The Complete Guide to Game Audio

Download or read book The Complete Guide to Game Audio written by Aaron Marks and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive guide gives readers with basic music compositional skills the information they need to become commercially viable artisans. In addition to providing a foundation of prerequisite technical skills, including basic audio considerations and sound file formats, the book teaches the business skills needed to work successfully as an audio technician in the game development business. How-to features take the reader step-by-step, from purchasing the right equipment, understanding the various game platforms, and composing music and creating sound effects specifically for games, to the ins and outs of marketing, producing demo reels, determining fees, bidding projects, and negotiating contracts.