Marc Hasselbalch
@mhasselbalch.bsky.social
Sound designer and technical sound designer.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
https://marchasselbalch.com
https://marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/
Copenhagen, Denmark.
https://marchasselbalch.com
https://marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/
A little release thing for three new CD releases at Inferno bar in Copenhagen, which will, according to BIN/Jonas Olesen, "NEVER be released digitally".
CD glitches and manipulations.
Check Jonas' custom-printed t-shirt.
The only bar I've been to that played Mika Vanio as background music.
CD glitches and manipulations.
Check Jonas' custom-printed t-shirt.
The only bar I've been to that played Mika Vanio as background music.
February 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM
A little release thing for three new CD releases at Inferno bar in Copenhagen, which will, according to BIN/Jonas Olesen, "NEVER be released digitally".
CD glitches and manipulations.
Check Jonas' custom-printed t-shirt.
The only bar I've been to that played Mika Vanio as background music.
CD glitches and manipulations.
Check Jonas' custom-printed t-shirt.
The only bar I've been to that played Mika Vanio as background music.
Ripping CDs and found this ECM disc I had almost forgotten about. Well worth your time.
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Ripping CDs and found this ECM disc I had almost forgotten about. Well worth your time.
Preliminary test recordings for what might become a library of function generator tones and textures.
Recorded at 192khz with intensely beautiful spectrograms as a byproduct.
Recorded at 192khz with intensely beautiful spectrograms as a byproduct.
February 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Preliminary test recordings for what might become a library of function generator tones and textures.
Recorded at 192khz with intensely beautiful spectrograms as a byproduct.
Recorded at 192khz with intensely beautiful spectrograms as a byproduct.
Smartphone sensor data sent as OSC to computer over local network, read by Lua script, controls params for Reaper feedback loop.
#gameaudio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO9W...
#gameaudio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO9W...
Smartphone-controlled Feedback Loop
YouTube video by Marc Hasselbalch
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Smartphone sensor data sent as OSC to computer over local network, read by Lua script, controls params for Reaper feedback loop.
#gameaudio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO9W...
#gameaudio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO9W...
Utterly fantastic. Could use a Max Eastley-type boxset of this in various settings and spaces.
January 31, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Utterly fantastic. Could use a Max Eastley-type boxset of this in various settings and spaces.
A continuation of my foray into recursive processing, this time using outboard gear and a custom Reaper script to automate the process.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8wl...
#gameaudio #sounddesign
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8wl...
#gameaudio #sounddesign
Recursive Outboard Processing
YouTube video by Marc Hasselbalch
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A continuation of my foray into recursive processing, this time using outboard gear and a custom Reaper script to automate the process.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8wl...
#gameaudio #sounddesign
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8wl...
#gameaudio #sounddesign
Portable transducer prototype from discarded Bluetooth speaker.
Held together by duct tape and equal parts frustration and excitement.
Held together by duct tape and equal parts frustration and excitement.
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Portable transducer prototype from discarded Bluetooth speaker.
Held together by duct tape and equal parts frustration and excitement.
Held together by duct tape and equal parts frustration and excitement.
(4/4) So now I plan to give it all back to the original artists. Luckily I know a few of them, but some are a little mystery. So time to do some research.
January 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
(4/4) So now I plan to give it all back to the original artists. Luckily I know a few of them, but some are a little mystery. So time to do some research.
(3/4) I had a contact at the library, they helped me set up the listening event, gave me access to the basement and allowed me to take home a stack of things for me to pick something from. This person has since stopped working at the library and I never got to return the borrowed things.
January 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
(3/4) I had a contact at the library, they helped me set up the listening event, gave me access to the basement and allowed me to take home a stack of things for me to pick something from. This person has since stopped working at the library and I never got to return the borrowed things.
(2/4) A wonderful concept, I found so much oddball music this way back then. But the agreement meant the artists couldn't get the releases back and the libraries couldn't sell the items off, so with the Demotek gone, the releases were left in the basement to rot.
January 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
(2/4) A wonderful concept, I found so much oddball music this way back then. But the agreement meant the artists couldn't get the releases back and the libraries couldn't sell the items off, so with the Demotek gone, the releases were left in the basement to rot.
(1/4) In 2023 I hosted a night of music in a local Copenhagen library, dedicated to what I was allowed to find at the basement in the old "Demoteket" category, a now-defunct 'underground library' where local artists could donate releases to be put alongside regular library items.
January 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
(1/4) In 2023 I hosted a night of music in a local Copenhagen library, dedicated to what I was allowed to find at the basement in the old "Demoteket" category, a now-defunct 'underground library' where local artists could donate releases to be put alongside regular library items.
Say I want to buy a digital copy of Guy Somberg's Game Audio Programming 5 book, how do I even do that if it's not a Kindle edition? I'm not too well-versed in ebook formats and standards, but it starts to seem like "just getting the PDF" is simply not possible.
#gameaudio
#gameaudio
January 17, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Say I want to buy a digital copy of Guy Somberg's Game Audio Programming 5 book, how do I even do that if it's not a Kindle edition? I'm not too well-versed in ebook formats and standards, but it starts to seem like "just getting the PDF" is simply not possible.
#gameaudio
#gameaudio
Sunday night activities:
Ripping CDs to computer and checking the 4 new Discman units I bought untested (one has the worst case of battery corrosion in any piece of equipment I've ever seen).
#cdsunday
Ripping CDs to computer and checking the 4 new Discman units I bought untested (one has the worst case of battery corrosion in any piece of equipment I've ever seen).
#cdsunday
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Sunday night activities:
Ripping CDs to computer and checking the 4 new Discman units I bought untested (one has the worst case of battery corrosion in any piece of equipment I've ever seen).
#cdsunday
Ripping CDs to computer and checking the 4 new Discman units I bought untested (one has the worst case of battery corrosion in any piece of equipment I've ever seen).
#cdsunday
Lovely.
I apparently bought a license for Swinsian 2 in 2016. Version 2 stopped working, so I updated now.
I apparently bought a license for Swinsian 2 in 2016. Version 2 stopped working, so I updated now.
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 AM
Lovely.
I apparently bought a license for Swinsian 2 in 2016. Version 2 stopped working, so I updated now.
I apparently bought a license for Swinsian 2 in 2016. Version 2 stopped working, so I updated now.
After quite a while without, I finally get a new license for the music player Swinsian and have now begun digging into the old music collection harddrive. A fair few things on there I've missed. Contemplating ripping my entire CD collection -
and contemplating getting a dedicated DAP (iPod died).
and contemplating getting a dedicated DAP (iPod died).
January 10, 2026 at 5:33 AM
After quite a while without, I finally get a new license for the music player Swinsian and have now begun digging into the old music collection harddrive. A fair few things on there I've missed. Contemplating ripping my entire CD collection -
and contemplating getting a dedicated DAP (iPod died).
and contemplating getting a dedicated DAP (iPod died).
Game Audio Denmark is now on Bluesky.
Really looking forward to Schmid's talk on Ancient Game Audio.
See you at the Unity offices in Copenhagen on the 21st of January 2026.
#gameaudio
Really looking forward to Schmid's talk on Ancient Game Audio.
See you at the Unity offices in Copenhagen on the 21st of January 2026.
#gameaudio
Game Audio Denmark is now on Bluesky!
First order of business is to announce the forthcoming Game Audio Playthrough #46 event, Ancient Game Audio with Jakob Schmid (@schmid.dk) on the 21/01/2026 at Unity in Copenhagen.
Sign up at: www.meetup.com/game-audio-p...
See you there.
#gameaudio
First order of business is to announce the forthcoming Game Audio Playthrough #46 event, Ancient Game Audio with Jakob Schmid (@schmid.dk) on the 21/01/2026 at Unity in Copenhagen.
Sign up at: www.meetup.com/game-audio-p...
See you there.
#gameaudio
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Game Audio Denmark is now on Bluesky.
Really looking forward to Schmid's talk on Ancient Game Audio.
See you at the Unity offices in Copenhagen on the 21st of January 2026.
#gameaudio
Really looking forward to Schmid's talk on Ancient Game Audio.
See you at the Unity offices in Copenhagen on the 21st of January 2026.
#gameaudio
I waited all day to try out adding free jazz to the combat in a Soulslike game. Imagine it with a different game world and aesthetic. But still imagine.
Butchered version of Newfoundland by AMM.
#gameaudio
Butchered version of Newfoundland by AMM.
#gameaudio
January 6, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I waited all day to try out adding free jazz to the combat in a Soulslike game. Imagine it with a different game world and aesthetic. But still imagine.
Butchered version of Newfoundland by AMM.
#gameaudio
Butchered version of Newfoundland by AMM.
#gameaudio
If you're around Copenhagen on the 21st of January 2026, come by the Unity offices and hear the lovely Jakob Schmid @schmid.dk talk about ancient #gameaudio.
Custom audio chips, software synthesis, discrete hardware components, cassette tapes and more
Sign up here www.meetup.com/game-audio-p...
Custom audio chips, software synthesis, discrete hardware components, cassette tapes and more
Sign up here www.meetup.com/game-audio-p...
December 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
If you're around Copenhagen on the 21st of January 2026, come by the Unity offices and hear the lovely Jakob Schmid @schmid.dk talk about ancient #gameaudio.
Custom audio chips, software synthesis, discrete hardware components, cassette tapes and more
Sign up here www.meetup.com/game-audio-p...
Custom audio chips, software synthesis, discrete hardware components, cassette tapes and more
Sign up here www.meetup.com/game-audio-p...
You didn't spend time during your holiday break doing a mumbling voice system for bad banjo jokes? Why not?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=suLr...
#gameaudio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=suLr...
#gameaudio
A voice system for bad banjo jokes – a game audio exercise
YouTube video by Marc Hasselbalch
www.youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
You didn't spend time during your holiday break doing a mumbling voice system for bad banjo jokes? Why not?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=suLr...
#gameaudio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=suLr...
#gameaudio
HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR.
3780 seconds long.
See you all in 2026.
Listen at: marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/album/hopefu...
3780 seconds long.
See you all in 2026.
Listen at: marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/album/hopefu...
December 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR.
3780 seconds long.
See you all in 2026.
Listen at: marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/album/hopefu...
3780 seconds long.
See you all in 2026.
Listen at: marchasselbalch.bandcamp.com/album/hopefu...
End-of-the-year tape loop
YouTube video by Marc Hasselbalch
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December 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Scott Walker - The Day the "Conducator" Died (An Xmas Song)
YouTube video by coldsixthousand1
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December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM