Yanni Caldas
Sound Designer based in Toronto, ON
Hello, I'm Yanni Caldas, and I am a sound designer for video games.
I aim to enhance the player experience through storytelling, immersion, and engaging feedback through sound's creative, collaborative, and technical aspects. Considering myself a generalist with an extra love for creature design, I am eager to aid wherever needed to help finish projects to their highest potential.
My career has been an exciting endeavor. Beginning as a television and advertisement composer, I transitioned to working as an engineer at a recording studio after finishing college in 2016. After that, I freelanced as a mix engineer and producer and then worked as Audio Quality Control Lead for an audiobook production company.
Since then, I've discovered my love for game audio and its ability to guide player emotions while constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Currently, I am working as a sound designer at Electronic Arts on Dragon Age: Dreadwolf. Previously, I have worked on various projects as a sound designer through outsourcing studio's iGame.Audio and Studio13.
Aside from work, I enjoy making specialty coffee, cooking, and going for long walks with my partner and dog.
You can find my CV here.
SKILLS
Sound Design, Lua, Dialog Editing, Field Recording, Music Editing, Cinematics, Reaper, ProTools, Wwise, FMOD Studio, UE5, Unity, Surround Sound, Mac & PC, Hardware/Software,
Perforce/Source Control, JIRA, Excel, QC
PUBLIC WORK
Rocket Rumble
Super Auto Pets
Isles of Yore
Thrive
Sound Design, Dialog Editing, QC
Guild Wars 2
DLC Music Editor
The Pirate Queen
Dialog Implementation, Editing, Sound Design, QC
Expansion Sound Design
Cinematic & Gameplay Sound Design, Mixing, Implementation
Creature Sound Design, Implementation
Rallyallyally
Sound Design, Implementation
Games I am currently playing
My Favourite Sounding
Games
Returnal
Alan Wake 2
God of War (2018)
Elite Dangerous
Games I am looking forward to playing
Skate 4
Marathon
Star Wars Outlaws
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
Field Recording
Field recording is a deep passion of mine. Like how photographers think of photos as capturing a moment, I think of field recording as capturing a feeling. Anything from household objects, animals, vehicles, and even ambiences. Each subject has an expressive emotion that is always full of new surprises. All you have to do is listen to the world around you.
One of my favorite parts of field recording is the number of ways something can be recorded and performed. From choosing various microphone configurations, handling an object slow versus fast, or even performing a doppler effect by swinging the microphone. Pairing all this with how each project requires its unique sound signature, field recording is fundamental to telling a story through sound.
Record the world
Along with 614 other recordists from around the world, I participated in a crowdsourced sound effects library that recorded various ambiences from 6 different countries. All proceeds were donated to The Water Project. In total, we have raised more than $75,000 for 1,250 people to have access to clean, safe water! How amazing is that?!
