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Commonly used App's and Things

Some of these are actually FREE for you to download and learn (you don't have to pay unless you work on a product for sale).

Game Engines

Unity game engine. Comes with a basic game you can tweak. - http://unity3d.com/
Unreal game engine. - http://www.unrealengine.com/
Construct 2 - https://www.scirra.com/

Middleware and Implementation

FMOD - audio implementation for games - http://www.fmod.org/
WWise - audio implementation for games - http://www.audiokinetic.com/
Max6 - audio implementation - http://cycling74.com/products/max/

DAW

Plug-ins

• AstoundSound - http://www.astoundgaming.com/

• AudioEase - http://www.audioease.com/index.php

• AudioWeather - http://www.audiogaming.net/audioweather

• Auro 3D - http://www.auro-3d.com/

• iosono - http://www.iosono-sound.com/home/

• izotope - https://www.izotope.com/

• McDSP - http://mcdsp.com/

• REV from Crankcase - http://crankcaseaudio.com/

• Steinberg - http://www.steinberg.net/en/home.html

• Waves - http://www.waves.com/

Sound Database and Metadata Apps

Paul Virostek has a great article comparing SFX metadata apps - http://www.creativefieldrecording.com/2014/06/17/an-introduction-to-sound-fx-metadata-apps-2-comparing-apps/

He also has an article about SoundMiner metadata - http://www.creativefieldrecording.com/2014/06/19/10-ways-to-sweeten-soundminer-metadata/

Conferences and Organizations

AES Game Audio - http://www.audioforgames.net/
Game Developers Conference - http://www.gdconf.com/
GameSoundCon - http://gamesoundcon.com/
Digital Audio Effects Conference - DAFX - http://www.dafx.de/

IGDA - International Game Developers Assoc - http://www.igda.org/
DIGRA - Digital Games Research Assoc - http://www.digra.org/
IASIG - Interactive Audio Special Interest Group - http://www.iasig.org/
IO - Interactive Ontario - http://www.interactiveontario.com/

GANG - Game Audio Network Guild - http://www.audiogang.org/
AES - Audio Engineering Society - http://www.aes.org/
CAS - Cinema Audio Society - http://www.cinemaaudiosociety.org/

Sound Design/Audio Meetups

• Vancouver Sound Designers - http://www.meetup.com/Vancouver-Sound-Designers/

• LA Area Sound Designers - https://www.facebook.com/groups/620583524694011/

• Soundhackers(Toronto) - http://www.meetup.com/soundhackers/

• Sound Design Paris - http://www.meetup.com/sound-design-paris/

Online Training and Tutorials

• http://www.scorbit.org/ - Paid training vids/courses online

• AudioKineticWWise WWise tutorial series on YouTube

• FMODTV FMOD tutorial series on YouTube

• Advanced Audio Techniques in UnrealEngine3 tutorial series on YouTube

• Game Audio 101 FMOD adaptive MX tutorials

• Game Audio 101 Intro to Audio API's

• YouTube user thegameaudiotutorial has several videos

• IAsig game audio tutorial

• macprovideo game audio tutorials

• website for game audio tutorial book

• Audio in XNA

Other Resources

Audio Programming primer - http://creatingsound.com/2013/02/audio-programming-primer/ Game Audio FAQ - by sunburner - http://joshuadav.tumblr.com/post/27149580413/frequently-asked-game-audio-related-questions
MicrophoneData - Database of microphones - http://www.microphone-data.com/
The Sound Effects Bible - A kindle edition is also available. - http://www.amazon.com/Sound-Effects-Bible-Hollywood-ebook/dp/B003FQM2S4
Game Audio Podcast - Join the conversation - http://www.gameaudiopodcast.com/
Gamasutra - audio features section - http://gamasutra.com/category/audio
Filmsound.org - game sound design section - http://filmsound.org/game-audio/
Game Audio 101 - job listings - http://www.gameaudio101.com/jobs.php

Game Audio videos on YouTube

• Sound Design of Skyrim

• Skyrim shouts and dragons

• Sound Design of Battlefield 3

• Sound Design of Halo 4

• Sound Design of Mass Effect 3

• Sound Design of Dead Space 3

• Sound Design of Borderlands 2

• Borderlands 2 Monsters

• Advanced Audio Techniques in UnrealEngine3 (Part 01)

From our feature posts

GA News

GA blogs and podcasts

GA Help Wanted

And more

For business resources see the /r/AudioPost Biz Resource wiki page - http://www.reddit.com/r/AudioPost/wiki/bizresources

From u/emhal

From this post by /u/emhal

Books

I like lists, how about you?

• http://sound.stackexchange.com/questions/200/what-sound-design-books-have-influenced-you-the-most/213#213

• http://designingsound.org/2009/06/sound-design-essentials-books/

• http://designingsound.org/2010/02/sound-design-essentials-6-recommended-books-and-11-google-books-links/

Here are the ones that I've picked up. Pro Tip- These are all available at the library. Those still exist.

• Viers, Ric (2008) The Sound Effects Bible - So far this is my number one recommendation. It's for building a foundation, because no matter how you would like to design sound, you need to start with quality sound.

• Sonnenschein, David (2001) Sound Design: The expressive power of music, voice, and sound effects in cinema. This one seems to be the other essential when it comes to sound design. Really covers all the bases.

• Marks, A (2009) The Complete Guide to Game Audio for Composers, Musicians, Sound Designers, and Game Developers. Very informative when it comes to the business aspects of Game Audio as a career. I think it's definitely a read I'm going to pick up again once I'm ready to go.

• Collins, Karen (2008) Game sound: an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of video game music and sound design. It's all in the title.

• Vogler, Christopher The Writer's Journey - On building character, because sound and character development go hand in hand.

• Murch, Walter - In the Blink of an Eye - Because editing and sound design are brothers.

• Hendy, David - Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening - History! It's important guys.

Websites

starting with the ones I find most useful or interesting. (Past the first 5, they're all equivalent)

http://www.netvibes.com/emhal#sound_news – I've put all these and more into a feed reader, it's a great way to keep up to date with everything.

Sound Design General

• http://designingsound.org/ - Obviously.

• http://sound.stackexchange.com/ - A fantastic community resource.

• http://sonic-terrain.com/ - Just a straight up quality site. The favourite to appear in my feed.

• http://creatingsound.com/ - Sound Design resources.

• http://www.soundesign.info/ - All around well done.

• http://www.everydaylistening.com/ - Blog of cool creative sound projects and installations.

• http://soundworkscollection.com/ - Full of behind the sound videos and interviews.

• http://obiwannabe.co.uk/html/links/links.html - Links for sound, music, dsp and game audio development.

• http://www.waste.org/lostchocolatelab/ - Great resources and insight.

• http://www.aaronbrownsound.com/ - A solid example of how your website should look as a sound designer.

• http://hissandaroar.com/ - A super cool sound library. (My favourite of many)

• http://www.askaudiomag.com – Tutorials, interviews, articles.

• http://www.womensaudiomission.org/ - Because there are so few of us and this is great

• http://www.asoundeffect.com/ - A compilation of sound effect libraries.

Game Audio

• http://www.igda.org/ - International Game Developers Association (also obviously).

• http://school.videogameaudio.com – For learnings, a good alternative if college is too much.

• http://www.gameaudio101.com/ - Has schools, articles and most importantly, jobs.

• http://gamessound.com/index.htm – Lots of academic links.

• http://gameaudiorelevance.iasig.org/ - An all in one place compilation of resources and tutorials.

• http://www.reddit.com/r/GameAudio/ - Because it's all about the community.

• https://twitter.com/search?q=%23gameaudio&src=typd #gameaudio. SO MANY RESOURCES!

Podcasts

Because what better way to learn about sound than by listening?

• http://designingsound.org/tag/podcast/ - Another list woo!

• http://www.gameaudiopodcast.com/ - I love this podcast.

• http://www.tonebenders.net/ - A staple.

• http://www.soundonsound.com/podcast - Recording advice.

• https://soundcloud.com/ashellinthepit/sets/alone-in-the-cave-talking-the – A podcast about Vancouver Film School's Sound Design program.

• http://indiegameaudio.libsyn.com/webpage/page/1 – A new podcast by Gordon McGladdery (same guy who did the VFS one) and Matthew Marteinsson.

Suggested by /u/mattesque

• Game Audio Podcast

• Game Audio Hour

• Beards, Cats, And Indie Game Audio

• Tonebenders

Tutorials and Guides

• http://www.audiokinetic.com/download/documents/WwiseProjectAdventure_en.pdf (Highly recommended)

• http://www.youtube.com/user/AudiokineticWwise - Wwise Tutorials, as an accompaniment for your adventure.

• http://www.thegameaudiotutorial.com - Perfect. An in depth UDK tutorial.

• http://www.epicsound.com/sfx/ - A Sound Effects Guide from an audio production company.

• http://music.tutsplus.com/categories/sound-design - Many great tutorials.

• http://gamessound.com/learning.htm - Game audio tutorial list.

• http://www.stephanschutze.com/tutorials.html - Production and recording techniques.

• http://www.mediacollege.com/audio/ - Very basic tutorials.

• http://designingsound.org/2010/10/aaron-marks-special-a-practical-guide-to-field-recording-part-1/

• http://www.reddit.com/r/GameAudio/ - Ask away, no matter what you're wondering it will get answered.

• http://gameaudiorelevance.iasig.org/ - An all in one place compilation of resources and tutorials.

Games

Just a short list of my favourite sounding indie games, there are many many more of course.

• Bastion - Notable for it's incredible narration. http://gdcvault.com/play/1015553/Build-That-Wall-Creating-the

• Limbo - Ambiance like I've never experienced. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUMdsXDh14g

• Dear Esther- Really immersive ambiance and beautifully poetic narration.

• Amnesia The Dark Descent - Scary as shit.

• Don't Starve - Quirky and fun.

• Braid - There is something quite compelling about the reverse score. Deep stuff.

Random Interesting Links

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgrt8H4DucI - Walter Murch, Hollywood Sound Design

• http://www.reddit.com/r/GameAudio/comments/1aj47l/tips_on_breaking_into_the_industry/ - Tips for breaking into the industry

• http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/hissandaroar-field-recording-competition-launch - It's finished but still a great exercise.

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03nt1st Hack My Hearing.

• http://www.janmeinema.com/qsounddesign/downloads/Essay01.pdf – Interesting essay.

• https://www.nfb.ca/film/listen – A film.

• http://www.cardiffmiller.com/ - An artist.

• http://vimeo.com/album/1589072 Adaptive Music

• http://vimeo.com/64493407 - Euphonia, an incredible short film on sound.

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