Ufuk Önen - Composer, Sound Designer, Audio Recording Engineer and Filmmaker

Ufuk Önen Composer, Sound Designer, Audio Recording Engineer and Filmmaker

Book edited by Andreas Treske, Ufuk Önen,
Bestem Büyüm and İ. Alev Değim.

Published by Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, 2011.

Also features a chapter by Ufuk Önen: "A Perspective on Sound for ‘Traditional’ and ‘New’ Media, Audio Professionals and Composers, and Interdisciplinary Education".

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Ufuk Önen is a composer, sound designer, audio recording engineer, filmmaker and educator. He produced and recorded more than 50 albums, EPs and singles in Turkey, his native country, worked as a composer, engineer and sound designer in more than 200 Turkish, European and North American audio-visual projects, including films screened in international films festivals, and recorded and toured with Hazy Hill between 1988-2000.

Önen wrote Audio Recording and Music Technologies (English title), the first reference book in Turkish language in the fields of audio recording and music technology, and published two books and more than 30 articles.

Önen holds a B.A. in Linguistics and M.A. in Communication and Design, and is a graduate of Los Angeles Recording School. He is a member of IASIG and AES. Currently, Önen teaches sound design, visual communication and video production courses at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

Prepared by the Game Education Working Group of the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group.

Published by MIDI Manufacturers Association Inc., Los Angeles, 2011.

‘Games Audio’ encompasses a diverse set of skills and concepts: from recording a tank, to hardcore DSP programming; from writing a tune for a mobile phone, to writing out string parts for a recording session with the London Symphony Orchestra... so defining a "game audio curriculum" is no simple task. Universities and Colleges around the world are interested in developing courses in this area, so the aim of the EDU Working Group is to provide guidance for course developers, which students may also use to understand what courses may be available to them.

Primary Authors (in alphabetical order): Karen Collins (University of Waterloo), Ken Felton (SCEA), Brad Fuller (Sonaural Studios), Templar Hankinson (Firelight Technologies), Stephen Harwood (NYU Steinhardt), Kurt Heiden (ION Audio), Steve Horowitz (The Code International), David Javelosa (Santa Monica College), Robbie Kazandjian (Soundboy Ltd), Jim Rippie (Invisible Industries), Michael Sweet (Berklee College of Music), Richard Stevens (Leeds Metropolitan University), Mike Worth (Westchester University of Pennsylvania, Drexel University), Ufuk Önen (Bilkent University).