A 2 hour long intervew with Mike Morasky (Composer at VALVe)

[Korra]

An interview about sound and music with Mike Morasky, the composer at valve. In the interview he also talks about Kelly Bailey's departure.

The interview: [URL]http://www.podcast17.com/interviews/audio/mike-morasky/[/URL]

List of stuff that happens in the interview: "Quote from the site"

[quote] [B]Extended Show Notes[/B]

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[*][B]00:00:30 ·[/B] William and Glenn interview Mike Morasky.
[LIST]
[*] William McMahon — Host
Owner/Operator of Podcast17.
[*] Glenn (aka. HecticGlenn) — Host
Writer at [URL="http://www.halflife2.net/"]Halflife2.net[/URL].
[*] Mike Morasky — Interviewee
Composer at [URL="http://www.valvesoftware.com/"]Valve Software[/URL].
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[*][B]00:10:20 – [/B]Who is Mike Morasky?
[LIST]
[*]Differences between film and video games.
[*]Mike’s gaming history.
[*]Valve’s interview process.
[*][URL="http://www.wetafx.co.nz/"]Weta Digital[/URL]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Raitt"]Bay Raitt[/URL], a digital modeler and animator.
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[*][B]00:12:10 – [/B]Working at Valve
[LIST]
[*]Is the music industry competitive?
[LIST]
[*][URL="http://www.fraps.com/"]Fraps[/URL], real time video capture & benchmarking.
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[*]How music directs emotion in video games.
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[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegesis"]Diegesis[/URL], a style of representation in fiction.
[*][URL="http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications/2009/GDC2009_ValvesApproachToPlaytesting.pdf"]Valve’s Approach to Playtesting[/URL] (pdf).
[*][URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/"]Jaws (1975)[/URL]
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[*]Collaboration at Valve.
[*]Games Mike has worked on.
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[*][URL="http://orange.half-life2.com/"]The Orange Box[/URL]
[*][URL="http://www.teamfortress.com/"]Team Fortress 2[/URL]
[*][URL="http://www.l4d.com/"]Left 4 Dead 1 & 2[/URL]
[*][URL="http://www.thinkwithportals.com/"]Portal 2[/URL]
[*][URL="http://www.dayofdefeat.com/"]Day of Defeat: Source[/URL]
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[*][B]00:26:10 – [/B][URL="http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Kelly_Bailey"]Kelly Bailey[/URL]
[LIST]
[*]Details of Kelly’s departure.
[*]Information on “undisclosed projects”.
[LIST]
[*][URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/"]Blade Runner (1982)[/URL]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_%28music%29"]Glitch[/URL], a genre of electronic music.
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[*][B]00:32:55 – [/B]Inspirations
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[*][URL="http://www.philipglass.com/"]Philip Glass[/URL]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi"]Koyaanisqatsi (1982)[/URL]
[*][URL="http://www.stevereich.com/"]Steve Reich[/URL]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Riley"]Terry Riley[/URL]
[*]Inspiration for noises and music.
[LIST]
[*][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpaX6-MP2gs"]Portal 2 Co-Op Ending Song "Robots FTW"[/URL]
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[*][B]00:43:10 – [/B]Portal 2 Audio
[LIST]
[*]Co-op campaign finale details.
[*]Escape sequences details.
[*]How music was composed for Portal 2.
[*]Hardest track/sequence to compose.
[*]Intro sequence details.
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[*][B]00:59:05 – [/B][URL="http://www.podcast17.com/interviews/audio/mike-morasky/files/sp_a1_intro1_SKETCH_v01.mp3"]Exclusive First Draft of Portal 2 Intro[/URL]
[*][B]01: 05:40 – [/B]Dynamic Music in Portal 2
[LIST]
[*]Chambers devoid of music.
[*]Introductions to dynamic music.
[*]Syncing the dynamic music.
[LIST]
[*]Details on the new Sound Operator Stack for back syncing.
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[*]Deciding what an object sounds like.
[*]Psychology of dynamic music.
[*]Dynamic music and the SDK. – Slight SDK details.
[*]Information on Tim and Justin from Valve Software.
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[*][B]01:30:30 – [/B]Technical Hardware and Software Questions
[LIST]
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_Pro"]Logic Pro[/URL], be a musician, sound like an engineer.
[*][URL="http://www.steinberg.net/"]Steinberg[/URL], creativity first.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_workstation"]Digital audio workstations[/URL].
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAPER"]REAPER[/URL], audio production without limits.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiptune"]Chiptune[/URL], a form of synthesised music.
[*][URL="http://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/producer/reaktor-5/"]REAKTOR 5[/URL], the future of sound.
[*][URL="http://www.midi-classics.com/g/g36902.htm"]Studiologic VMK-88 Plus USB Controller[/URL].
[*][URL="http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/kore-2/"]KORE 2[/URL], the next-generation workstation.
[*][URL="http://www.korg.com/nanoseries"]Korg nanoSERIES[/URL], most compact family of USB-MIDI controllers.
[*][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Zimmer"]Hans Zimmer[/URL],a German film score and music producer.
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[*][B]01:40:00 – [/B]Advice for Young Composers
[*][B]01:46:00 – [/B]Turret Opera Details
[*][B]01:50:20 – [/B]Working with Jonathan Coulton.
[*][B]01:53:20 – [/B]Portal 2 OST Details
[*][B]01:54:45 – [/B]TT eSPORTS Winner
[*][B]01:54:30 – [/B]Conclusion
[LIST]
[*]Favourite item at [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR0WN55p_zI"]Valve’s snack bar[/URL]?
[*]Music lessons?
[*]Who at Valve has the sweatiest hands?
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[*][B]01:59:00 – [/B]Wrap-up, Thanks.
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[Smashman]

I'm going to have to set aside 2 hours in my schedule.
[b]Caroline[/b]!

[Conro101]

there go my plans

[t h e]

[url]http://www.podcast17.com/interviews/audio/mike-morasky/files/get/sp_a1_intro1_SKETCH_v01.mp3[/url]

Neat.

[RIPBILLYMAYS]

I just want a damn Turret Opera MP3 :colbert:

[Smashman]

[QUOTE=t h e;29725221][url]http://www.podcast17.com/interviews/audio/mike-morasky/files/get/sp_a1_intro1_SKETCH_v01.mp3[/url]

Neat.[/QUOTE]

For those confused, the above is an 'Exclusive First Draft of the Portal 2 Intro'.

[editline]9th May 2011[/editline]

[QUOTE=RIPBILLYMAYS;29725280]I just want a damn Turret Opera MP3 :colbert:[/QUOTE]

[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/897064/39%20The%20Fat%20Lady%20Sings.mp3[/url]
Enjoy

[toxicspill3457]

[QUOTE=t h e;29725221][url]http://www.podcast17.com/interviews/audio/mike-morasky/files/get/sp_a1_intro1_SKETCH_v01.mp3[/url]

Neat.[/QUOTE]I couldn't help but hear "Military Precision" when I heard that.

[t h e]

[QUOTE=Smashman;29725290]For those confused, the above is an 'Exclusive First Draft of the Portal 2 Intro'.

[editline]9th May 2011[/editline]

[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/897064/39%20The%20Fat%20Lady%20Sings.mp3[/url]
Enjoy[/QUOTE]

-snip-

There's like a 2 minute pause in between the songs

[Smashman]

[QUOTE=t h e;29725561]-snip-

There's like a 2 minute pause in between the songs[/QUOTE]

That's how it is in the game.

[t h e]

[QUOTE=Smashman;29725755]That's how it is in the game.[/QUOTE]

What're you talking about?

[SFC3]

[QUOTE=Smashman;29725755]That's how it is in the game.[/QUOTE]
Not really. That song you posted is actually from the Portal 2 - The Unofficial Soundtrack where the author of the mix actually hid a second song with the normal Turret Aria theme.

[Smashman]

Or that. :iiam:

[Silent-Bob]

I've had an email conversation with Mike. He's a really cool guy.

[tro11]

and i was wondering what i would do with my spare time

ninja'd