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

[craquemat <craque@xxxxxxxxxx>]

seems like there would be a great deal of crossover here with the movie 
business, since it certainly seems like a lot of games are headed that 
direction; an amalgamation of film and gaming.

Graham Miller wrote:
> loving this thread...
>
> question: guys like richard devine, and other 'high profile' sound 
> designers - how much game coding are they actually doing?
>
> i mean it strikes me as two different kinds of skill sets. such there 
> must be overlap and there should probably be some overlap, but just 
> 'cause you can code some sound engine doesn't mean you have any idea how 
> to make a spaceship sound really cool... it's this classic debate that 
> goes on forever in the reaktor forums about the 'instrument builders' 
> and the 'instrument players.'
>
> g.
>
>
>
> On 30-Jul-08, at 12:22 PM, js-alexander wrote:
>
> > I have a *basic *understanding of C...headers, functions...these are
> > familiar words, so maybe a little revision would get me back on track 
> > with
> > that.  I do find it very interesting, but Max/Msp caused me to lose touch
> > with "real programming", and I'm not sure if I'm enthusiastic about 
> > writing
> > my own objects just yet....then again, maybe a great way to learn. :)
> >
> > 2008/7/30 john saylor <js0000@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > > hey
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 9:27 AM, js-alexander <craftid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > but I really
> > > > regret not taking a programming class in university.  Never too late to
> > > > learn I guess.
> > >
> > > definitely not.
> > >
> > > and depending on how far you want to go, there are plenty of open
> > > source audio applications that you can study too [but that's prolly
> > > getting a bit ahead of yourself ...]
> > > --
> > > \js [ http://or8.net/~johns/ <http://or8.net/%7Ejohns/> ]
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> > Johnny.
>
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