We've had some inspiring, insightful and practical thoughts about procedural audio in the past few interviews. We've not only looked at what can ideally be possible with it, but also what its limitations can be. For those of you who keep up with game audio news, AudioGaming must not be new to you. They are a few years old with the sole purpose of developing next generation … [Read more...]
Procedural Audio: An Interview with Nicolas Fournel
Nicolas Fournel has had a long career with game audio and has been at the forefront in the research and development of audio tools. He maintains procedural-audio.com, a repository of procedural audio information and the recently created the Procedural Audio Interest Group. He was more than happy to add his voice to the procedural audio series based on his varied experiences in … [Read more...]
RjDj – Crafting ‘Dimensions’
Robert Thomas and Joe White from RjDj, known for crafting interactive sound-musical worlds on iOS devices, were kind enough to spend an afternoon sharing their thoughts on interactive soundscapes and music, technical and creative limitations, Pure Data, procedural techniques and their latest app 'Dimensions'. You most definitely would have heard of their 'Inception App', … [Read more...]
Procedural Audio: Interview with Andy Farnell
[Continuing with the procedural audio series...] Andy Farnell - a familiar name in computer audio - is a computer scientist, sound designer, author and a pioneer in the field of procedural audio. He is a visiting professor at several European Universities and a consultant to game and audio technology companies. His book, 'Designing Sound', is a bible for procedural sound and … [Read more...]
The Sound of ‘Pugs Luv Beats’
[This is a first of a series of interviews/articles on procedural/generative sound] 'Pugs Luv Beats' is a hilarious music composition game for iOS devices developed by Edinburgh based studio Lucky Frame. It's about guiding pugs (in costumes) around a galaxy of worlds, whilst creating an endless variety of music. It sounds fantastic and runs on a generative sound/music engine … [Read more...]