Best practices on 📝Topia sound design:
- Be conscious of your own audio volume
- Set your volume to 50% before placing audio to keep all volume judgements consistent
- Design the soundscape before placing (construct overlapping radii)
- Plan central sound (moving people v. drawing people)
- moving people e.g. topia.io/garden
- drawing people e.g. topia.io/forest
- Place audio strategically to craft 📝synchronous and 📝asynchronous experiences
- Use softer audio and larger radii to create ambiance and subtle cues
- Use louder audio and smaller radii to add depth to people's experiences
- Avoid using 3+ hour long and 4/8k resolution videos when possible to lessen load times
- Avoid audio with noise (wind, artifacts, voices, etc.)
- Avoid audio with greeting tones (intro sounds)
- When search use 📝Google Search Operators and keywords like "ambient" and "asmr"
- Add 1-2 📝Easter Eggs (e.g. flushing toilet sounds in porta polly)