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| THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO GAME AUDIO
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For Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, Game Developers
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Second Edition
By
Aaron Marks, A composer, musician and recording engineer for over 30 years, Marks has been involved with the video game industry for over 10 years
as a composer, sound designer, voice-over artist, audio director and consultant.
Description
Turn your musical passion into a profitable career with this exhaustive, indispensable resource for game audio. Develop the business and
technical skills you need to succeed in the multibillion dollar games industry. Step-by-step instructions lead you through the entire
music and sound effects process?from developing the essential skills and purchasing the right equipment to keeping your clients happy.
Create music and sound effects for games. Master the exacting specifications for composing music and creating sound effects on the
various gaming platforms and systems. Technical considerations are explained in detail so that game audio professionals can make sense
of complicated systems, learn about the highly involved programming elements, and create high quality audio without a hitch.
This new
edition includes:
* Information on hot new next-generation game consoles - Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Sony PSP.
* The companion DVD features audio and cinematic examples and sample business contracts.
Audience
Primary: Game audio composer, sound designer, audio programmer, game developer, game producer.
Secondary: recording arts/music teacher,
computer science/game development/recording arts student.
Level: Beginning to Intermediate
Contents
An Introduction to Game Audio.- Essential Skill sets and Tools.- Getting organized and ready for business.- Finding and Getting the Jobs.-
The Bidding Process.- Making the Deals.- Setting the Stage .- Creating Music for Games.- Creating Sound Effects for Games.- Blending
the Total Soundscape.- Understanding Game Platforms and their Audio Development Issues.- For the Developer.- Game over - Not hardly!.-
Appendix A - The Grammy's and other awards
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Paperback, 456 pages, publication date: OCT-2008
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-81074-4
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS
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GBP 23.99
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