The Cost of an Audio Designer

Ian Eborn · 2022-01-24T16:12:08

Simply put: In broad terms, what does it cost to contract an audio designer? Now, I fully expect this to be a range of values, and to potentially be a function of the work involved--but, well, those aspects would be useful to know, too, I daresay. For context: I'm working on a game, and finding myself hitting what seems to be a bit of a wall in terms of audio. I'm thus considering hiring someone to help me--but I have little idea of what such a person might cost, or what would be a good rate. I thus don't know how feasible it might be within my current means. I did find the survey linked below--but it seems to only speak in terms of yearly income, and it's not clear to me how to map that to my project. (Unless I'm missing something, which I may be, as I am a bit tired today.) Link: https://www.gamesoundcon.com/post/game-audio-industry-survey-2021 Hence my asking here! (There's an argument to be made that this might fit better in the “business” sub-forum than the “audio” one. If preferred, then, please do move it over there. I'm mainly choosing the “audio” forum due to it being specific to the type of work that I'm looking into here.)

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Started by Thaumaturge January 17, 2022 11:24 AM

10 comments, last by Thaumaturge 2 years, 9 months ago

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January 24, 2022 04:12 PM

Forgive the double-post, plrase, but I have a specific question to ask, if I may:

Given an audio-designer on Fiverr offering 100 sounds to 30s of video/audio at a cost of \$5, would I be wise to consider said offer to be “too good to be true”? Or is that a reasonable price…? It seems awfully low alongside offerings with prices along the lines of \$10 per sound effect, or even just \$40 for 8 sound effects.

For reference, the audio-designer in question seems to have a pretty good rating: 118 reviews all of five stars, and a “level two" designation by Fiverr.

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Ah, nevermind: I contacted the person in question, and it turns out that they make use of royalty-free sounds, rather than making the sounds themselves.

Still, I suppose that the core question remains: how good a deal is “too good to be true” in looking for someone to make sound effects…?

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