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Game Audio Development with Unity 5.X

By : Micheal Lanham

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Game Audio Development with Unity 5.X

4.5 (2)

By: Micheal Lanham

Overview of this book

Game Audio is one of the key components in making a game successful and it is quite popular in the gaming industry. So if you are a game developer with an eye on capturing the gamer market then this book is the right solution for you. In this book, we will take you through a step by step journey which will teach you to implement original and engaging soundtracks and SFX with Unity 5.x. You will be firstly introduced to the basics of game audio and sound development in Unity. After going through the core topics of audio development: audio sources, spatial sound, mixing, effects, and more; you will then have the option of delving deeper into more advanced topics like dynamic and adaptive audio. You will also learn to develop dynamic and adaptive audio using the Unity Audio Mixer. Further, you will learn how professional third party tools like FMOD are used for audio development in Unity. You will then go through the creation of sound visualization techniques and creating your own original music using the simple yet powerful audio workstation Reaper. Lastly, you will go through tips, techniques and strategies to help you optimize game audio performance or troubleshoot issues. At the end of the book, you’ll have gained the skills to implement professional sound and music. Along with a good base knowledge audio and music principles you can apply across a range of other game development tools.

Preface

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

Introducing Game Audio with Unity

Introducing Game Audio with Unity

Introduction to game audio

Getting started with unity

Importing audio into unity

Audio sources and listeners

3D sound and spatial blending

Summary

Scripting Audio

Scripting Audio

Introduction to scripting in Unity

Building a musical keyboard

Weapons and sound

Randomizing audio

Background music

Summary

Introduction to the Audio Mixer

Introduction to the Audio Mixer

Introducing the Unity Audio mixer

Shaping audio with effects

The master mixer and controlling signal flow

Routing audio signals in the mixer to effects

The duck volume effect

Summary

Advanced Audio Mixing

Advanced Audio Mixing

Recording audio changes with snapshots

Audio Mixer scripting with parameters

A dynamic audio wind effect

Creating environmental audio zones

Dynamic music mixing

Summary

Using the Audio Mixer for Adaptive Audio

Using the Audio Mixer for Adaptive Audio

Introducing adaptive audio

Building adaptive audio cues

Creating mood with adaptive music

Vertical remixing with the Audio Mixer

Footsteps with adaptive sound

Summary

Introduction to FMOD

Introduction to FMOD

Getting started with FMOD Studio

Back to the basics

Effects and mixing

Mixing in a reverb effect

Parameters, snapshots, and triggers

Summary

FMOD for Dyanmic and Adaptive Audio

FMOD for Dyanmic and Adaptive Audio

Dynamic wind and environmental zones

Scripting with FMOD

Revisiting the footsteps example

Adaptive music with FMOD

Transition timelines and stingers

Summary

Visualizing Audio in Games

Visualizing Audio in Games

Analyzing audio with Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) windows

Examining an audio visualizer

Visualization performance and windowing

Audio-driven lighting

Microphone-driven visualizations

Summary

Character Lip Syncing and Vocals

Character Lip Syncing and Vocals

Real-time lip syncing

Speech and phonemes

Blend shape animation

Real-time character lip sync

Recording vocals

Summary

Composing Music

Composing Music

Getting started with Reaper

MIDI and virtual instruments

Basic music theory

Enhancing the composition

Recording music and vocals

Summary

Audio Performance and Troubleshooting

Audio Performance and Troubleshooting

Audio performance considerations

Profiling performance with Unity

Audio optimization tips and tricks for Unity

FMOD performance and optimization

Audio troubleshooting

Summary

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Audio troubleshooting

This section is intended to be a resource for any issues readers have while working through the book's exercises. It can also be used as a reference for your future game development efforts. The following table lists a number of common problems you may encounter and questions that hopefully will lead to a solution:

Problem	Question to Solution
Unable to hear sound from Audio Source.	Is there an Audio Listener added to the scene? Is the Audio Source or GameObject enabled? Is the Audio Clip parameter set? Is Play on Awake enabled or is the source playing in script? Is Volume set to maximum? Is Output set to an active mixing group? Is Audio Listener within range of the the source's 3D Sound Settings? Is the source being output to a muted mixing group? Are you able to play the audio from the resource import settings view?
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