Game audio programming. [volume] 3: principles and practices

281 Pages·9.035 MB·English

by  Somberg, Guy(Editor)

Game Audio
Programming 3

Game Audio
Programming 3
Principles and Practices
Edited by
Guy Somberg
First edition published 2021
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Contents
Preface, xi
Acknowledgments, xv
Editor, xvii
Contributors, xix
Chapter 1 ◾ Sound Effect Categories 1
Florian Füsslin
seCtion i DSP
Chapter 2 ◾ Complex Numbers: A Primer for DSP
Programming 15
robert bantin
Chapter 3 ◾ Building Dynamic Analog-Style Filters:
Bi-Quadratic Cascades vs Digital Integrator
Cascades 29
robert bantin
Chapter 4 ◾ Modeling Atmospheric Absorption with a
Low-Pass Filter 51
niC taylor
vii
viii ◾ Contents
seCtion ii Voice
Chapter 5 ◾ Software Engineering Principles of
Voice Pipelines 71
MiChael Filion
Chapter 6 ◾ A Stimulus-Driven Server Authoritative
Voice System 81
toMas neuMann
seCtion iii Audio Engines
Chapter 7 ◾ Building the Patch Cable 93
ethan Geller
Chapter 8 ◾ Split Screen and Audio Engines 119
aaron MCleran
Chapter 9 ◾ Voice Management and Virtualization 133
robert Gay
Chapter 10 ◾ Screen-Space Distance Attenuation 143
Guy soMberG
Chapter 11 ◾ Under the Influence: Using Influence Maps
for Audio 167
Jon MitChell
Chapter 12 ◾ An Importance-Based Mixing System 181
Guy soMberG
Contents ◾ ix
Chapter 13 ◾ Voxel-Based Emitters: Approximating the
Position of Ambient Sounds 205
niC taylor
Chapter 14 ◾ Improvisational Music 235
Charlie huGuenard
INDEX, 251