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GENERAL INFORMATION

Price: 24900kr

Course start dates:
June 3, 2025 and Jan 12, 2026

Level: Advanced
Format: Evening
Course length: 1 semester
Number of class hours: 150
Number of self-study hours: 140-200
Location: Distance learning
Language of instruction: English

About the course

The video game industry has never grown so much, and Sweden and Stockholm are one of the top places in the world for video game development. Computer games, virtual reality and 360-degree video require a whole new way of thinking when it comes to sound design. Today, those who work with sound in games are also expected to manage the entire chain from recording technology to implementation.

In this course you will get a broad education in composition, sound design, music production and implementation that will give you the skills that the industry currently demands. You will learn how to create your own sounds, how to include sound design in your music, how to implement music and sound in games using specific software, how to create your own library, create from given references, create templates specifically for media / game production, VO's, editing, mixing and mastering in middleware with a focus on Wwise, and much more! 

Taught in small groups, you will have the opportunity to develop your own sound and workflow for implementation in real games during the course. The course is designed to give you all the tools, knowledge and practical skills to work with sound and music for video games. You will work a lot in project form and you will be given the opportunity to constantly expand your portfolio which is directly crucial when applying for jobs.

COURSE CONTENT

The Game Audio and Sound Design course consists of six different modules, with different contents. Below you can see more information about what the modules contain.

    • Sound design principles & different types of sound design

    • Additive/Subtractive/FM synthesis

    • How to create ambitions

    • Plugins and VSTs

    • Sync technician

    • Wave/AM/Wave shaping/Hard sync/Granular Synthesis techniques

    • Fieldrecording

    • Stereo/Hydrophone/Contact microphones

    • Build your own sound library & templates

    • Layering

    • Advanced sync

    • Soundbanks

    • Hierarchy

    • Create, connect and edit events

    • Containers

    • Sound FX and Audio objects

    • Source editor

    • Randomization techniques

    • PSTN

    • States

    • Splitting

    • Mix & mastering

    • Voice Profiler

    • Unity and Unity integration

    • How to manage memory and conversions

    • Horizontal re-sequencing

    • Vertical remixing

    • Looping technician

    • In Wwise: Working with music tracks and segments

    • Music Editor

    • Stingers

    • Create sampled MIDI instrument

    • Testing methods

    • Hardware optimization for both Mac and Windows

    • Daw optimization

    • Contact and Play optimization

    • What your portfolio should contain & how to organize it

    • Demo Reels

    • Working as a freelancer or in-house

    • Create a website in Wordpress

"The course contained relevant knowledge for game sound production. The teacher was very knowledgeable and engaged. The course provided great opportunities to gain basic knowledge of game sound design and how implementation works, as well as understanding how to compose music for games through interesting techniques. All of this was tied to practical tasks that, through detailed feedback, helped me to develop at a rapid pace!"
- Marc Alexisson

To take this course, there are both prerequisites and requirements for a certain type of equipment that you need to participate in the course. 

COURSE INFORMATION

This course has prerequisites (read more below), you apply by clicking the 'book now' button and paying your course fee, then your place is booked.

WHAT YOU GET

  • Book studio time in our studios

  • Compendium from the course

  • The chance to work on real games

  • Optimizing your computer

  • AP Academy sample packs and presets

  • Access to the AP Academy Forum

THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED

  • A computer with a DAW
    installed

  • Headphones

  • Contact us

  • Sonniss free library

  • Valhalla free plugins

  • Voxengo Span

  • You apply for the course by clicking on the 'book now' button above. If there are multiple course dates open, be sure to select the correct course date.

    Once you have booked and paid (or chosen part payment) your course, your place is fully booked. You will receive an email with all practical information before the start of the course approx. 14 days before the start date. 

  • To take this course, there are both prerequisites and requirements for a certain type of equipment that you need to participate in the course. 

    Prerequisites: You need to have experience with a DAW and music production in it. Previous experience in Sound Design is also good, but not a requirement.

    There are no specific requirements for previous education, and the age limit is 16 years. 

  • It's absolutely great if you have previous experience in producing sound and music for media and if you have previous experience in programming your own sounds with different types of synths and methods, but it's not a requirement for you to take the course. During the course you will also learn how to produce sounds with different sources, from synths to libraries, and from your own recordings to the most common methods. You'll also learn how to glue everything together to bring your sounds to life. 

  • As we know, the gaming world is primarily a "PC world", but when it comes to producing sound for games, there is no particular limitation between the two. The only limitation you need to keep in mind is the graphics card, for example, but you can also install Windows on any Mac computer you want, which means that both work equally well. It might be good to invest in a good graphics card for the future, but for this course it is not necessary.

Course leader

Andrea Jean Roda
andrea@apacademy.se

Do you want more information about the COURSE?

Fill in your email address and we will send you a brochure with more information about the course and how to apply for it! 

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