Stephan Schutze, of Sound Librarian and FMOD fame, has written an article explaining his views on the current state of game audio: http://www.asoundeffect.com/the-current-state-of-game-audio-and-what-lies-ahead/
NASA has a pretty cool collection of sounds that are more or less copyright free: Check them out.
This is kind of amusing… Contains some “graphic” adult sounds, but no “graphic” adult images.
Canberra Institute of Technology are running the Pro Tools 130 Game Audio certified course over the next couple of months. First time offered in Canberra, possibly actually the first time it has been offered in Australia. Check out the attached flyer for details: ProTools 130 Game Audio flyer, 2014 v3
The other week Andrew Mooney and I had some fun making all sorts of noise using no input mixing techniques. You check check out more details at: http://www.infidelstudios.com.au/no-input-no-idea Here are some sounds for you to check out:
Here’s another nice short film from Canada. This one is cool and links our imagination with sound… https://www.nfb.ca/film/sound_collector
This is an interesting short film from Canada on the topic of sound: https://www.nfb.ca/film/listen
The audio engine for popular game engine Unity has been overhauled for version 5. The biggest development is an audio mixer much like DAW’s. This is likely to make things much easier and more intuitive for audio people to get stuck into the sound design and mix for games, without needing any coding knowledge. Here … Read more Audio Developments in Unity 5
On Saturday I attended the Wired Lab Open Day. Wired Lab is based on a farm near Cootamundra, NSW, and is an “artist led organisation evolving interdisciplinary art practices in rural Australia”. A big element of the Wired Lab is their large scale fence wires that traverse parts of the property. The wires sing in … Read more Wired Lab Open Day 2014
There are a couple of great resources that have been produced for us at European seminars over the last few years that allow you to compare various surround microphone arrays in blind listening tests. This one contains ambience recordings: http://www.hauptmikrofon.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=87 This one contains orchestral recordings: http://www.hauptmikrofon.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=58