Announcement: Opportunities in Digital Sound Design at DSU⌗

• DSU Live: A student-run club where you can learn how to set up and run live concerts, as well as start and manage a record label. Find out more and get involved through talking to one of the current members or visiting DSU Live.
• Sound Design Discord: Connect with your peers, share projects, and keep up with program news in the DSU Sound Design Discord Server.
• Student Research Initiatives: Interested in funding for projects? DSU has resources to support undergraduate research, and sound design students are encouraged to get involved. Learn more and apply at Student Research Initiatives.

Week 1 (8/26) - Game Audio History⌗

Tuesday⌗

• Syllabus introduction
• Level 1: AAA (Animaion, Art, Audio): Making Sense of Sound for Games

Thursday⌗

• Level 2: On the Road—to NOW! A Brief History of Games and Game Audio

Week 2 (9/2)⌗

Tuesday⌗

• Level 3: My Non-Linear Life: Audio for Interactive Environments

Thursday⌗

• Activity: Exploring Non-Linear Games and Sound
• Level 4: What Is Hip? Styles and Genres: Welcome to Acronym Hell

Week 3 (9/9) - Sound Design⌗

Tuesday⌗

• Game Sound Analysis Worksheet
• Level 5: Bleeps, Blops, Clicks, and Pops: Sound Design in Games

Exercise 1: Source or create sounds given an asset list - find or record these sounds DUE by the next class (Thursday, September 11)

Thursday⌗

• Level 7: Do you Hear That Voice in My Head? Voice-Over for Games
• Studio introduction/review
  • Demo recording voice
  • Adventure Video Game Voice Over Scripts | Voices

Exercise 2: Voice Over - DUE Thursday, September 25

Week 4 (9/16)⌗

Tuesday⌗

• VO Editing
• more studio time/instruction for those who need it
• AI Voice
  • Look at Soundly Voices
  • Others: LOVO and Resemble

Thursday⌗

• Level 6: Compose Yourself! The Art of Composing for Games
• Some game music analysis from 8-bit Music Theory

Exercise 3: Prepare a short game music analysis using some or all of the topics we talked about today. DUE Thursday, October 2 (2 Weeks from now). Instructions

Week 5 (9/23) — FMOD Integration + C# Basics⌗

Tuesday — Introduction and Setup⌗

• Software Setup Instructions
  • Students setup Unity + FMOD before class and troubleshoot in class

Thursday — Module 1 (continue)⌗

• no class for Day of Service

Week 6 (9/30) — 3D, Positioning, and Challenge 1⌗

Tuesday — Module 1 (continue)⌗

• The Basics of C# (Part 1)
• The Basics of C# (Part 2)

Thursday⌗

• Game Music Analysis Presentations

Week 7 (10/7)⌗

Tuesday — Module 2 (start)⌗

• Game Music Analysis Presentations (if needed) - day 2