Guest Contribution by Chris Didlick The term ‘auditory icons’ was coined by Bill Gaver in the early 1980’s during his research into the use of sound for Apple’s file management application ‘Finder’. This term has become commonplace in the shifting world of digital and is deemed the sonic equivalent to visual icons seen within most operating systems, whether that be on your … [Read more...]
FiRe 2 – Field Recorder
For a few weeks now I have been playing with Audiofile Engineering's field recorder FiRe 2. FiRe 2 is an app for iOS that is a recorder/audio editor/metadata editor/uploader in one. Facts from the Audiofiles themselves: FiRe 2 will again revolutionize what you expect from a portable recording application. FiRe was the first iPhone recorder to display an accurate audio waveform … [Read more...]
Big Sounds on Little Devices: An Exclusive Interview with Andrew Quinn
Andrew Quinn, sound designer at Splash Damage, was kind enough to speak to Designing Sound about his work on the recently announced mobile strategy title RAD Soldiers on the new social label WarChest. The music for the game was produced by Marc Canham of Nimrod Productions. DS: Can you tell us a little about how you got into game audio, and your audio career so far? AQ: I … [Read more...]
Tips on Audio Creation for iPhone
More cool tips on working with audio development for the iPhone, this time from Nathan Madsen at iDevGames. Introduction Because creating audio content specially for the iPhone isn’t too drastically different than creating audio for any other game, this article is a relatively brief collection of tips about how to best adjust audio for the iPhone. Where’s the bass?! The … [Read more...]
Designing Sound for iOS Platform
Great article on Gamasutra with useful information about working with audio in the iOS platform. Since the launch of the iPhone, apps have been big, especially in the games sector, which has seen some sell like AAA titles. Major developers have added the iPhone to their list of available platforms for existing titles, as well as moved to develop unique titles just for it. It … [Read more...]
Implementing Sound for "Ace Attack" (iOS)
My friend David Steinwedel has sent me an interesting article he wrote about the audio implementation process of a game called Ace Attack, coming soon for the iOS platform. Ever since Pong premiered, audio implementation in games has mostly been thought out in the same way: For every action on the screen, a sound must play with that action. This one-to-one relationship between … [Read more...]
Test FMOD Sounds on the iPhone Simulator
Engine Audio has launched a new free application to test custom FMOD soundbanks on the iPhone Simulator. We here at Engine Audio were looking for a way to test the new integration of the FMOD audio system on the iPhone platform. So we developed an FMOD soundbank testing application for the iPhone simulator. Firelight Technologies, creators of the FMOD engine, provides great … [Read more...]