Wwise for audio in games.

I am trying to learn Wwise but it is a little bit a minefield of whats going ons, here is a handy pdf download that is free and takes you through the basics.

http://www.audiokinetic.com/download/documents/Wwise_GetStartedGuide.pdf

Musical cheat-sheet

So if you wanna cheat your way to a song then here is the link ;)

http://i.imgur.com/Z7gPG.jpg

Gamasutra

Really good site on the art of making games with some super useful info.

http://www.gamasutra.com/

Arduino Uno

The project has been set to create and LED display using an Arduino to run the system. So tonight work began to try and understand the Arduino board by using it to run a servo sweep, this was initially done to try a new David lazer scanner. The events went well after some initial inevitable hiccups and the following pictures show the board in action (statically). Wires and code ahoy-hoy.

And then there was light

Can you hear like an audio engineer?

A website to test you on your audio engineers ear.

http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2010/03/can-you-hear-like-an-audio-engineer/

Abbey Road List of Microphones

The list of microphones that abbey road uses for those interested!

http://www.abbeyroad.com/Page/21/Microphones

Entering OraMix Competition

I have entered the OraMix competition! Very excited but mainly because I had a lot of fun doing the remix! We shall see how it goes.

 The competition:-
 http://oramics.herokuapp.com/

My entry:-
http://soundcloud.com/ashka-blueski/quality-lab

Oramics to Electronica at the Science Museum in London

Celebrating the work of Daphne Oram, one of the pioneers of electronic sound this exhibition looks ace. The original machine she used is on display as well as an interactive software version. Daphne Oram is an inspiration to women in this industry and indeed the field of sound.

The science music page on the exhibition can be found here
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ORAMICS

as well as a BBC short review
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9671950.stm

And more info on Daphne Oram herself
http://daphneoram.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_Oram

Game Audio Podcast

A great little podcast to give you a little behind the scenes insight into the game audio world. :)

http://www.gameaudiopodcast.com/?p=319

5 favorite sounds of 2011

Started by blogger and audio dude Jez Riley French, a list of favorite sounds can be emailed to him and he will publish them in his blog, its worth a look just to click on some peoples recording and hear some beautiful noise.

The website is:
http://jezrileyfrench-inplace.blogspot.com/2010/11/its-that-time-of-year-again-time-for.html

and the email is:
tempjez@hotmail.com

Speech Synthesis

We are now getting closer to being able to listen to voices of long gone singers with vocal synthesis.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/12/ueki-loid-speech-synthesizer/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29