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Game Audio Development with Unity 5.X

Game Audio Development with Unity 5.X

By : Micheal Lanham
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Game Audio Development with Unity 5.X

Game Audio Development with Unity 5.X

4.5 (2)
By: Micheal Lanham

Overview of this book

Game Audio is one of the key components in making a game successful and it is quite popular in the gaming industry. So if you are a game developer with an eye on capturing the gamer market then this book is the right solution for you. In this book, we will take you through a step by step journey which will teach you to implement original and engaging soundtracks and SFX with Unity 5.x. You will be firstly introduced to the basics of game audio and sound development in Unity. After going through the core topics of audio development: audio sources, spatial sound, mixing, effects, and more; you will then have the option of delving deeper into more advanced topics like dynamic and adaptive audio. You will also learn to develop dynamic and adaptive audio using the Unity Audio Mixer. Further, you will learn how professional third party tools like FMOD are used for audio development in Unity. You will then go through the creation of sound visualization techniques and creating your own original music using the simple yet powerful audio workstation Reaper. Lastly, you will go through tips, techniques and strategies to help you optimize game audio performance or troubleshoot issues. At the end of the book, you’ll have gained the skills to implement professional sound and music. Along with a good base knowledge audio and music principles you can apply across a range of other game development tools.
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Preface

From those exotic sound effects that improve game fun and playability to that dark musical score that sets the entire atmosphere of a scene or game audio is essential to any great game. Yet it is perhaps one of the most often overlooked assets in the development of a game by new or indie developers. Instead, they dedicate the bulk of their effort to graphics and other visuals, often deferring the audio portion until the later stages of production. They do this not because good audio is not a critical aspect to any good game, but as a single or indie developer they feel AAA game quality audio is out of reach. Of course, that is far from the truth, especially with the great audio system built into Unity and the many freely available commercials plugins and tools.

This book was written to introduce the reader to the extensive audio framework built within Unity and other freely available commercials tools and plugins. Often, audio development tools expect a certain level of knowledge in sound, mixing and music. By following through the books material and exercises a reader should be able to master all the essentials of audio development. From the basics of implementing an audio source; to spatial sound, mixing, effects and dynamic and adaptive audio system. As well there will be time spent learning professionals like FMOD Studio for game audio and Reaper for music composition. While the book assumes no prior knowledge of working with Unity or audio, there will be enough new and interesting content that even the more advanced developer will find useful.

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