The Sound Of Silence

RICHARD DEVINE THINKS a lot about the noises a machine might sound if it had to make a noise at all. “The car industry has to think about that a lot too now as it produces more electric vehicles (EVs). It’s not like the combustion engine. You have to generate a sound for an EV. And most makers are doing that for the first time,” says the acclaimed sound designer, musician and senior content producer for audio at Apple, who’s latterly created the sound for Jaguar’s I-Pace, and been approached to do similar for the likes of Porsche and independent supercar-maker Lucid.

“It’s fast becoming a specialist discipline too,” Devine adds, “not just