Wwise (Wave Works Interactive Sound Engine) is Audiokinetic's

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for interactive media and

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, available for free to non-commercial users and under license for commercial video game developers. It features an audio authoring tool and a cross-platform sound engine.

Description

The Wwise authoring application uses a graphical interface to centralize all aspects of audio creation. The functionality in this interface allows

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s to: * Import audio files for use in video games * Apply audio plug-in effects * Mix in real-time * Define game states * Simulate audio environments * Manage sound integration *Apply the Windows Spatial Audio API, or

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. Wwise allows for on-the-fly audio authoring directly in game. Over a local network, users can create, audition, and tweak sound effects and subtle sound behaviors while the game is being played on another host. Wwise also includes the following components: * Cross-platform sound engine (Wwise Authoring) * Multichannel Creator (allows creation of multichannel audio) * Plug-in architecture for source, effect, and source control plug-ins, part of Wwise Launcher * SoundFrame API *Wave Viewer (allows for sampling of WAV audio files)

Supported operating systems

Wwise supports the following platforms:

Adoption by video games

Titles which have used Audiokinetic include:

Commercial game engine integration

Wwise is intended to be compatible with proprietary and commercial engines. *

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* Unity * Cocos2d-x *

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* Orochi 3 * Gamebryo * Fox Engine * Autodesk Stingray *

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(which superseded

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)

Theatre

One play has used Wwise and its

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capabilities for live performance: * Dom Duardos by Gil Vicente, co-produced by Companhia Contigo Teatro and Grupo de Mímica e Teatro Oficina Versus, with music by

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References

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External links

* Alexander Brandon
"Audio Middleware, Part 2: More Contenders in the Emerging Field"
''Mix Magazine'', 04-01-2007. Retrieved on 04-13-2007. Audio libraries Middleware Video game development software Video game development software for Linux Video game music technology