MY FAVORITE RESOURCES!

I get emailed pretty regularly about my favorite software/resources/books/pro wrestlers, so I thought I'd compile it all into a friendly list that I will keep updated. Some are game audio related, whereas others are just things that I enjoy!

AUDIO SOFTWARE:

• Logic Pro X

• Cubase

• Nuendo

• Reaper (This is easily the best priced option out there!)

• Ableton Live

• Paulstretch

• Adobe Audition

• iZotope RX

• Wwise

• FMOD Studio

• Fabric

• Soundflower

OTHER HELPFUL APPS:

• TextExpander

• Hazel

• f.lux

• 1Password

• Evernote

• Slack

• Cinch

GAME ENGINES:

• Unity3D

• Unreal Engine 4

• GameMaker

• Source Engine

TUTORIALS:

• Groove3

• Audiokinetic's official Wwise course

• FMOD Studio official tutorial video series

• Udemy

VSTS/PLUGINS:

• Native Instruments Komplete (especially Kontakt and Absynth)

• Omnisphere

• Waves Soundshifter Pitch

• EWQL Symphonic Orchestra

• Heavyocity Evolve and Damage

• Vienna Symphonic Library Special Edition

• Everything by AudioDamage (especially the Eos reverb)

• iZotope RX, Ozone, and Iris

• Sonic Charge Synplant

• u-he Zebra

SFX LIBRARIES:

• Boom Library

• Blastwave FX

• The Recordist

• Soniss

PODCASTS:

• London Real (start with this episode)

• Bulletproof Radio

• Beards, Cats and Indie Game Audio

• The Charged Life with Brendon Burchard

• Tonebenders

• The Tim Ferriss Show

• Silicon Real

• TED Radio Hour

BOOKS:

• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield

• The Charisma Myth by Olivia Fox Cabane

• The Confident Indie by June Walker

• Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferazzi and Tahl Raz

• The Now Habit by Neil Fiore

• Writing Interactive Music for Video Games by Michael Sweet

• How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams

• What Every BODY is Saying by Joe Navarro and Marvin Karlins

• The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson

• The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle

• The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

• I Will Teach You to be Rich by Ramit Sethi

• The Sound Design Bible by Ric Viers

• I'm At a Networking Event -- Now What??? by Sandy Jones-Kaminski and Jason Alba

• Mixing Secrets for the Small Studio by Mike Senior

• The Charge by Brendon Burchard

BLOGS/WEBSITES:

• Mark's Daily Apple

• GamaSutra

• Video Game Music Academy

• Giant Bomb

• Bulletproof Executive

• Tai Lopez

• Peter Diamandis

• Brendon Burchard

• Zen Habits

• Derek Sivers