Midnight Blackjack
Sound Design & VO
Client
CasinoTech Studios
Genre
Jazz / Lounge / Minimal
Year
2024
Platform
Web & Land-based
Duration
6 weeks
Project Overview
Midnight Blackjack is a high-end live dealer blackjack product targeting VIP players. The game streams from a purpose-built studio with art deco aesthetics. Audio needed to complement a sophisticated, club-like atmosphere without competing with the live dealer's voice or distracting from gameplay decisions.
The Challenge
Live casino audio is uniquely demanding — it must coexist with real-time dealer speech, player chat, and environmental noise from the physical studio. The client needed a sophisticated jazz soundtrack that would loop seamlessly for sessions lasting hours, plus dealer callout audio that felt natural rather than robotic. Multilingual VO (English, German, Mandarin) was also required.
Our Approach
I composed a set of modular jazz pieces using brushed drums, upright bass, Rhodes piano, and muted trumpet — all recorded with careful dynamic range to sit beneath conversation. The music system uses adaptive layers: quieter during active hands, slightly fuller during betting phases. For dealer VO, I directed three native-speaking voice actors with a focus on warmth and clarity, then processed the recordings to match the room tone of the physical studio.
The Result
Midnight Blackjack became CasinoTech's flagship live dealer product. Operator partners reported a 15% increase in average session duration for VIP tables compared to their standard blackjack offering. The adaptive audio system has since been adopted as the template for all future CasinoTech live products.
“The audio sets the perfect mood — sophisticated without being intrusive. Our VIP players love the atmosphere, and the multilingual dealer audio was flawless.”
— Maria Kovacs, Head of Product — CasinoTech Studios
Client
CasinoTech Studios
Premium European live casino provider headquartered in Riga, Latvia, serving tier-1 operators worldwide.