WWISE is an audio tool set that was developed with the sound designer and composer as its focus. Audiokinetic offers WWISE as a bridge between the world of Digital Audio Workstations (Pro Tools, Logic Audio) and the code driven world of a game audio pipeline.

For those of us who are experienced with audio tools for Music and Media Postproduction, the introduction of WWISE onto the scene has been exciting to say the least. Keeping with this trend, the team at WWISE is proud to present a module (plug in) that will expand the power of WWISE as a sound design medium.

The first module, SoundSeed Impact, can be used to create variations of resonant impact sounds, such as sword clings, footsteps, bells, etc. Audiokinetic promises to deliver Impact shortly and is already working on creating additional modules.

“Too often, sound designers must set aside their creativity in order to comply with memory usage or recording costs constraints,” says Audiokinetic CEO and president André Nadeau. “SoundSeed breaks this paradigm.”

A great video describing the new features of Pro Tools 8.  The overall program has a great new look, reminiscent of other audio programs like Logic 8 or Ableton Live.  There is a new midi and score editor, addition of more plugin slots, playlist view, and surround in LE.  This looks like a great update, can’t wait to get my hands on it.