Ashif "Ash" Hakik is the founder of The Digital Bitphonic Orchestra, a media production house dedicated to creating unique and eclectic sound effects and engaging music for various audio and video media presentations. As well, using a custom brand of sound design, he brings new tools to composers and sound designers across the globe. Ash's history in the entertainment industry is defined by 15 years of employment credits, and consultant credits with highly regarded industry leaders, such as Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Vivendi Universal, Disney, 3DO, East/West, Quantum Leap, Garritan, Galoob Toys, Hasbro, and other leading international brands. He has even recieved a GANG Award Nomination for "Best Interactive Music" by the Game Audio Network Guild, for his work on the hit "Sly Cooper and the Theivius Racoonous". Ash has also become an established figure in the world of music and sound creation tools, with a series of articles and tutorials appearing in the internationally distributed Virtual Instruments Magazine. Sound design and composing music has been part of his life for many years, and has allowed for him to create his own particular vision and thought behind his work. This, and recognizing that the goal of entertainment media is to be entertaining and enjoyable, allows for a creative process between media producers and the DBO that yields grand results.
His most recent project was creating Orchestrations for the highly anticipated Queensryche record, Operation Mindcrime 2.
