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Game Audio Programming Principles and Practices Game Audio Programming Principles and Practices Guy Somberg Edited by Boca Raton London New York CRC Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2017 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Printed on acid-free paper Version Date: 20160701 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-1-4987-4673-1 (Hardback) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials or the consequences of their use. The authors and publishers have attempted to trace the copyright holders of all material reproduced in this publication and apologize to copyright holders if permission to publish in this form has not been obtained. If any copyright material has not been acknowledged please write and let us know so we may rectify in any future reprint. Except as permitted under U.S. Copyright Law, no part of this book may be reprinted, reproduced, transmit- ted, or utilized in any form by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying, microfilming, and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publishers. For permission to photocopy or use material electronically from this work, please access www.copyright. com (http://www.copyright.com/) or contact the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (CCC), 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400. CCC is a not-for-profit organization that provides licenses and registration for a variety of users. For organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by the CCC, a separate system of payment has been arranged. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data Names: Somberg, Guy, editor. Title: Game audio programming : principles and practices / editor: Guy Somberg. Description: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2016016015 | ISBN 9781498746731 (alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Computer games--Programming. | Computer sound processing. | Computer game music. | Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques. Classification: LCC QA76.76.C672 G327 2016 | DDC 794.8/1525--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016016015 Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com To my wonderful wife, Emily. Thank you for your patience and support as I worked on (and freaked out over) this book. Contents Preface, xi Acknowledgments, xv Editor, xvii Contributors, xix Section i FundamentalS chapter 1 ◾ P rinciples of Audio 3 Stephen mccaul chapter 2 ◾ S ound Engine State Machine 13 Guy SomberG chapter 3 ◾ S treaming Sound 31 blair bitonti Section ii middleware chapter 4 ◾ A n Introduction to ADX2 51 nicolaS Fournel chapter 5 ◾ W wise and the Audio Programmer 73 Stéphane beauchemin vii viii ◾ Contents chapter 6 ◾ P rogramming FMOD Studio 97 Guy SomberG chapter 7 ◾ C RYENGINE’s Audio Translation Layer 129 thomaS wollenzin Section iii Sound deSiGner perSpectiveS chapter 8 ◾ A Sound Designer’s Perspective on Audio Tools 149 david Steinwedel chapter 9 ◾ W orking with Audio Designers 163 Florian FüSSlin Section iv advanced topicS chapter 10 ◾ O pen Sound Control 179 JorGe Garcia chapter 11 ◾ L isteners for Third-Person Cameras 197 Guy SomberG chapter 12 ◾ I nteractive Music Systems for Games 209 aaron mcleran chapter 13 ◾ G ranular Vehicle Engines 223 dave StevenSon chapter 14 ◾ D ebugging Features for Middleware-Based Games 235 Jon mitchell chapter 15 ◾ Open World Game Optimizations and Limiter Systems 251 matthieu dirrenberGer Contents ◾ ix chapter 16 ◾ V ector-Based Amplitude Panning 273 Guy SomberG chapter 17 ◾ D ynamic Game Data 287 tomaS neumann INDEX, 301
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