https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5 en-us 2016-09-06 10:03:00 UTC 2016-09-08 08:43:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Diskette.png 536826 https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/121723931 The purpose of audio in video games is to help make the players feel different emotions. Sound also indicates things to players for example when you are about to enter combat in The Witcher 3, the music starts slow then builds up until it is loud and very fast paced.

Starts to get faster at 1:22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQS4o_bYA_M]]> 2016-09-06 10:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/121723931 536826 https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122282558 Surround sound is the a technique used by people and especially in cinemas to enhance the experience of a movie and other types of media. With surround sound you position multiple speakers around the listener so that they receive audio from a 360° radius.]]> 2016-09-07 21:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122282558 536826 https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122284881 Foley is the usage of sounds from things in the world such as paper, belts etc. These sounds are recorded and the manipulated to create a specific sound for a game or movie

Examples:
1. The voice of Chewbacca from Star Wars was created using various recordings of animals such as bears and walruses.

2. The screeching of the Nazgul in the Lord of the Rings movies was a recording of the Director's wife screeching.]]> 2016-09-07 22:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122284881 536826 https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122285633 Audacity is a free audio editor for Windows, OS X and Linux which is quite basic compared to many other audio editors. It is mainly used for recording however it does include some other elements such as the ability to cut, copy and paste sections of audio and change the pitch of audio.]]> 2016-09-07 22:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122285633 536826 https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122285971 Ableton is an expensive audio editor with various functions for great audio engineering. In Ableton a big part of the software is the ability to select various instruments or synths and use them to create sounds and even whole soundtracks from scratch. The software also includes the ability to import audio and manipulate it in different ways.]]> 2016-09-07 22:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122285971 536826 https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122355920 2016-09-08 08:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/536826/y1ykgo5yudj5/wish/122355920