Game & Animation Audio

What is ‘Foley’ or Foley Artistry?

• Sounds ONLY heard on screen

• Creating Sounds mostly heard off-screen

• Creating sounds heard on AND off screen

• Creating a musical soundtrack

Answer explanation

Foley is a unique sound effect technique that involves creating and “performing” everyday sounds for movies and television shows. Foley artists create these sounds in a recording studio during post-production, in synchrony with the picture, to enhance the quality of the audio.

What does ‘D.A.W’ stand for?

• Digital Artistry Workplace

• Digital Audio Workstation

• Dimensional Audio Workload

• Delivering Audio Wavers

Answer explanation

A digital audio workstation is an electronic device or application software used for recording, editing and producing audio files.

Music and Audio contributes towards the emotional drive of a game?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Adaptive Audio can be achieved using..

• FMOD

• Reaper

• Adobe Premiere

• Adobe Animate

Answer explanation

FMOD is a proprietary sound effects engine and authoring tool for video games and applications developed by Firelight Technologies. It is able to play and mix sounds of diverse formats on many operating systems. FMOD is the solution for adaptive audio.

Terms used for Interactive audio (Multiple Answer)

• Adaptive Audio

• Dynamic Mixing

• Foley

• Diagetic

Answer explanation

Adaptive Audio and Dynamic mixing are forms of interactive audio.

Foley is sound design, Diagetic sound is on screen sound.

What is Audio Implementation?

• Recording Sounds

• Exporting Sounds

• Using Events in game to trigger Audio

• Creating MIDI Tracks for Audio

Music/Audio in a game can provide player feedback

• TRUE

• FALSE

What does M.I.D.I stand for?

• Music Inserting Directional Instructions

• Musically Intelligent Digital Interfaces

• Making Instruments Deliver Interactivity

• Musical Instrument Digital Interface

Answer explanation

Musical Instrument Digital Interface- MIDI is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that connect a wide variety of devices / instruments

Krotos Dehumaniser is used for..

• Changing voices / vocals

• Creating Foley

• Recreating vehicles

• Environments

Krotos Audio is used for..

• Sound design

• Interactive audio

• Creating midi

• Microphones

Answer explanation

Krotos sound design software and libraries offer users powerful and efficient creation of sound design for post-production, game audio, animations and more