Unit 73: Sound for Computer Games
P1 Understand the use of Sound and Music in Games.
Nabeel Hajat
Psychology of sound
Speech
Speech in video games has been used for many things. The
voices of characters or when you hear someone say ‘Game Over’ [1].
Iconography
In some games there is one sound that becomes recognisable
throughout the series, to the point where everyone you know recognises it.
Two examples of this are the Metal Gear Alert [2] sound and
the Mario jumping sound [3].
Symbolism
When you see a lightbulb appear over someone’s head that
means they have an idea. The sound [4] that accompanies that scene is sound
symbolism.
Examples
Definition of Timbre
In music, when two of the same instruments are playing, they
both sound different from another. Even when they are being played with the
same note and volume.
Timbre is caused by the fact that each note from a musical
instrument is a complex tone containing more than one frequency.
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