An introduction to procedural audio in video games, and some examples of how it can be implemented.
Procedural audio is a system or algorithm that rearranges, combines, or manipulates sound for greater variety and/or responsiveness. This is especially important in designing game sound, because we don’t want players to grow weary of repetitive sound-effects, and, if the sound is best reflecting the action on screen, it can contribute to player immersion too.
In this video I give a few examples, focused on shooting, but hopefully you can expand these ideas to a more diverse range of games.
The Weapon Audio of Borderlands 3 – https://youtu.be/lHwG-JqbUuI
Encouraging Chaos, the Use of Generative Sound in No Man’s Sky – https://youtu.be/nUWFTLhZ1ro
#ListeningToVideogames #ProceduralAudio #SoundDesign #Game Sound
0:00 Introduction, Defining Procedural Audio
0:48 Procedural Gun SFX Example
3:21 Procedural Ambiences
3:51 System-Driven Audio
6:52 So What?
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Quite informative. Never thought that randomizing pitch, vol. and so on is considered procedural. I always thought that procedural audio is more like audio that's being created at runtime with Pure Data for example.