Welcome to Wwise 2021.1.14
Built to address the specific needs of the game development pipeline, Wwise is a unique
solution for designers, composers, and programmers. By allowing you to develop game
audio, music, and motion concurrently with game visuals, Wwise facilitates the design and
authoring of sophisticated audio and motion during every phase of game development.
Wwise Help is a context-sensitive help system that contains both reference topics describing each view, field, and option in Wwise, and task-based information. The documentation is divided into the following main sections to provide you with comprehensive and easy-to-find information about Wwise.
Getting Started - Includes an
introduction to many of the concepts in Wwise, information to get you up and running with
Wwise quickly, and some helpful information on organizing your workspace and working
efficiently with Wwise.
Setting Up Your Projects - Includes
conceptual and procedural information on how to set up a project, either alone or within a
Workgroup environment, how to define or adjust platforms for your
project, how to deal with the assets in your project, and how to build and get
the most out of the Wwise hierarchy of assets.
Using Sounds and Motion to Enhance Gameplay - Includes conceptual and procedural information on how to enhance the
rich and immersive game environments using a variety of properties and behaviors, effects,
motion, positioning settings, and playback priority.
Interacting with the Game - Includes
conceptual and procedural information on how to use events, dynamic sequences, and Wwise
game syncs to drive the sounds in your game.
Creating Interactive Music -
Includes an overview and introduction to the Interactive Music concepts in Wwise, along
with extensive procedural information on how to create interactive music for your
game.
Finishing Your Projects - Includes information on how to create the final mix, troubleshoot and simulate different aspects of your project, generate the SoundBanks and file packages for your game, and Wwise downmix behavior.
Working with Wwise - Describes the
functionality of specific Wwise views to help you get up and running quickly with the
software.
Wwise Reference - Provides complete
information about all the options and views in Wwise, and is accessible through the
contextual help.
Wwise Plug-ins - Provides descriptions of each option for the various plug-ins that ship with Wwise.
Wwise Tools - Provides information about the various tools that ship with Wwise, including the Multi-Channel Creator.
Additional Resources - Provides an overview of the Wwise documentation set and various learning materials.
Glossary - Provides an alphabetical
list of Wwise and audio-related terms with corresponding definitions.
Accessing Wwise Context-Sensitive Help
When you are looking for information about a specific option or view in Wwise, simply open
the Help from that view by doing either of the following:
Wwise Help opens displaying information about the view or dialog box you are currently
in.
Setting Wwise Documentation Preferences
Refer to Setting the Documentation Preferences for details on setting the
documentation source (online or offline) and the documentation language.
The following icons are used throughout this document to help you identify certain types
of information:
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Note |
Notes are used to provide important additional information. |
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Tip |
Tips are useful bits of information, workarounds, and shortcuts that you may find
helpful in a particular situation. |
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Caution |
Cautions are used when you can lose or damage information, such as deleting data or not
being able to easily undo an action. Cautions always appear before you are about to do such
a task. |
Keyboard and Mouse Conventions
The following table shows the terms used throughout this document relating to the mouse
and keyboard. Wwise takes advantage of the left, center, and right mouse buttons. Unless
otherwise stated, use the left mouse button.
Before working with Wwise, you may want to read Wwise Fundamentals to gain a better understanding of the key concepts and workflow of Wwise. Then you can then start reading the individual sections in Wwise Help. These sections provide conceptual and procedural information, examples, and tips and best practices for using Wwise.
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