Learn best practices when mixing sound effects and music for video games.Identify modern audio file formats and how and when to use them.Leverage plugin effects software to sculpt your audio to professional levels.Learn about audio integration with popular middleware solutions and APIs.Understand the fundamentals of digital audio production in the context of video games.The book takes a practical approach while tackling both hardware and software components used in cutting edge audio engineering, composition, and audio monitoring. The book also covers plug-in software, soundproofing at home, and voice work. We will then discuss the basics of the venerable Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) and how it relates to music composition as well as the tools and techniques for writing tracker music/chiptunes.

We will start with an introduction to the basic terminology of digital audio work while also getting acquainted with current generation audio hardware. We will review software such as Apple’s Logic and Garageband, Paul Davis’s Ardour, and many other popular digital audio workstations. Grasp the fundamentals of digital audio work in the context of video games, including the basics of middleware such as Fmod and Wwise.

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