{"id":28278,"date":"2017-02-07T14:30:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=28278"},"modified":"2017-02-07T14:35:34","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T21:35:34","slug":"robyn-miller-computer-game-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/robyn-miller-computer-game-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"Robyn Miller, Computer Game Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our guest this week is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tinselman\" target=\"_blank\">Robyn Miller<\/a>. Robyn co-founded Cyan Worlds in the late 1980s, where he designed and directed the landmark video games Myst and its sequel Riven. In 2010, he co-founded Zoo Break Gun Club LLC, with producer\/filmmaker Mischa Jakupcak. ZBGC has produced several films and has projects in development for film, television and virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/306599422&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/cool-tools-show-and-tell\/id605920446?mt=2\">Subscribe to the Cool Tools Show on iTunes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/feedpress.me\/cooltoolsshow\">RSS<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KH5dGRPawPWDVNmmY-6W4syZV3k1x0F4Oy_Lx0lbG5o\/edit?usp=sharing\">Transcript<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tracking.feedpress.it\/link\/7810\/5276886\/306599422-cool-tools-71-robyn-miller.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/tag\/cool-tools-show\/\">See all the Cool Tools Show posts on a single page<\/a><br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n<p>Show notes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28283 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/nx2-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"nx2\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/nx2-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/nx2.jpg 703w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.waves.com\/plugins\/nx#introducing-nx-virtual-mix-room\" target=\"_blank\">Nx \u2013 Virtual Mix Room over Headphones<\/a> ($69)<br \/>\n&#8220;I found out about this through Waves kickstarter. They\u2019re a company who have been around for a long time and they\u2019ve created a lot of great plugins \u2014 they know what they\u2019re doing. This hardware and software combination allows you to hear three dimensional audio from any pair of headphones. I\u2019m waiting for someone to use it with virtual reality.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28284\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/harmonica-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"harmonica\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/harmonica-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/harmonica.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Hurricane-Harps-Student-Melodica-Mouthpieces\/dp\/B003R9PCVI\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;linkCode=ll1&amp;tag=cooltools-20&amp;linkId=a680a654f99d1393a12ea91bb0f66a64\" target=\"_blank\">Hurricane Harps S32 Student Melodica<\/a> ($80)<br \/>\n&#8220;I don\u2019t see a lot of people playing melodicas and I don\u2019t know why. They\u2019re a blast! It\u2019s a reeded instrument (you blow through a tube to create the sound), but you play on a keyboard to choose your notes. So you have the opportunity for tons of dynamic, but it\u2019s easy to play. It ends up sounding like a poor man\u2019s english horn.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28282\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/komplete-300x260.jpg\" alt=\"komplete\" width=\"300\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/komplete-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2017\/02\/komplete.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.native-instruments.com\/en\/products\/komplete\/keyboards\/komplete-kontrol-s-series\/\" target=\"_blank\">Komplete Kontrol S-Series<\/a> ($399)<br \/>\n&#8220;I\u2019ve used a variety of MIDI controllers keyboard before but never anything as smart as Komplete Kontrol S88. It helps that my go-to software synthesizers are made by Native Instruments and work seamlessly with this keyboard. Without touching my computer, I\u2019m able to adjust parameters from the S88 (or record my adjustments over the course of a song). This isn\u2019t new \u2014 I\u2019ve had MIDI controllers before \u2014 but this is the first controller that speaks the same language as the software synths I use. 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