Whether trying to land that first big gig or working to perfect the
necessary skills to fill a game world with sound, Aaron Marks'
Complete Guide to Game Audio 3rd edition will teach the reader
everything they need to know about the audio side of the multi-million
dollar video game industry.
This book builds upon the success of the second edition with even more
expert advice from masters in the field and notes current changes within
the growing video game industry. The tools of the trade excerpts will
showcase what professionals, like Marty O'Donnell, Richard Jacques and
Tom Salta, use to create their work and to help newcomers in the field
prepare their own sound studios.
Sample contracts are reviewed within the text as well as helpful advice
about contractual terms and negotiable points. These sample contracts
can also be found as a downloadable zip for the reader's convenience.
Aaron Marks also explores how to set your financial terms and network
efficiently along with examples of how projects can go completely awry
and achieving the best results in often complicated situations.
Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio serves as the ultimate
survival guide to navigating an audio career in the video game industry.
Key Features
New, full color edition with a complete update of information.
Added and expanded coverage of field recording for games, creating
voiceovers, adaptive and interactive audio and other cutting edge sound
creation and implementation techniques used within games.
Update/Replacement of interviews. Include interviews/features on
international game audio professionals New and expanded interview
features from game composers and sound designers of every experience
level such as Keith Arem, Bradley Meyer, Christopher Tin and Rodney
Gates including many international professionals like Pasi Pitkanen,
Henning Nugel and Christos Panayides.
Expanded and updated game console coverage of the Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360,
Xbox One, PS3 and PS4.
Includes new scripting and middleware concepts and techniques and review
of powerful tools such as FMOD and Wwise.
