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Context-Sensitive Music?
Posted By: Loren Petrich <petrich@netcom.com>	Date: 1/7/00 1:50 a.m.
In Response To: Halo stuff from the Expo (SiliconDream=PN=) > We met Marty O'Donnell at the Bungie booth, and he said that one > of the things he's looking into for Halo is dynamic music, where > tracks don't just turn on and off according to where you are and > what you do, but vary their "emotional intensity" by > altering individual instrument tracks and so forth while keeping > the same basic tune. A simple version of such triggered music had been promised for the Myth series, but it never materialized. Some games that have such music, however, are Tomb Raiders 2 and 3; if you get to certain spots, you will trigger some music -- a triggering that is mostly one-time. Also, each level has some background music or sounds which continually loop; however out-of-place it sometimes seems (consider that the blowing wind in TR2's "The Great Wall" is even heard underground). Each bit of triggered music comes from a single soundfile, however, an approach which will not suit Bungie's purposes. However, there are some alternatives. One is to use multiple soundfiles and change their mix; this requires greater file bulk, of course. Another is not to store soundfiles, but to store music sequences; these then get "played" by making the appropriate note sounds. This is the way that MIDI files and Amiga MOD files work. These would be easier to manipulate than soundfiles; one could not only manipulate volume, but also tempo and instrument assignment. If Bungie could get that to work, that would be most interesting...

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Halo stuff from the Expo	SiliconDream=PN=	1/6/00 2:35 a.m.
Addendum...	SiliconDream=PN=	1/6/00 3:21 a.m.
Re: Addendum...	Forensic	1/6/00 7:09 a.m.
A note on scale	L. Tankersley ("Cap'n Carnage")	1/6/00 10:28 a.m.
Re: A note on scale	Forensic	1/6/00 10:44 a.m.
Re: A note on scale	Tyrbiter	1/6/00 3:19 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Otokam	1/6/00 3:32 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Picky	1/6/00 5:23 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Nemesis	1/6/00 5:47 p.m.
Re: A note on scale	Mark Levin	1/8/00 12:54 a.m.
Context-Sensitive Music?	Loren Petrich	1/7/00 1:50 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	SiliconDream=PN=	1/7/00 2:47 a.m.
ROFL n/t	CyberBob =PN=	1/7/00 3:55 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Mark Levin	1/7/00 11:17 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Butcher	1/7/00 4:31 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	h'biki	1/8/00 8:49 a.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Butcher	1/8/00 12:50 p.m.
Re: Context-Sensitive Music?	Chris Huff	1/8/00 6:08 p.m.