Game Audio Programming 2: Principles and Practices

✍ Scribed by Somberg, Guy

• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 389
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Welcome to the second volume of Game Audio Programming: Principles and Practices - the first series of its kind dedicated to the art of game audio programming! This volume features more than 20 chapters containing advanced techniques from some of the top game audio programmers and sound designers in the industry. This book continues the tradition of collecting more knowledge and wisdom about game audio programming than any other volume in history.Both audio programming beginners and seasoned veterans will find content in this book that is valuable, with topics ranging from extreme low-level mixing to high-level game integration. Each chapter contains techniques that were used in games that have shipped, and there is a plethora of code samples and diagrams. There are chapters on threading, DSP implementation, advanced middleware techniques in FMOD Studio and Audiokinetic Wwise, ambiences, mixing, music, and more.This book has something for everyone who is programming audio for a game: programmers new to the art of audio programming, experienced audio programmers, and those souls who just got assigned the audio code. This book is for you!  Read more...

Abstract: Welcome to the second volume of Game Audio Programming: Principles and Practices - the first series of its kind dedicated to the art of game audio programming! This volume features more than 20 chapters containing advanced techniques from some of the top game audio programmers and sound designers in the industry. This book continues the tradition of collecting more knowledge and wisdom about game audio programming than any other volume in history.Both audio programming beginners and seasoned veterans will find content in this book that is valuable, with topics ranging from extreme low-level mixing to high-level game integration. Each chapter contains techniques that were used in games that have shipped, and there is a plethora of code samples and diagrams. There are chapters on threading, DSP implementation, advanced middleware techniques in FMOD Studio and Audiokinetic Wwise, ambiences, mixing, music, and more.This book has something for everyone who is programming audio for a game: programmers new to the art of audio programming, experienced audio programmers, and those souls who just got assigned the audio code. This book is for you!

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Chapter 1: Lifecycle of Game Audio --
Chapter 2: A Rare Breed: The Audio Programmer --
Section 1: Low-Level Topics --
Chapter 3: Multithreading for Game Audio --
Chapter 4: Designing a Channel-Agnostic Audio Engine --
Chapter 5: Audio Resampling --
Chapter 6: Introduction to DSP Prototyping --
Chapter 7: Practical Applications of Simple Filters --
Section 2: Middleware --
Chapter 8: Advanced FMOD Studio Techniques --
Chapter 9: Understanding Wwise Virtual Voices --
Section 3: Game Integration --
Chapter 10: Distance-Delayed Sounds --
Chapter 11: Designs for Ambiences in Open-World Games --
Chapter 12: Approximate Position of Ambient Sounds of Multiple Sources --
Chapter 13: Techniques for Improving Data-Drivability of Gameplay Audio Code --
Chapter 14: Data-Driven Sound Limitation System --
Chapter 15: Realtime Audio Mixing --
Chapter 16: Using Orientation to Add Emphasis to a Mix --
Chapter 17: Obstruction, Occlusion, and Propagation --
Chapter 18: Practical Approaches to Virtual Acoustics --
Chapter 19: Implementing Volume Sliders --
Section 4: Music --
Chapter 20: Note-Based Music Systems --
Chapter 21: Synchronizing Action-Based Gameplay to Music.

✦ Subjects

audio.;game design.;music.;sound.;Computer games -- Programming.;Computer sound processing.;Computer game music.;Sound -- Recording and reproducing -- Digital techniques.