Podcast Solutions

Podcast Solutions

Author: Michael W. Geoghegan

Publisher: Apress

Published: 2006-11-07

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1430200545

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* Potentially huge market – podcasting is just starting to get really famous. Podcasters include Paris Hilton, Democrat John Edwards, and the BBC. Our book is written by two of the most famous podcasting pioneers. * Our book not only shows you how to make podcasts, but it also shows you how to start making money out of it, making the transition from amateur pastime to professional pursuit. * Our book includes an online component with all the software you could need to get started, plus sample podcasts to show you how it’s done.


The Complete Guide to Game Audio

The Complete Guide to Game Audio

Author: Aaron Marks

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2012-10-12

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 1136059253

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Turn your musical passion into a profitable career with this essential guide to the business and technical skills you need to succeed in the multi-billion dollar games industry. Step-by-step instructions lead you through the entire music and sound effects process - from developing the essential skills and purchasing the right equipment to keeping your clients happy. Learn everything you need to: Find the jobs. Identify your niche, implement a business and marketing plan that includes a great demo reel, and plug into the established network to find clients. Make the deals. Make the bidding and contract process work for you by knowing the standard industry terminology, understanding how to set fees, and employing non-confrontational negotiating tactics to reach sound agreements that establish acceptable boundaries for change orders, reworks, payment options, and other essentials. Create music and sound effects for games. Master the exacting specifications for composing music and creating sound effects on the various gaming platforms and systems. The companion DVD features audio and cinematic examples, demos of useful sound editing and sequencing programs, and sample business contracts.


Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio

Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio

Author: Aaron Marks

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 131763618X

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Whether trying to land that first big gig or working to perfect the necessary skills to fill a game world with sound, Aaron Marks’ Complete Guide to Game Audio 3rd edition will teach the reader everything they need to know about the audio side of the multi-million dollar video game industry. This book builds upon the success of the second edition with even more expert advice from masters in the field and notes current changes within the growing video game industry. The tools of the trade excerpts will showcase what professionals, like Marty O’Donnell, Richard Jacques and Tom Salta, use to create their work and to help newcomers in the field prepare their own sound studios. Sample contracts are reviewed within the text as well as helpful advice about contractual terms and negotiable points. These sample contracts can also be found as a downloadable zip for the reader’s convenience. Aaron Marks also explores how to set your financial terms and network efficiently along with examples of how projects can go completely awry and achieving the best results in often complicated situations. Aaron Marks’ Complete Guide to Game Audio serves as the ultimate survival guide to navigating an audio career in the video game industry. Key Features New, full color edition with a complete update of information. Added and expanded coverage of field recording for games, creating voiceovers, adaptive and interactive audio and other cutting edge sound creation and implementation techniques used within games. Update/Replacement of interviews. Include interviews/features on international game audio professionals New and expanded interview features from game composers and sound designers of every experience level such as Keith Arem, Bradley Meyer, Christopher Tin and Rodney Gates including many international professionals like Pasi Pitkanen, Henning Nugel and Christos Panayides. Expanded and updated game console coverage of the Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3 and PS4. Includes new scripting and middleware concepts and techniques and review of powerful tools such as FMOD and Wwise.


The Game Audio Strategy Guide

The Game Audio Strategy Guide

Author: Gina Zdanowicz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1351016415

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The Game Audio Strategy Guide is a comprehensive text designed to turn both novices and experienced audio designers into technical game audio pros. Providing both a theoretical foundation and practical insights, The Game Audio Strategy Guide offers a thorough look at the tools and methods needed to create industry-quality music and sound design for games. The text is supported by an extensive companion website, featuring numerous practical tutorials and exercises, which allows the reader to gain hands-on experience creating and implementing audio assets for games. The Game Audio Strategy Guide is the essential manual for anyone interested in creating audio for games, inside or outside the classroom.


Complete Guide to Film Scoring

Complete Guide to Film Scoring

Author: Richard Davis

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2010-05-01

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 1495032264

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(Berklee Guide). Essential for anyone interested in the business, process and procedures of writing music for film or television, this book teaches the Berklee approach to the art, covering topics such as: preparing and recording a score, contracts and fees, publishing, royalties, copyrights and much more. Features interviews with 21 top film-scoring professionals, including Michael Kamen, Alf Clausen, Alan Silvestri, Marc Shaiman, Mark Snow, Harry Gregson-Williams and Elmer Bernstein. Now updated with info on today's latest technology, and invaluable insights into finding work in the industry.


The Complete Guide To Referencing And Avoiding Plagiarism

The Complete Guide To Referencing And Avoiding Plagiarism

Author: Neville, Colin

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2010-02-01

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0335241034

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This excellent new edition will continue to demystify the referencing process and provide essential guidance on making sure you are not committing plagiarism. It provides clear guidelines on why and when to reference as well as how to correctly cite from a huge range of sources.


Black & Decker The Complete Guide to DIY Projects for Luxurious Living

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to DIY Projects for Luxurious Living

Author: Jerri Farris

Publisher: Cool Springs Press

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1616733527

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Luxury you can afford! A custom wine cellar with bistro seating; an elegant den with built-in library walls; an electric steam-room in the master bath; a billiards room with a fun, retro wet bar; a custom closet as big as a bedroomàhomeowners dream of the special features that set a home apart and make it extraordinary. Much of the time, though, dreams of luxury go unfulfilled because the pocketbook is out of sync with aspirations. But in Black & Decker« The Complete Guide to DIY Projects for Luxurious Living, readers discover the bridge over the gap between dreams and reality -- their own labor. This book is a collection of high-end home improvement projects to give homeowners the satisfaction and pride of having features normally found only in luxury, designer homes. At a fraction of the cost, any homeowner can create the kind of features that friends and neighbors will envy, along with the satisfaction of achieving this through their own skills. Complete directions for more than 30 ôgotta haveö projects More than 600 color photos showing each process step-by-step Features unusual, designer projects not found in other DIY books


ES&T Presents Audio Troubleshooting and Repair

ES&T Presents Audio Troubleshooting and Repair

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Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780790611822

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This book provides information that will make it possible for technicians and electronics hobbyists to service audio faster, more efficiently, and more economically. This makes it more likely that consumers will choose not to discard their faulty products, but will have them restored by a trained professional.


The Complete Guide to High-end Audio

The Complete Guide to High-end Audio

Author: Robert Harley

Publisher: Acapella Publishing

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 586

ISBN-13: 9780964084940

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Expanded and revised to cover recent developments, this text should tell you what you need to know to become a better listener and buyer of quality high-fidelity components. New sections include: super audio CD; high-resolution audio on DVD; and single-ended amplifiers.