Peter Drescher

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Peter "pdx" Drescher is a musician and composer with more than 25 years of performance experience. He has produced audio for games, the Web, and mobile devices, using his "Twittering Machine" project studio.

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The Annoying Future of Cell Phone Headsets
Publish Date: Dec. 7, 2007Once again, Peter Drescher has glimpsed the future of mobile audio, and this time, it's deep in your ear. Come explore heavenly and hellish mobile speaker scenarios that are likely just around the corner. Singing With Your Thumbs: How To Make User Interfaces Musical
Publish Date: Mar. 22, 2007Peter Drescher, the #1 Google hit for "annoying audio," returns with another wonderful article on creative sound design. Triggering boatloads of MP3s, he walks us through the adventure of designing emotional sounds for really tiny speakers. Could Mobile Game Audio BE More Annoying?!
Publish Date: Apr. 26, 2006Danger, Inc., sound designer Peter Drescher is a master at squeezing really cool sounds out of really small speakers. In this enhanced transcript of his Game Developers Conference presentation (seven movies and 19 MP3s!), he reveals how to make smartphones stand up and sing. Could Ringtones BE More Annoying?!
Publish Date: Nov. 10, 2004People absolutely LOVE annoying ringtones, and the annoying effect they have on everybody else around them. This is REALLY GOOD NEWS for those of us in the audio business.

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