Game Audio - Introduction to Audio API's, and Comparison between Xact, FMOD, Wwise, And Unreal

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An introduction to game audio API's for aspiring game audio engineers.
Also includes a quick comparison of some of the main functions of each of the API's, and
how learning one API, and quickly transition to knowing how others function.

Links

Xact
http://creators.xna.com/en-US/downloads
FMOD
http://www.fmod.org/
Wwise
http://www.audiokinetic.com/
Unreal
http://news.bigdownload.com/2009/11/05/download-unreal-development-kit/

Thanks for checking out the video. Be sure to check out more in the future.

I apologize for the audio quality on the vocals. The Video capture program disables my ability to use any mic except the built in laptop Mic.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Learning
• Game
• Audio
• Introduction
• API's
• Xact
• FMOD
• Wwise
• Unreal
• Sound
• Design
• Wave Banks
• Sound Banks
• Audio Cues
• Events

[helskanki]

thanks for the overviews. :)

[SLSinOZ]

Totally helpful - thanks so much, Dan!

[Sidora]

is a category the equivalent of an Actor-Mixer in Wwise?

[jyandel1]

Thanks alot for posting this. There aren't too many resources out there for game audio, so keep them coming!

[FrancisHooper]

Well done man! Very very useful. Hope to see more!

[hermannrauth]

Great video. I had this impression that switching from one API to the other would be hard, but you made it sound so easy. Thanks a lot!!