Failure can be scary. As artists and designers, we encounter failure regularly. At the worst of times it can even deter us from trying. How can we push past failure and come out smarter and stronger? … [Read more...]
Audiokinetic Launches the Creators Directory
Audiokinetic, the creators of the widely used Wwise Middleware, have just launched their Creators Directory into Open Beta. As described in their announcement: "The Creators Directory is an online global network of interactive and game audio professionals: sound designers, composers, audio programmers, audio content providers, and educators. It unifies the interactive … [Read more...]
GameSoundCon Releases Game Audio Industry Survey 2016
For the past few years GameSoundCon has been conducting a survey on the state of the game audio industry. The survey collects valuable data such as compensation, work and environment, contract terms, use of live musicians & middleware, and education. The results are in and the survey has been released! If you're working in the game audio industry, or are … [Read more...]
Audio Game Jam To Raise Money For Blindness Charity
From August 26th to September 5th a fund raising game jam specifically focusing on Audio Games will take place on GameJolt. The main aims of the jam are to create interesting, fun games playable by people of any level of sight and raise money for RNIB, a UK-charity for people with sight loss. The games created will be showcased at Techshare Europe 2016, a conference that … [Read more...]
Splice Starts New Rent-To-Own Service For Serum
Online music collaboration service Splice, recently announced to make Xfer’s award-winning soft synth Serum, available through a new Rent-To-Own plan. This new approach lets you use the full version of Serum right away, paying off monthly installments until you own the plugin. [perfectpullquote align="full" cite="" link="" color="" class="" size=""]With our … [Read more...]
Oculus Releases 3D Audio Visualizer
Oculus just released a new version of their Spatializer VST/AAX plugin. In addition to providing the basic controls included with the standard VST or AAX plugins, it adds a VR interface allowing users to optionally visualize and manipulate sound parameters within VR, using either Oculus Touch or Xbox controllers. The sound locations of all Visualizer channels are visible with … [Read more...]
New SFX Libraries: June and July Recap
If you are releasing a new SFX library and you would like it to be included in our recap, send us the details with our SFX Independence Submission Form. Please only notify us of libraries that were released within the last month or substantially updated. Everyone needs a vacation, and since I took mine last month, this recap covers all the new libraries for June … [Read more...]