Learn how sound can communicate important elements of your story: worldbuilding, displaying character, and more.

Your room may be giving you an unreliable idea about how your film or game sounds. Everything from the height of your ceiling to where your speakers are positioned can influence which sounds you miss and which sounds stand out. Does this matter? When you're the person responsible for assessing the efficacy of music, sound effects in your game, or the audio in a film, this absolutely matters. When our spaces aren't catered to accurate listening, we make mistakes based on wha

Learn what contact microphones, how to use them in your sound design, and common pitfalls you can avoid when recording with them.

There is no such thing as objective hearing! Understanding this can help us make sounds that are suited for a specific audience. So, what should we keep in mind when creating sounds for games? Factors to Consider About How We All Hear Differently: People with hearing loss lose their ability to hear high pitches first and low pitches last Children can hear higher pitches than adults (up to 20,000 Hz vs. up to 15,000 Hz) Infants hear all frequencies at the same time, meaning th

Secrets to performing foley and recording gore sounds for films and games. Think bone breaks, stabs, bloody squelches, and more.