Akash Thakkar Gamesoundcon
I help game development teams avoid last-minute audio chaos, leading sound design, tech, and team collaboration from day one.
- Role
- Possessors - Sound Designer at Heart Machine
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akash Thakkar Gamesoundcon
I’m a sound designer and audio director with over 13 years of experience helping games sound as bold, emotional, and unique as they feel to play. Whether I’m transforming stylized pixel art worlds (Hyper Light Drifter) into hauntingly immersive experiences (Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye) or scaling audio pipelines and working with teams across continents, my work centers on storytelling, clarity, and cross-team collaboration. I specialize in: • Stylized and narrative-driven sound design • Leading VO casting, direction, and capture • Audio implementation using FMOD, Wwise, Unity, and Unreal • Seamless communication across disciplines and departments • Leading audio teams, hiring external contractors, & team workflow optimization • Educating the next generation of audio pros Host of the “Sound Business” podcast (100K+ downloads) Speaker at GDC, PAX, TEDx, GameSoundCon, and more Based in Seattle, collaborating globally Skills & Specialties • Sound Design: Foley, field recording, synthesis, voice over casting/direction/editing, stylistic asset creation, interactive implementation, creature design • Middleware & Tools: FMOD, Wwise, Reaper, Unity, Unreal Engine 4, Unreal Engine 5, GameMaker • Technical: ReaScript, C#(Unity), complex audio routing, audio system planning and design, spatial audio, optimization pipelines • Collaboration & Communication: Cross-department communication, creative alignment with design, art, and narrative teams, public speaking, SAG-AFTRA voiceover directing, documentation, mentoring
Experience
Possessors - Sound Designer
Jan 2023 — Present
Education
Berklee College of Music
Bachelor of Music
2008 — 2012
Skills
- Reason
- Surround Sound
- Ableton Live
- Sound
- Field Recording
- Music Production
- Music Technology
- Studio Recording
- Public Speaking
- Unreal Engine 3
- Audio Editing
- Voice Over
- Percussion
- Sound Design
- Sound Editing
- Audio Post Production
- Electronic Music
- Finale
- Engaging Speaker
- Orchestration
- Original Music
- Pro Tools
- Audio Engineering
- Film Scoring
- Digital Performer
- Sound Mixing
- Composers
- Music Composition
- Ableton
- Composition
- Mastering
- Unity3d
- Sibelius
- Piano
- Midi Sequencing
- Midi
- Recording
- Cubase
- Cryengine 3
- Teaching Workshops
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