Audio (heard) output of a game.
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Repeating Sound with Timer in Actionscript 3
I'm working on a Flash game and am trying to figure out how to repeat a sound periodically every 17 seconds. Instead, of having the sound repeat once the .mp3, .wav, finishes.
The problem I'm running ...
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Auditioning audio in real-time on iOS game
I've heard of fmod which is an audio engine came with fmod studio to adjust sounds in real-time while testing a game. But fmod requires a huge license fee so I'm looking for free alternative to fmod ...
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Alternative to soundeffect.play()?
I have been using a profiler to optimize my game for the Xbox, my aim is as with any optimization to reduce excess CPU and memory usage. I have managed to cut down a lot of the processor time and ...
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Voice recognition libraries - C++ [closed]
I need to implement voice recognition in my game, the target is that the user speaks into the microphone and the game responds accordingly to some commands.
What libraries could help me with such ...
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How compatible is OpenAL?
I'm making a game that needs sounds and LWJGL uses OpenAL.
I was wondering out of 1.0, 1.1, C 1.0 and C 1.1 which would be the best to pick? I don't know what the C is but it's there in LWJGL :).
My ...
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Sound activated particlesystem
I am trying to make a particle system that is activated by sound. Like emitting on the beat resizing on the beat and such things. I found some nice tutorials on how to make things like ...
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How does professional audio fit into game design?
Do game designers typically seek the help of specialized music/audio specialists for soundtracks and sound design? Is there a general need for professional audio work in game design, or is that ...
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Portable sound and music for XNA / MonoGame?
What is the best (recommended) way to integrate audio (both sound effect and music) in a game project (using C#/XNA) targeting multiple desktop platforms (W7, W8 Metro, Linux, OSX, ...) via MonoGame. ...
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Best source for sound effects? [closed]
What is a good source for sound effects for use in an indie game production (C#, XNA)?
The sounds do not need to be free.
They, however, should have a clear licence for commercial use.
The website ...
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How do I initialize audio to use DUMB with SDL?
Am I able to just call SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO); to initialize the audio and DUMB is good to go, or do I have to set the SDL_AudioSpec parameters and call SDL_OpenAudio(parameter1,parameter2);?
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Sound effects system design
I'm creating a RPG/RTS game in Unity. There are a lot of characters and potentially a lot of different environments. I'm fairly confident with the coding part (so this question isn't really tied to ...
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Is there a sound library for C to generate sound samples from code? [closed]
I'm working on an engine for a retro-style game in C. I'm looking for a sound library that would produce chip sounds from code...I want to make my own simple chiptune tracker for the engine to create ...
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3answers
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Scaling Sound Effects and Physics with Framerate
(I'm using XNA and C#)
Currently, my game (a shooter) runs flawlessly with 60 FPS (which I developed around).
However, if the framerate is changed, there are two major problems:
Gunshot sound ...
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1answer
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IrrKlang with Ogre
I'm trying to set up sound in my Ogre3D project. I have installed irrKlang 1.4.0 and added it's include and lib directories to my projects VC++ Include and Library directories, but I'm still getting a ...
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1answer
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Voice artist for a game for kids [closed]
We're making a game for kids which should include about 50 spoken phrases. I'm asking for help in finding the right voice artist / studio for this. I've tried searching the web but couldn't find ...
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2answers
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Drawing an animation over an already drawn screen
I am working on a XNA WP7 card game whose basic prototype is complete. In game screen, 6 cards are displayed at a time (3 for each of the two players say 1,2 and 3).
If player A attacks one of player ...
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1answer
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XNA: Check if the sound is playing
Quick question:
I have a SoundEffect instance, and I would like to know if it is playing at the moment or not. But there's neither a method, nor a property that would allow to check it...
So, is ...
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Where can i get the openal sdk for c++?
The OpenAL site I'm looking at is a crappy outdated and broken sharepoint portal and the SDK in the downloads section give me a 500 html code when i request it.
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Current status of 3D Sound Effect APIs in games
I'm doing a little research on a subject, and it looks like there is some sort of crysis there? Last EAX/OpenAL supporting games were like in year 2006. Why is that? Is there is a major lost of ...
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Application to record sound effects for games
I'm having kids record sounds using their PCs (a few have Macs as well) for use in the games they create. The built-in windows 7 sound recorder is surprisingly poor, didn't older versions of windows ...
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2answers
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2D game libraries that support positional stereo sound?
I would like my game to have semi-realistic sound, where the left/right channel volume depends on the position of the sound source within the world.
I've looked and it seems that it's not possible ...
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What would make a good cursor movement sound effect?
I know specific questions like this are very borderline on acceptable - but I am having massive trouble finding a non-annoying sound effect for moving the cursor in my game.
The game is a Fire Emblem ...
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Where to get sounds for game development for kids [closed]
I'm teaching kids to program using Ruby and the gaming framework Gosu/Chingu. For the sounds for their games I've been showing them http://www.bfxr.net/. It's decent, but the samples are limited and ...
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Space & Sound? Defying Physics?
Why are there sound effects in space shooter games like asteroid and such?
There is no medium in space for sound to travel by. Yet we get hear gun shots & explosion.
I am not talking about the ...
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Audio programming resources [closed]
I've been very interested in the last few months about getting in to audio programming (I'm from a musical background). I've been a .NET developer for two years and have also done some objective c for ...
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1answer
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Sound Delay With AVAudio Player
I'm using the following code in my viewDidLoad to load a sound:
NSURL * url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:
[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@/Moto - Hit Sound.mp3",
[[NSBundle mainBundle] ...
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2answers
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Playing a sound on collision?
I'm making a pool game. I've separated the gameplay logic and the physics into two systems, entities and physics. Each entity holds a reference to a body which the physics system uses. The body itself ...
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How to add a sound that an enemy AI can hear?
Given:
a 2D top down game
Tiles are stored just in a 2D array
Every tile has a property - dampen (so bricks might be -50db, air might be -1)
From this I want to add it so a sound is generated at ...
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1answer
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Python/PyGame mixer.music playback of OGG file has intermittent clicking sound - how to proceed?
I have a class within my python + pygame game that handles sound - it worked well until I tried use pygame.mixer.music to switch between streaming .ogg music files. The class switches between them on ...
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2answers
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music for an arcade game?
I'm thinking about music for my brick breaker game, but I don't know how to choose any.
If I'd make a loop from a few seconds, I think it would get annoying very quickly. I also found some longer ...
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1answer
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Waiting specific time to increase sound libgdx
I want to wait a moment (.5 seconds) before I increase the sound, how can i achieve this without using Thread.sleep, because i want my game to keep runnig.
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1answer
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Simplest format for video
I've been dwelling with a question lately,
I can generate screenshots with my library, but i found that i would like to be able to record video from a game.
Since video is just(well-simply enough, ...
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Good way to play a sound when something happens? How does this sound?
So I was thinking about how monolithic my classes get a lot of the time. For example, in the Character class's Jump method, one may have a reference to a sound effect object and play that. By itself ...
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How do I simulate a doppler effect in a game?
I am trying to simulate the doppler effect in a game (a car racing game). I am not using a specific sound library that simulate the effect, I only have a callback function where I mix the data.
I ...
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How to balance audio levels to be loud enough yet safe
There are a few sound effects in my game that sound a bit piercing over earbuds but OK when played through the iPhone speaker. Also sound levels seem lower on older hardware. Is there some objective ...
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How does a one-man developer do its games' sounds?
Before anything, that's not a "oh, where can I find resources?" question.
Well, I've been curious about one thing in the indie games industry.
For the development of the game, such tasks like game ...
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1answer
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What are the requirements for a sound file in android?
I am creating a game in Android and eventually I am going to outsource the sound effects. I have a few place holder sounds for testing and I have noticed a problem. I have an OGG sound file which ...
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Loading sound in XNA without the Content Pipeline
I'm working on a "Game Maker"-type of application for Windows where the user imports his own assets to be used in the game. I need to be able to load this content at runtime on the engine side.
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What quality should my sounds be?
Sound and it's quality is something like religion. Never ending story.
People will say, that MP3 320kbps is lossless, while experts will say that any MP3 is crap, but in the end, no one will hear a ...
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What are the steps to get sound from reality into a game?
As we all know, the game is not only about gameplay, sound effects add a lot to the production value. The more unique, the better the result.
What are the steps to get a decent quality sound from ...
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Free sounds for game like geometry wars [closed]
anyone who knows where can I download sounds that are like in geometry wars for free? Public domain or license which can I use in game which would be free for phone?
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1answer
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Microphone sound into game propagation
Had been any efforts made
to stream real-time sound from the microphone (user's voice)
into the game currently played?
This way you could hear echo of your own voice
when you walked into enclosed ...
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Looking for a royalty free sci-fi sounding song thats 1:00+ long, and costs <= $5
I'm looking for a royalty free sci-fi sounding song thats 1:00+ long, and costs less then, or is $5 usd. I want to have a nice BGM for my engine demo I'm going to release for a game I'm planing on ...
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Sounds for Car racing game [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Car engine sound simulation
M working on 3d car racing game . Being assigned the task of creating sound effects for the car. I have all the sounds with me like idle ...
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2answers
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Tailoring sound volume for different speakers
Different sound effects are played differently across different speakers. For example, when I use my laptop speakers, sounds are notably softer and low pitch sounds often become inaudible unless I ...
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2answers
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Recording equipment for game sounds
I was wondering if anybody knows about any good pieces of equipment fit for recording sound effects for games.
If you can, also tell please me the price range for professional equipment.
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1answer
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SFXR-Like Tool for Speech
Sfxr (and also Bfxr) is a great tool for generating sound-effects for games. Is there something like this for speech synthesis?
Not every game development tool and platform has a speech synthesis ...
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Game Sound Effects Availability [closed]
Is there a need in the community for affordable game-focused sound effect packs? I am considering putting together some effects specifically geared toward games and indie developers that desire to get ...
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2answers
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Best practices for playing sounds in iPhone games
What are the best practices for playing sounds in iPhone games? Specifically, what are the best practices while playing sounds simultaneously without affecting other processing much. Is there any ...
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Sounds categories volume level in xna
I am preparing sounds system to my game in xna. I am using XACT Tools, and i got problem.
There is class SoundCategory. I can change sound level for all sounds in that category easily.
SoundCategory ...
