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Meeting Notice April 2024: Integrating Audio into the Gaming Experience

2024/03/162024/03/16Secretary

We are back on Zoom for our April meeting

The next online meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be held on
Monday 8th April 2024 at 7:30pm AEST (UTC+10) – via Zoom.

Game audio educator Nick Harrison will present on the topic of:

Integrating Audio into the Gaming Experience:
Software Packages and Workflows.

In this talk, Nick will walk through topics essential for understanding game audio implementation workflows. He will demonstrate native audio implementation within Unity and then delve into middleware implementation using Wwise and FMOD.

Preliminary Notice: April 2024 Meeting

2024/02/292024/02/29Secretary

We are back on Zoom for our April meeting

The next online meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be held on
Monday 8th April 2024 at 7:30pm – via Zoom.

To round out our series on Audio for Games, game audio educator Nick Harrison will present on the topic of:

Integrating Audio into the Gaming Experience
Software Packages and Workflows.

This meeting will be open to both members and non-members.
Bookings will be required.
Full details, including the booking link will be posted mid/late March.

26th February Meeting Notice: Stephan Schutze on Game Audio Assets

2024/02/072024/02/07Secretary

The next meeting of the AES Melbourne Section will be an in-person event held on
Monday 26^th February 2024 at 7:30pm at the Collarts Collingwood campus.

It will also be live-streamed on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/AESMelbourneSection

Game Audio Designer Stephan Schutze will present on the topic of:

Game audio asset collection, production and management

One of the key aspects of game audio production that is seldom covered is how we deal with our assets. There are various approaches for the creation of sounds, but often the raw source material is not part of that conversation.

Stephan Schutze creating a sound with multiple microphones capturing the event — *Stephan creates and captures a specific effect*

Meeting Report: November 2023 – David Lauritsen on Game Sound Design

2023/11/182023/11/18Secretary

On Monday 13^th November, the Melbourne Section of the AES held our (slightly delayed) bi-monthly meeting.

Game Sound Designer/Educator/Musician David Lauritsen presented on the topic of:

Video Game Sound Design and Curriculum Development:

Developing the Skills for a Growing Field

After a brief introduction from Section Chairman Graeme Huon, David started his presentation by outlining his history as a musician and developing an interest in audio engineering, leading to his study for a Bachelor of Audio Engineering and a Masters of Creative Industries. He briefly covered his audio recording work at Coloursound and Black Pearl Studios, and film sound work, moving on to audio education at JMC Academy and ultimately into game sound design at Big Ant Studios (AFL23 and Cricket24)