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Aaron McLeran

@minuskelvin

Unreal Engine Audio Director. Working on the future of audio and music with #MetaSounds, #UnrealEngine, #UE5.

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Excited to chat! #gameaudio #ue5

10.02.2026 04:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excited for this!

09.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TechAudioTools Content TechAudioTools Content is a collection of editor tools and reusable widgets for working with MetaSounds at scale in Unreal Engine 5. It contains editor utilities to support production workflows such a...

Check out this new plugin showcasing some great technical sound design work in UE. #TechAudioTools #UE5 #MetaSounds

www.fab.com/listings/d44...

27.01.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Apply to present at Unreal Fest Chicago 2026 We’re looking for speakers to present at Unreal Fest Chicago 2026. Got a project built with Epic tools to showcase, or technical insights to share? Submit your session proposal today!

Hey #UEAudio and #MetaSound fans, consider submitting a talk proposal for UEFest this year! Deadline is Jan 22nd.

www.unrealengine.com/en-US/news/a...

10.01.2026 00:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First attempt at improvised live patching #metasounds in #unrealengine 5.7 using experimental live preview.

Bonus constraint: copy-paste stops audio :)
Whimsical minimal sine wave thing to start..

youtu.be/X7R3hYWQPuM
(right link this time) @dannthr.bsky.social @minuskelvin.bsky.social

13.12.2025 04:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Also, guess who is a dad of an 8 year old….

07.12.2025 04:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok guess who is my 70 year old father in law and which is me. #listeningage #spotify

07.12.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They are if you’re a scaredy cat.

Normally you don’t like it… but if you are going for crazy sounds that you can carve out with filters and enveloping, go for it. I mean you’re feeding audio through min/max/clamp operation… heh.

If you’re trying to model some analog thing… sure… be concerned.

06.12.2025 00:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
What is Intermodulation Distortion? - everything RF Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) occurs when two or more signals are used in a non-linear system. The spectrum at the output of the non-linear device will not only consis

Meant β€œintermodulation” distortion…. www.everythingrf.com/community/wh...

06.12.2025 00:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Basic

06.12.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah when you get a dc offset it’s good practice to put through a HPF for safety….

It’s a kind of waveshape technique and cool as hell. Going to alias like crazy and get all kinds of harmonic and interharmonic distortion.

06.12.2025 00:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Niiice

02.12.2025 02:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Rat's Nests [1], by Skeurid 9 track album

Free download: Rat's Nests [1] is part two of a series of albums created entirely in #UnrealEngine #Metasounds ... no MIDI or pre-sequences -> synthesis + oneshot drum samples. Enjoy!

skeurid.bandcamp.com/album/rats-n...

( Spent way too long on this one . .. . . . .. . )

#ProceduralMusic #DAWless

02.12.2025 01:16 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Very cool Dan

07.08.2025 17:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Experiments with custom thru-zero FM/PM node and demo patch (no talking)
Experiments with custom thru-zero FM/PM node and demo patch (no talking) YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio

Patch made with an experimental Thru-Zero FM Node. Despite the fact that I think I ended up making a PM node instead, it's still useful for making tunes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDMk...

#UnrealAudio #MetaSounds #Synthesis #FM #PM

07.08.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi #gameaudio people!

GDC is doing a salary survey! if you have a few minutes, please fill it out!

gdconf.typeform.com/salarysurvey25

07.08.2025 17:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 Full Gameplay Walkthrough / No Commentary【FULL GAME】4K 60 FPS Ultra HD
CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 Full Gameplay Walkthrough / No Commentary【FULL GAME】4K 60 FPS Ultra HD YouTube video by Gamer's Little Playground

You should play it -- it's a crazy fun take on the turn-based RPG system and a weird and fascinating story and setting. But if you want to just check out the audio for a bit, here's a no-commentary playthrough I found:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ARD...

30.06.2025 18:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 Full Gameplay Walkthrough / No Commentary【FULL GAME】4K 60 FPS Ultra HD
CLAIR OBSCUR EXPEDITION 33 Full Gameplay Walkthrough / No Commentary【FULL GAME】4K 60 FPS Ultra HD YouTube video by Gamer's Little Playground

Great write up about the audio in @expedition33.bsky.social on @asoundeffect.bsky.social.

www.asoundeffect.com/clair-obscur...

It uses #MetaSounds!

On vacation and was finally able to play it this week. Sounds fantastic. #GameAudio #AudioAwards

30.06.2025 18:12 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tech Audio Chat (feat. Aaron McLeran) Episode 09
Tech Audio Chat (feat. Aaron McLeran) Episode 09 YouTube video by Dan Reynolds Audio

Hey fam, this Thursday we'll be hanging out with @minuskelvin.bsky.social! He's a jazz trumpeter, a noise musician, and has spent the last decade advancing audio technology for Unreal's Audio Engine!

Come hang out with us, 6pm this Thursday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MO6...

#GameAudio #Jazz

22.06.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome!!! Sorry I missed this post. Haven’t been on bsky much in a while. ❀️

17.06.2025 02:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll have plenty to say about the (looong) dev process in coming days/months if anyone wants to hear

But mostly I'll rave about how good UE is for audio, and particularly thank @minuskelvin.bsky.social & @dannthr.bsky.social at Epic for their help over the years; and @chriszuko.bsky.social for his!

20.05.2025 09:33 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
How Games Are Made: SOUND DESIGN
How Games Are Made: SOUND DESIGN YouTube video by Noclip

Very cool #noclip video about sound design in games!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbOg...

Features #UEAudio w/ #torbie! <3 <3

#MetaSounds #GameAudio

17.06.2025 00:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Livestream 3, Day 2 | Unreal Fest 2025 YouTube video by Unreal Engine

Had a great time chatting with Max Hayes, Joel Zimmerman, and Miles Perkins about audio and music and live shows yesterday at #UnrealFest.

Check out the convo below! Link to the talk is in the comments (last talk).

www.youtube.com/live/R7UvHzh...

05.06.2025 14:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I asked ChatGPT to draw a picture of me based on what it knows about me… besides the color of my hair and my face, it was creepily accurate.

17.05.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How’s everybody doing out there?

14.05.2025 02:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is incredible.

17.04.2025 02:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Some art work from my 7 year old.

12.04.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ah yes, this is the first time he ever made that face. He never made faces until *after* he made money.

11.04.2025 00:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

+1 to the Easel.

11.04.2025 00:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Song of Choice
Song of Choice YouTube video by Peggy Seeger - Topic

Close your eyes, stop your ears
Close your mouth, they're never there
And if it happens here, they'll never come for you
Because they'll know you really didn't care

#peggyseeger #politicalmusic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=okas...

11.04.2025 00:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0