Game Audio Mixing: Insights to Improve Your Mixing Performance
£30.40
Game Audio Mixing offers a holistic view of the mixing process for games, from philosophical and psychological considerations to the artistic considerations and technical processes behind acoustic rendering, interactive mixing, mastering, and much more. This book includes a comprehensive overview of many game audio mixing techniques, processes, and workflows, with advice from audio directors and sound supervisors.
Through a series of accessible insights and interviews, the reader is guided through cutting-edge tips and tricks to equip them to improve their own mixing practice. As well as covering how to plan and create a mix that is clear, focused, and highly interactive, this book provides information about typical mixing tools and techniques, such as dealing with bus structure, frequency spectrum, effects, dynamic, volume, 2D and 3D spaces, and automations. Key information about how to deal with a large number of sounds and their prioritization in the mix is also included, from high-level mixing visions to in-depth designs with sound categorizations at the core.
Game Audio Mixing is essential reading for all game audio professionals, including those new to the industry, as well as experienced professionals working on AAA and indie titles, in addition to aspiring professionals and hobbyists.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Focal Press, 1st edition (19 July 2023) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 166 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1032397357 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1032397351 |
| Dimensions | 13.8 x 0.97 x 21.6 cm |
by Calum Fox Forrest
A great compilation of interviews forming some of the best industry knowledge sharing in this form. Fantastic resource for anyone in the field, including veterans and new comers alike
by Max Ellis
This is a must read for anyone involved or interested in game audio! As someone looking to expand my own proficiency in mixing, mastering and arranging audio within a dynamic mix this book covers all it all, with insightful interviews from industry veterans also. A great tool to have in your arsenal of game audio books, 5/5!!!
by Amazon Customer
Beyond its fundamental value as a great reference for contemporary best practice in the games industry, Game Audio Mixing shines where Alex Riviere has curated enormously helpful perspectives from peers in the industry – crucially, across a range of disciplines.
Game audio is such a vast field that it’s essential for every practitioner in one discipline to be aware of workflows in all the others, and as well as this book offering a broad but incisive spread of insights to such specialists, I think it should also be required reading for seniors and leads in all other departments! Too many development pipelines assume that audio should tread water until all other assets are in place, then be bullied into passing an entire game at the last minute: to be able to recommend a concise and readable book as an explanation for why this should never be the case, is invaluable.
Perhaps most importantly, especially for newcomers to the industry or to ambitious self-starters, all of the advice from Alex and his contributors is presented in such a way that it scales cleanly from single-person audio departments in small or medium indie studios, right up to fully-staffed triple A teams.
Vital!
by Alex
Really interesting book on a subject not often covered. Full of lots of things/practices I wished I’d known sooner! Alex writes with a thoroughness and care which really conveys his love and respect for his craft.
by Calum Fox Forrest
Alex Rivière’s ‘Game Audio Mixing’ is an essential read for people looking to explore game audio as well as professionals alike. The book provides great insights from Alex’s extensive career, as well as from other established industry veterans who further support Alex’s points throughout. I feel I will be using this as a handbook going forward throughout my career!