with the gameplay action of an over-the-top snowboarding game th...

I love this old GDC talk on SSX music tech: www.gdcvault.com/play/1017729...

YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio UE5 Custom MetaSound Procedural Music Extended Example (No Talking)

Procedural music design using basic Markov chains for scale degree transition probabilities (for harmony and melody generation). Planning on going over this on Thursday's Tech Audio Chat:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5vT...

#UnrealAudio #MetaSound #NoAI #TechnicalDesign #SomethingSomethingMetaData

Oh, apologies! The die sides are presented as fractions with equivalent numerators and denominators. +1 divided by +1 = 1, +4/+4 = 1, -1/-1 = 1. All the fractions presented equal 1, all the sides shown always have equivalent numerators and denominators, so they all equal 1.

I remember learning about this site and trying to log on with a 14400 baud modem and it taking 30 minutes to load the front page--and this was when internet access was metered by the minute.

Sum Wear sounds like a math-joke t-shirt brand name.

I can't get over all the numerical dice sides being 1.

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100% of profits go to The Trevor Project.

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YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio UE5 Custom MetaSound Harmony Generator Demo (No Talking)

Planning on going over this node/patch on tonight's stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHRm...

Why I Refuse to Use "AI" Unreal Engine UI programmer

my former colleague wrote up a great summary of refutations to the common reasons to use GenAI / LLMs, and I have to say I agree with all of them.

even if certain aspects get addressed, like environmental impact by running local models, it still doesn't address any of the other issues.

NT1 Signature Series | Studio Condenser Microphone | RØDE The NT1 Signature Series is a workhorse studio condenser microphone with a warm, silky character, exceptionally low noise and high SPL handling.

@nadiaudio.bsky.social I saw that Rode has a signature series of their NT-1 microphone in multiple colors including pink and thought of you!

rode.com/en-us/produc...

YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio Tech Audio Chat (feat. Aaron McLeran and Eric Buchholz) Episode 12

Hey fam! Join us this Thursday, 6pm pacific where we'll be joined by both @minuskelvin.bsky.social and @ebuch.bsky.social for Tech Audio Chat!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMqb...

#GameAudio #TechnicalAudioDesign #Sound #Music #SuperImportantMetaDataDrivingTrafficStraightToThisPost #GameDev

embarrassing myself

Here’s a great starting point for any tech audio folks who want to start building custom tools and widgets in UE5!

Familiar sounds ringing a deciBel.

YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio Tech Audio Chat (feat. Eric Buchholz) Episode 11: Building Custom Audio Tools in UE

Hey fam, @ebuch.bsky.social and I had a cool chat around the new Tech Audio Tools plugin and demonstrated building a custom tool from scratch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO8q...

#GameAudio #TechTools #UnrealEngine #MetaDataGoesHere

Pioneering theoretical physicist Mary K. Gaillard has died at 86 - Berkeley News Gaillard's calculations correctly predicted the mass of the charm quark and contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson as she triumphed over sexism in the field of physics.

Mary Gaillard's calculations correctly predicted the mass of the charm quark and contributed to the discovery of the Higgs boson as she triumphed over sexism in the field of physics. R.I.P. #physics

The paragraph this ends on is the one I find most resonant, and it's where I am too- I'm not making games cheaply via contracting, but rather by just doing more myself, and that works too. Means I don't release Quite as often, but that's fine, the math (and focus on niches) still works.

YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio [UE5] Custom MetaSound Refactored Fragmenter

Along the lines of my refactored Tape Looper, I'm using the same core utilities to refactor my 'grain' effect. Still a Work in Progress, but you can hear a single write head, multiple read heads with varying speeds and directions speed-locked by musical intervals: www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8p...

I'm going to have this for sale online really soon.

Tech Audio Chat (feat. Eric Buchholz) Episode 10: Distance Fields and more Tech Audio Tools! YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio

Hey folks, tonight I was joined by @ebuch.bsky.social on tonight's Tech Audio Chat! Even though it was a little rusty in my brain, we ended up going deep on the guts of this Sound Attenuation Distance Field experiment!

www.youtube.com/live/CAN0sf7...

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YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio [UE5] [Custom MetaSound] Refactored Tape Style Looper (no talking)

I'm on break from work and like an idiot working on my own custom MetaSounds again. This time I've been refactoring my Tape Looper and underlying Looper utilities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qM...

What's fun is how even the simplest input into these FX can create interesting rhythms and textures.

YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio Tech Audio Chat (feat. Eric Buchholz) Episode 10: Distance Fields and more Tech Audio Tools!

@ebuch.bsky.social returns this Thursday to hang out on Tech Audio Chat! I'll be chatting about my attenuation distance fields experiment. Eric may or may not talk more about building custom tools--who can say? 6pm pacific! See y'all there!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAN0...