Re: [microsound] Music Technology graduate interested in Game Audio

[Morgan Sutherland <morgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

1. I know a few folks who love their jobs at Ubisoft in Montreal.

2. I met a guy the other day who does programming for gaming audio. He
told me that for each game, there's typically one sound designer (it
would take you a long time to get that position) and a number of
programmers who build the tools that the sound designer uses. These
are tools that will let you, for instance, paint where on a 3d map
certain sounds will be heard (like automation curves in a sequencer,
but 3-dimensional, and the character is the play-head/cursor). So, my
guess is that you wouldn't be of much use unless you A. had a lot of
experience with sound design B. are a programmer with a sound-design
background. But that's just one guy's experience at Ubisoft.

Good luck! I've always wanted to compose/design sound for anime myself.

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:32 PM, js-alexander <craftid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> Over the last five years or so, I have become very interested in the video
> games industry (aside from just playing games of course), and have set my
> sights and heart on a job in game sound design.  Now, I understand that it's
> a very niche market, and I'm not outright asking for a job (I live in the
> UK, and will travel/act as slave by the way :-p), but I was wondering if any
> microsounders are familiar with this industry?  Any suggestions on how to
> improve my skills specifically for game audio?
>
> --
>
> Johnny.
>



-- 
Morgan Sutherland

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