Interactive sound creation

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Code Completion Credits Range Language Instruction Semester
308IZT Z 2 Czech

Subject guarantor

Tomáš ORAMUS

Name of lecturer(s)

Tomáš ORAMUS

Learning outcomes of the course unit

The aim of the course is to improve knowledge of sound dramaturgy by knowledge of interactive sound design and adoption of the basic principles of working with sound in an interactive environment - at the theory level and in practical examples in Middleware FMOD and the game engine Unity.

Mode of study

Teoretická část výuky bude probíhat formou přednášek. Cvičení v softwarech FMOD a Unity bude probíhat formou společných cvičení a individuálních konzultací.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Znalost práce s DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) a základů zvukové dramaturgie.

Course contents

1st Week (History)

2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks (Interactive sound dramaturgy)

5th week (Workflow and basic work with interactive sound in Unity - Basics)

6th week (Unity - continuation)

7th week (FMOD - basics, UI, linking with Unity)

8th week (FMOD - dynami sounds and atmosphere)

9th week (FMOD - motors and parameters)

  1. week (FMOD - music dynamics + project submission)

11th, 12th and 13th week (FMOD - Unity - work on the project)

14th week (Resulting formats + project grading)

Recommended or required reading

•COLLINS, Karen. Game sound: an introduction to the history, theory, and practice of video game music and sound design. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, c2008.

•COLLINS, Karen, Bill KAPRALOS a Holly TESSLER. The Oxford handbook of interactive audio. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014.

•MARKS, Aaron. The complete guide to game audio: for composers, musicians, sound designers, and game developers. 2nd ed. Oxford: Focal Press/Elsevier, c2009.

•FMOD Documentation

•Unity Documentation

Assessment methods and criteria

This course is concluded with credit. Credit is awarded based on sufficient attendance (min. 70% of all total classes) and completion of the assigned project.

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019:

06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed
room 323
Room No. 323
(Lažanský palác)
ORAMUS T.
14:50–16:25
(lecture parallel1)
Thu
Fri
Date Day Time Tutor Location Notes No. of paralel
Wed 14:50–16:25 Tomáš ORAMUS Room No. 323
Lažanský palác 		lecture parallel1

The subject is a part of the following study plans