#204 - Rob Carr Interview On Rockstar Games, GTA 5, GTA 6, Audio Design, AI, Red Dead Redemption....

Rob Carr is an audio designer who is best known for his tenure at Rockstar Games on L.A. Noire, RDR1, GTA 5 and RDR2. He is currently living in Finland working on his game Nyrkkipöytä

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WEBSITE - https://audioexpat.wordpress.com/

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - How Rob Went From Being A Music Teacher To Working At Rockstar Leeds

07:51 - Moving From Handheld Games To Console Games/Rockstar Have Unlimited Resources

08:30 - The Psychology Of Sound/Finding Sounds That Sound Like Other Sounds

11:19 - There Are No Constraints On Audio With Rockstar Open World Games

13:10 - In Audio Everything You Can Use Is Recordable/Rob Has A 3TB Audio Library

15:17 - Tools & Workflow

19:50 - Technology Evolution/AI

23:51 - Rob Has Been Unemployed For Over A Year/Problems With The Game Industry/

25:50 - Learning A Coding Language

27:40 - Difference Between Numbers People & Creative People

30:30 - Working On Audio Bugs For Red Dead Redemption 1/Why It’s One Of Rob’s Favorite Games

34:30 - Playing A Game And Not Disecting It

37:30 - The Cost Of Buying Games

39:10 - GTA 6

43:21 - Why Rob Left Rockstar

45:24 - Crunch Culture/Europe Has Better Work Life Balance

46:45 - Moving To Finland/Rob’s Brother Has Motor Neuron Disease

51:35 - Rob Can’t Relocate For Work Anymore/Dire State Of The Game Industry

53:10 - Working From Home Has Ceased Because Of Security Reasons

55:20 - Why Rob Worked At The Office During Covid

56:51 - Dealing With Ear Fatigue During Crunch/How Audio People Deal With Crunch

1:05:30 - Q+A - Do You Physically Go On Location To Get Raw Recordings

1:08:00 - Q+A -What’s Rockstar Setup To Test Audio Systems

1:10:48 - Q+A - Is There A Particular Idea That Had To Be Cut

1:13:52 - Robs Game - Nyrkkipöytä

1:21:19 - Where To Follow Rob