#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 #rockstargames #gta #gta5 WEBSITE - https://audioexpat.wordpress.com/TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Intro00:30 - How Rob Went From Being A Music Teacher To Working At Rockstar Leeds07:51 - Moving From Handheld Games To Console Games/Rockstar Have Unlimited Resources08:30 - The Psychology Of Sound/Finding Sounds That Sound Like Other Sounds11:19 - There Are No Constraints On Audio With Rockstar Open World Games13:10 - In Audio Everything You Can Use Is Recordable/Rob Has A 3TB Audio Library15:17 - Tools & Workflow19:50 - Technology Evolution/AI 23:51 - Rob Has Been Unemployed For Over A Year/Problems With The Game Industry/25:50 - Learning A Coding Language27:40 - Difference Between Numbers People & Creative People30:30 - Working On Audio Bugs For Red Dead Redemption 1/Why It’s One Of Rob’s Favorite Games34:30 - Playing A Game And Not Disecting It37:30 - The Cost Of Buying Games39:10 - GTA 643:21 - Why Rob Left Rockstar45:24 - Crunch Culture/Europe Has Better Work Life Balance46:45 - Moving To Finland/Rob’s Brother Has Motor Neuron Disease51:35 - Rob Can’t Relocate For Work Anymore/Dire State Of The Game Industry53:10 - Working From Home Has Ceased Because Of Security Reasons55:20 - Why Rob Worked At The Office During Covid56:51 - Dealing With Ear Fatigue During Crunch/How Audio People Deal With Crunch1:05:30 - Q+A - Do You Physically Go On Location To Get Raw Recordings1:08:00 - Q+A -What’s Rockstar Setup To Test Audio Systems1:10:48 - Q+A - Is There A Particular Idea That Had To Be Cut1:13:52 - Robs Game - Nyrkkipöytä1:21:19 - Where To Follow Rob