Copy and paste from the following data to produce each assessment task. Write these in plain English and spell out how, when and where the task is to be carried out, under what conditions, and what resources are needed. Include guidelines about how well the candidate has to perform a task for it to be judged satisfactory.
Required skills
communication skills to:
communicate audio concepts and related sound requirements to designers and concept artists
seek and respond to feedback from target audience representatives, clients and colleagues
technical skills to generate, integrate, manipulate and record digital audio into a game project.
Required knowledge
audio-editing tools
audio formats
audio-programming libraries
copyright as it applies to audio recordings
music theory as it relates to using music-creation tools.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Audio formats may include: | music, such as mp3, ogg, xm, s3m, it, mod and midi sound effects, such as wav, raw and voc. |
Genres may include: | dance jazz pop rap rock techno trance. |
Copyright laws may include: | Australian Copyright Act 1968 international copyright laws. |
Audio-editing software may include: | Audacity Music Editor Free Power Sound Editor Wavosaur. |
Digital sound waveforms may include: | noise pulse sine square triangle. |
Basic music theory may include: | bass or treble clef notation, such as semi-quavers and quavers notes scales and chords timing. |
Music-creation tools may include: | FL Studio Garage Band MusicShake. |
Audio-programming libraries may include: | Audierre Bass Library DirectSound FMOD Open_AL SDL_Mixer. |
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist