Lesson 1: Game Audio Overview

• Why Are You Interested in Game Audio
• Definitions: Sound Types and Game Genres
• Assess the Audio in a Game Clip
• Game Company Personnel and Game Development Overview
• Hierarchical Map of a Typical Game Company
• Video Game History and Playback Systems
• Game Sound Development Overview

Lesson 2: Working with SFX Libraries

• The Basics of Sound Effects Libraries
• Storage Space
• Exercise: Ripping CDs
• Preparing Your Sound Effects Library
• Trim, Edit, and Level Footstep Sounds
• Scripting Systems
• Working with Animations
• Performance Considerations and Tracking Strategies

Lesson 3: Manipulating Sound

• Typical Applied Effects
• Using EQ, Compression, and Delay
• Manipulation and "Sound-Design-y" Effects
• Identifying Applied Effects
• Real-Time Effects Applied by the Audio Engine
• Your Work with Pipmak
• Bringing All the Sounds Together
• Pipmak Project

Lesson 4: Game Music Overview

• Game Music Types
• Create a 4-Bar Loop with Intro and Outro
• Game Music History
• Benefits and Drawbacks of Early Music Systems
• Technical Hurdles
• Integrate a Simple Music Script
• Style and Genre Considerations
• Music Edits and Discussion

Lesson 5: Cut Scene Music

• Building a Successful Music Score
• Create a Rough Draft or Theme
• Tools of the Trade
• Calculate Tempo(s) for a Given Cut Scene Including Hit Points
• Production Techniques - Real vs. Synthesized
• Create a Mockup of the Thematic/Draft Material and Class Feedback
• Finished Composition and Mixdown

Lesson 6: Interactive Music

• Interactive Music History
• Create Three Simple Motifs
• Scripting Systems for Interactive Sound
• Adjust the Pipmak Demo Project
• Knowing Your Limits
• Complete the Interactive Music

Lesson 7: Recording Custom SFX

• Microphone Types
• Assess Your Microphone Cabinet
• Signal Flow
• Record Footsteps
• Microphone Techniques
• Recording on Location
• Custom Sounds

Lesson 8: Creating a Unified Soundscape

• The Aesthetics of Sound Design
• Identify Types of Audio
• Developing an Aesthetic
• Aesthetics Without Visuals
• Interactive Sound
• Sound Design Final Thoughts

Lesson 9: Recording and Editing Dialogue

• Preproduction and Casting
• Casting Call
• Recording Preparation
• Recording and Processing
• Editing
• File Management and Delivery
• Add Dialogue to an Existing Project
• Game Dialogue Analysis

Lesson 10: Mixing

• Preparing for a Linear Cut Scene Mix
• Mix the Master Sessions from the Cut Scene
• Surround Sound Introduction
• Mix Your Cut Scene Music Session to a Stem
• Real-time Engine Mixing and Processing Concepts

Lesson 11: Budgeting and Schedules

• The Audio Director, Sound Designer, and Composer Roles
• Start an Audio Design
• The Team
• Create a Content List
• Milestones, Tradeshows, and other Deadlines
• Complete a New Schedule
• Time vs. Money vs. Quality

Lesson 12: Delivery, Archiving, and Working in the Industry

• Performance Issues and Space Limitations
• Calculate Downsampling/Bit Reduction and Compression
• Quality Assurance/Testing
• Verify Functionality of Your Pipmak Project
• Final Delivery and Archive
• Demo Reels, Interviews, and Work
• Presenting Your Work

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