Develop ‘08

1. Develop ‘08 • Audio For Multiplayer & Beyond • Mixing Case Studies From Battlefield: Bad Company & Frostbite • David Möllerstedt – EA DICE

2. Agenda • DICE History • Battlefield: Bad Company • HDR Audio • Master Unit • Frostbite • Future

3. Me • David Möllerstedt • Head of Audio • DICE Sept 05

4. History DICE started 1992 An EA Company since 2006 Battlefield 1942 RalliSport Challenge 1 Battlefield 2 RalliSport Challenge 2 Battlefield 2142

5. Battlefield: Bad Company • Single Player Campaign • Sandbox Multiplayer

6. Battlefield: Bad Company

7. Playtime • How long is your game? ?

8. How Long is Your Game? Accumulated play time across all players Average logged playtime

9. How Long is Your Game? • Sound Design • The Mix

10. Sound Design

11. HDR Audio • Measure loudness at Listener position – scale all sound sources accordingly 135db 95db

12. HDR Audio • Functions similar to HDR lighting

13. HDR Audio • HDR Audio is not compression, all sounds are played uncompressed • The effect is sometimes similar to compression NOT

14. HDR Audio • HDR Audio works on logical loudness values and does not touch the actual audio waveform

15. HDR Audio • Priority • Based on Loudness • Automatic • Mindset

16. HDR Audio • HDR Audio Demo

17. Playback Environment How do you listen to your game? ?

18. How Do You Listen? • Perceived Loudness

19. Master Unit Realtime mastering of the 4.0 ingame audio LFE & Centre channel and the Direct Out Bus are not routed through the Master Unit

20. Master Unit Master Unit chain HP Low Shelf High Shelf Compressor Clip

21. Master Unit Three settings Home Cinema Hi-Fi (default) TV

22. Master Unit • Active end user system • Make your sounds heard

23. Demo Master Unit

24. Frostbite Frostbite DICE’s games engine

26. The Future What about the future? ?

29. The Future • You can do anything! • Focus

30. The End Thank you!

31. DICE is always looking for devoted talents Check: jobs.ea.com The End

32. Q & A! The End

33. The End