A look back at my old videos

[@MarshallMcGee]

The T shirt designs will STAY THE SAME because I really like the skeleton design and I think it will be a fun way to remember when the show was called waveform. Maybe we'll add a new design in the future but you'll always be able to get the skelly ;)

[@megalittlelawyer]

I have the blue skeleton design t shirt and it’s just about my favorite article of clothing. I always thought the name was a bit confusing considering the program and general term keep up the quality content.

[@Teenterror983]

Here's a suggestion for renaming it: THE SOUNDS OF AWESOME.

[@omgasmallbox]

"My name is Marshal and this isn't waveform" seems like a good to the point intro

[@eck4269]

'My name is Marshall and this used to be waveform' is better

[@SullyTheGuy]

My name is Marshall and this is formwave

[@TOBIA_ilustra]

"I'll keep making videos" he said.. Sad that the last one was 1 year ago :/ it is a really cool youtube channel to get started on sound design

[@gena1384]

"I'm not quitting the show, just changing the name" *Only uploads one more episode*

[@CoalBones]

The show isn't over he just isn't calling it waveform

[@theonlything.]

That’s good to know

[@UncleNils]

Oh God you scared me D: I hope to see the videos coming! I wasn't interested in sound design before I found your channel :)

[@MassiveDestructionSP]

RIP channel

[@skjorta1984]

young Marshall: *sounds exactly like present Marshall* present Marshall: I've never -wanted to have- met this man in my life

[@BlueMonkey]

You nearly gave me a heart attack then, sir. How dare you play with my emotions like that. In all seriousness, I think your name is unique enough to hold its own without a series title. I feel like briefly mentioning your credentials as a voice to be heard would be a nice replacement to the title. Gives a bit of legitimacy right from the get-go of 'oh wow this guy knows his stuff if he worked on X and Y. Let us see what he has to say.' Amazing series and are one of the few channels I have that majestic subscriber bell set up for!

[@JZStudiosonline]

2 years later and not a single video since.

[@codymitchellaudio]

Hi Marshal. I'm taking a class led by sound designer Akash Thakkar. He mentioned your channel in one of his lessons and I'm so glad he did. These videos are amazing and I love the humor thrown in as I can always appreciate sprinkling in comedy whenever possible. Honored to have such an amazing sound designer teach us what he knows along with little tips and tricks. I have definitely subscribed and can't wait for future videos.

[@PC-oi3dw]

Wow this was a real scare. You're one of my favourite sound design channels and it's great to see you reflecting and owning up to your old content. Happy anniversary 🎈

[@dancersendrecords1469]

what are your other favs may i ask?

[@Manzi.]

New intro line: “Hello I’m Marshall McGee, and what do your ears see?” You’ll get a big slap on the like button every time you start with that.

[@piggywink333boyfriend6]

*what do your ears see*

[@spiceraudio]

I truly appreciate your approach to your own professionalism. Examining your own past work can be so painful, this video shows how genuinely you're striving to improve yourself. Creative work like this is so iterative and if you're doing it right (improving your product constantly), you leave behind a trail of things that are perpetually inferior to your current product. Kudos!

[@VladislowSound]

Dude, you actually scared me for the moment i saw notification :D but i am glad you are not going to quit For the new videos i would suggest you keeping the "big yellow words" on the tumbnail. They really help to see your videos among others. Also you can put youl logo in one of the left corners so it would be double obvious.

[@connorwatson578]

As someone who is looking to get into audio design work, I love your channel. Change the name all you want/need but keep up the content. Love your stuff man, been here for a few months and learnt more from you then 3 years of a music degrees. 🎶 Cringe an all 😊

[@pufthemajicdragon]

Whew, what a relief! I'm glad you're not ending the channel, just changing the name. I only just discovered you a couple weeks ago and only just now finished watching all your videos. I'm nowhere near a point in my on game development where I need to worry about sound design, but the fact is that because of you now I'm *thinking* about it when I might not have thought about it at all ever. For that reason alone I am confident that when I finally finish a game, it will be a better game because of you. But also, even in your "worst" videos, you still give good advice for designers to consider. For the record, I found my way here via Game Maker's Toolkit. Glad I did.

[@fredrickvontater5433]

The part about the menu sounds reminded me of metal gear, that game had some of the most iconic menu sounds ever

[@davidfrend]

Love you, Marshall! You've gotten me to look at sounds in such a new way, and I'm excited to learn more and even try my hand at making my own sounds.

[@AugustBurnsSam]

I've wanted to start an educational KZbin channel for a while but have always felt amazingly unqualified to do so. Hearing you say that your former self was unqualified but did it anyway was in some ways inspiring.

[@joaquintomorrowwefall8856]

"Hi, this is Marshall and welcome to... ah... soundshape!"

[@BlondPanda]

Even with how critical you are of these old episodes I still love them. I'm currently working on a massive sound overhaul for HL2 and it was your video on skyrim's sound that made me really consider how I wanted my mod to feel and it was your video on GUI sound design that made me think about how even the smallest sounds can be designed in such radically different ways to support a certain feeling or mood. Without those early episodes, I don't think I would've put anywhere near as much thought into the exact kind of moods that I want to create with this mod.

[@violetprosejoe]

Here's to your channel, name, and ever-improving work going forward. Never stop doing what you're doing!

[@pickelsvonbrine]

Marshall you scared me. ~Your friend Nate

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

Glad to hear that you're still sticking around continuing your content! Your videos got me interested in trying out sound design, and the experience ended up making me doubt my current career path at some points, haha.

[@EsquisseBeats]

I nearly cried when seeing the thumbnail, don't play with us like that Marshall ! Hope that the next video will be as good as the previous ones, with or without the Waveform name title !

[@JazzInATinCan]

I love you, man. Not in the way you would somebody significant in your personal life, of course, but in the way you more casually mean it in less personal circumstances. Meaning: thanks

[@nickbsilvamusic]

This is my new favorite channel. Your videos are incredibly informative, and your music on your site is great as well. Keep it up.

[@futsell]

I got scared for a hot minute there, thinking you were quitting. Way to go, man. Always enjoy your videos! Keep up the great work!

[@lordkelvin1]

Found the channel just a few days ago and I've already watched every video so just wanted to say a massive thanks for the hard work and I'm super glad this isn't the end :)

[@sandersack]

Thanks for all the hard work you put in your videos, Marshall!

[@chaseclearwater2758]

You scared me for a second there Marshall, you gave me the inspiration to get into learning sound design and pursuing it as a career and I can't thank you enough.

[@jacobisalemon]

would love more of these if you see fit. I generally use your videos as a nice guide when working on something and get stuck and need inspirational words of wisdom. Funny enough too is that the videos you mentioned were the only ones I've never actually clicked out of interest while all the rest i've probably seen at least 3 or 5 times. Every upload is a nice bright part of my day and absolutely love them

[@GonzaChannel]

I don't know anything about sound design nor have plans on working with sound in any way, yet your videos are really interesting a enjoyable to watch and learn from. If going forward your content continues to grow in quality given your acquired level of experience then that'd be a treat to experience as a viewer. Keep it up!

[@GreatFlamingEyebrows_]

I love this channel, very very happy that you'll still be making videos.

[@yakplateado1923]

as long as you're putting out awesome videos with great info and a cool perspective i'll keep watching and hearing :D

[@smeagollumartin]

Thank goodness I just subscribed a while ago and I got the idea this was all ending. I'm so happy there's gonna be more of this. I am in love with sound design.

[@skolirramr2403]

I was totally prepared to be sad, type Noooooo, and possibly cry when I saw the title. I'm happy to realize that that was not necessary.

[@Defco3d]

Just want thank you for all your knowledge you have shared. I'm making my first game with 2 other guys. We all have background in making 3d art for games and *sound hat" fell on my head. I always come back to you your videos (or Akash Thakkar :=) ) when I'm having difficulties with making a specific sound. Happy new year!

[@robertblumpkin4759]

My brain ripped in 2, I didn't know someone with the same thought's about the simplest sound design's existed. I give you mad prop's. Your video's are down to point, understandable and great lesson's. Keep it up :)

[@joshh.5776]

I am not a sound designer but watch this because it's super interesting and helpful for some hobby game projects. Also, I learned enough from you to think "No, that's not how he explains layering usually?!" at 1:35 . Well made channel!

[@mattparkinson3954]

Glad you are continuing, love the channel!

[@johnjoedaly]

Just found your channel, soo glad you did this one to save me trawling through 4 years of videos 🤣

[@MrSofazocker]

Make it, "Hi my name is Marshall and this is another study/look on sound design." Always love, when you just take an element you noticed and liked then made a video about it.

[@PelletProject]

I'm very excited to see how this grows in the videos to come :D

[@NunSuperior]

Happy to hear the channel is still going, you got me scared for a minute.

[@brandenlikesbeer]

Yo MARSH my dude where the new vids at?

[@FrozenDozer]

Hey man, I went through the exact same thing! The only difference is that I didn't have so many subscribers. I pretty much unlisted / set all my old videos to private and started an entirely new channel dedicated to CGI with content that I feel that I can actually present. KZbin was a very different platform even a couple of years ago and quality has just steadily gone up, so keeping up is not as easy as it used to be. If you want to be seen you just need unique content. And you do have that. Sounddesign is such an interesting topic but nobody talks about it. Keep on going, love your stuff. Doesn't matter if it's called Waveform or anything else.

[@kaniz5428]

COME BACK BRO!!!

[@sundayparam]

keep it up! i love your channel and your content. i look forward for whatever you upload!

[@ManfredoStagnoGD]

No camera shake on RL. I see you're a man of culture as well

[@TediI47]

You are self-critical but i still enjoyed and learned a lot from your videos. The episode about the 'seed' of inspiration that guides you (although not specifically for open world games) was a very insightful one for me. The only cringe i'm thankful for is that waveform is not actually kill. Happy to hear more from you.

[@soundsbydane361]

You should change the name of the series to tiramisu lol jk. thought it was then end of your videos but glad they are here to stay.

[@CH3R.N0BY1]

glad waveform is just going under a different name, i really like your star wars and portal gun videos

[@SynsVEVO]

Thank god it's just a name change, i was genuinely upset for a minute there. This series has made me want to dip my toes into sound design/creation

[@ya_boi_salami]

waveform 2 announced

[@MixMeMcGee]

It’s always rad to see someone acknowledge their learning outloud! Good on ya, and rad content as always! (Even when you could have been more righter 👏🏻👏🏻)

[@Lightnin_Thundr]

“My name is Marshall and this is not Waveform”

[@WavesNGames]

Hi this is Marshall, hold on to your butts. That's the new intro.

[@Freefork]

"I'm Marshall, but you can call me Mr. McGee." This is the new intro/

[@INDEPTHSoundDesign]

“There’s no real benefit to keeping the name Waveform. From now on I’ll be calling my videos INDEPTH Sound Design” Noooooo 😆 Great stuff, in particular the part where “if a sound designer does a good job, nobody notices any work was done” You hit the nail on the head. It’s a nice humble statement but it’s not true! If someone notices great sound during a great moment- Success!

[@afriendofepicproportions]

Hey, it's INDEPTH! I love your videos

[@MizManFryingP]

Excited to see your new stuff Marshall! :)

[@poppemall]

Glad it's not over.

[@javiersj2036]

So glad you are going to make more videos

[@mimisaiko]

Nice video being modest and honest.

[@francescodicecca93]

Happy anniversary!

[@RagsToRichesFilms]

THE QUACK. Oh my god the quack.

[@DragonHeart000]

god man, you had us scared when you said this is the last episode.

[@Ilostmycactus]

Look at Monster Hunter sounds!

[@xmsarx]

I almost thought I found your channel way too late

[@TrueBlur]

MARSHALL DONT SCARE ME LIKE THISSSSSSSS

[@awesomeniac]

Hold on .. . what are we talking about again? i'm too distracted with Ikea BedSet

[@TheUpLevelGaming]

This will probably go unnoticed but I preferred when you focused on the sound design of a specific thing, like the halo gun or a genre, than focusing on a single game and asking the sound designers how they did it. I thought it was much more fun seeing you just go out and take on a challenge, just as anyone could. Either way, your videos are great and I hope to see more :)

[@Kerimo007]

Dude, cheers for the videos throughout, however you decide to call them! Think it's also important to note that, while the vids you pointed out had mistakes, the videos themselves weren't fully false or misleading - they're still good perspectives to ponder over, just maybe not absolutely true. Like the layering bit, just needs a touch of re-wording, but the point about varied sound associations still stands :) Also, real pumped that you're doing well on your own path! Inspiring stuff.

[@BlackOnyxTiger]

Funny enough I actually found the MKBHD podcast because I searched for "Waveform" hoping to find a podcast from you!

[@ShadowTheLight]

I understand changing the name to better identify the series, I had a hard time even finding MKBHD's podcast because of it's name.

[@THEJOHNNYFLASH]

Love this channel! Learned a lot! Would really love to hear what advice you have for big bassy robot sounds as that's what I use for my channel.

[@VitoMusic88]

Go for it Marshall!

[@Tom-kn3mg]

You got me in the first half

[@AndrewPRoberts]

Looking forward to more videos!!!

[@Poly_0000]

Waveform is dead. long live waveform

[@GabrielGarcia-bp9hr]

Woh, no outro music... Marshall you’re scaring me

[@corvin-bb]

I have a video idea, you could explain how sound gets made "realistic/ atmospheric" with the example being squad. I thought of it because the explosions and the gun shots sound so real. I don't know if you already done something like that and if not I hope you will consider the idea.

[@mahURLisdabest]

Funny you should say the hearthstone episode is your least favorite. The idea that jazzing up menus and other areas of games that aren't core gameplay with cool visual and sound design can add to the game's overall feel was really interesting to me. When I had to write of an essay on sound design, I thought of that video and decided to do something related to it. But then the deadline was 2 days away and I spewed out 3000 words gushing about blizzard sound design. Anyways I love your videos and I'm glad you're gonna keep putting stuff out :)

[@babarasul680]

You naughty thing. You tease me to the end I'm onto you. JK we love you Marshall. I can't wait for the upcoming videos.

[@TeerdKrepp]

this video sounds so good!

[@minimatamou8369]

As long as there is the music in the intro I'm fine. *DUN Dun dun PAK*

[@Jona69]

WAVEFORM IS OVER Scared me for a second there.

[@Oli420X]

This is so sad

[@2424Fingolfin]

[@hemangchauhan2864]

sick moves, bro

[@robo1540]

you don spooked me, good job

[@victornoagbodji]

🙏 🙏 😊 very late to the party but thanks for all these videos !! can you release the low frequency test as a stand-alone video ? 🤔 it is so useful on its own

[@captainshitbrix7271]

WAIT FOUR YEARS??

[@hvjcghi]

Hey Marshall, long time fan! I have a question, even though you said that you had no authority at the time to be giving advice on Sound Design, looking back do you think you shouldn't have made Waveforms episodes at all? If you ask me, your videos inspired me and a lot of other people here I'm sure to pay much more attention to sound design and try some for myself, and I still learned a lot! So if anyone thinks they're good enough to make videos about something, even though they don't have enough experience, should they go ahead and make videos giving advice and sharing their tips or not? Thank you!

[@colinhawks2469]

Nice one! Nice one! Nice one! Chat is disabled for 3 seconds

[@AerialFrameworks]

Change the title to “welcome to Sound Affect” (not effect) because you are, without a doubt, affecting the sounds of the world. Great retrospective- but don’t doubt for a second that you haven’t been an incredibly inspiring artist. Thanks, and I hope you like the name :)

[@chimedemon]

OH THANK GOD

Damn I want to work as a sound designer too :(

[@Asdayasman]

Hi my name is Marshall, and this was waveform.

[@ZedEdge]

Great to see another video from you! But since this is a turning point in the channel, I wanted to offer some feedback: While the thumbnail isn't necessarily clickbait, it's highly misleading and evokes an unnecessary negative emotional reaction. Rebranding something is not the same as ending it. Putting emphasis on the new content would give people excitement for the future of the series, instead of just relief that the situation isn't as bad as it appeared. About your thoughts on open-world sound design - of course, experienced professionals will have a better understanding of the process, but sometimes being caught in that system can prevent them from seeing what would be a better process. People without that experience certainly shouldn't assume they know best, but a lot can be learned from observation. There's nothing wrong with suggesting what would be the ideal process in theory. And regarding your closing statement of hoping you can look back in the future and cringe at videos to come. I understand the sentiment of aiming to improve, but it's hugely discouraging to think that you're openly hoping your advice now will be deemed poor advice in the future. It also has the danger of leading people with that mindset into being content with mediocrity. Surely the goal in any creative field is to master it - yes, there will always be more to learn, but that doesn't mean what one creates has to be imperfect. Mastery isn't defined by knowing all things, but by being able to perfectly delivery that which you know. Perhaps reaching that level can feel impossible, but surely creating something that will stand the test of time is what one should hope for if anything.

[@GarudaPSN]

Yo, as a suggestion, do an analysis of last of us 2. Any aspect you'd like really, i think the depth and detail of the sound design in that game is just insane.

[@peteypablo09]

That was terrifying. Make it up to me by playing me in Rocket League