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Zachary Quarles: Sound Designer

Audio professional that has worked on franchises such as: Killer Instinct, DOOM, Sunset Overdrive, Quake, RAGE, ReCore, Soldier of Fortune, X-Men: Legends, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and many more!

Postmortem: Greater accessibility through audio in Killer Instinct

September 25, 2017 zquarlesmixing

Hello all! It’s been awhile!  I’ve been a-crunching away on projects such as Killer Instinct, Crackdown 3, Super Lucky’s Tale, and my very own Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars.  Whew!  It’s been a[…]

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Killer Instinct: Season 3 – Eyedol!

September 17, 2016 zquarlesimplementation

Billy has returned! Eyedol was the one hold-out cast member from the original Killer Instinct games.  As a team, this was a calculated effort to say that we would never release Eyedol due to lack[…]

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Killer Instinct: Season 3 – Gargos!

May 28, 2016May 28, 2016 zquarlesmusic

Begin the invasion!  The big bad from Season 3 has arrived! Gargos was an incredibly fun character to design sounds for.  I worked with my buddy Joshua Bandy here at Microsoft and Shannon Potter out[…]

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Killer Instinct: Season 3 – Mira!

May 5, 2016 zquarlesmixing

Hey all you Killer Instinct fans!  The latest character is now live!  If you like crazy vampires that like to punch things, then MIRA is the player for you! My buddy Matthew Grimm did a[…]

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Talking Game Audio with Zachary Quarles, Audio Director at Microsoft (Xbox)

April 1, 2016April 1, 2016 zquarlesgear

I realized I never linked to this really fun interview I did with the fine folks at Ossic!  I AM DUMB. We talked about all things audio including my process, some of the projects I’ve[…]

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Killer Instinct: Season 3 – LAUNCHED

April 1, 2016 zquarlesmusic

The initial launch for Killer Instinct: Season 3 is LIVE.  Play today on Xbox One and Windows 10 (if you buy it on one platform, you get it on the other for free along with[…]

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Inside Microsoft Studios: Meet Audio Director Zachary Quarles!

March 18, 2016May 5, 2016 zquarleslife

Microsoft Studios did a small feature/interview with me! Check it out if you feel so inclined!  I talk about silly things. https://microsoftstudios.com/news/2016/03/14/inside-microsoft-studios-meet-audio-director-zachary/

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Killer Instinct: Season 3 — TUSK.

March 18, 2016May 6, 2016 zquarlesmixing

VIKING WITH A MASSIVE SWORD. This dude was tons of fun to work on. Lots of really awesome metal/blade recordings mixed with some rad whoosh material that we got by attaching various metal items at[…]

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Killer Instinct: Season 3 — Arbiter

March 18, 2016May 6, 2016 zquarlesmixing

If you like Halo AND Killer Instinct, you’ll love this! Arbiter is making a special appearance in KI! How cool is that? Had a lot of fun with this one.  Here’s the trailer:

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