The Dutch Tune (For Ember) on a Hilbert Curve Adam Sporka 2017-08-03 | Visualization of the audio signal of my chiptune "The Dutch Tune (for Ember)" on a Hilbert curve. A half of the 11th order Hilbert curve is drawn from its beginning to its end as the music plays. The colors correspond to the signal which was being played back at the time of drawing. Inspired by Outsider Art 2017 in Caslav :-)Yellow: MelodyGreen: Harmonic padsBlue and violet: Textures and bassListen to this musicon SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka/the-dutch-tuneMy Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaMy SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Music Design: Between Game Development and Music Composition Adam Sporka 2022-08-15 | To access the entire course, please go to:skillshare.com/r/profile/Adam-Sporka/5377083?gr_tch_ref=on&gr_trp=on
Undertone Series: Why Do Computers Play out of Tune? (Game Audio Bytes #4) Adam Sporka 2022-05-14 | Let's talk about undertone series: What it is, how it can be used and how it should NOT be used!Support me on Patreonpatreon.com/adam_sporkaGame Audio Bytes repositorygithub.com/adam-sporka/game-audio-bytes0:00 Amtrak train horn an udertone series?0:20 Undertone series definition0:46 Overtone series mirror undertone series1:05 Frequency division for digital control of pitch2:17 Constraint 1: Limited resolution of high-pitched tones2:33 Approximating chromatic scales using undertone series3:57 Constraint 2: Counter range limits the bass4:30 POKEY chip of ATARI 400 and newer computers4:50 Pitch discontinuity is what makes the sweeps crisp4:46 SOUND 3,A,14,5: The "A" is the undertone series member index 5:14 ATARI 2600: Even more constrained5:28 Surprise Kingdom Come: Deliverance cameo5:35 The Undertone Organ in Gradrigo5:48 Shameless self-promo6:04 Nerdy encorehttps://adam.sporka.euStudio2600 for the Atari VCS by Norbert Landsteiner:http://www.masswerk.at/rc2018/04/studio2600Keywords: #gameaudio, undertone series, acoustics, intonation, cheap hardware, sound effects, retrocomputing
Channel Order Trap in 5.1 Audio (Game Audio Bytes #3) Adam Sporka 2022-02-09 | When making Kingdom Come: Deliverance, we almost delivered the music in half of the cutscenes in the wrong 5.1 channel order. Watch this video to see what happened, how we fixed this, and how we started preventing this from happening again.0:00 Introduction0:35 Audio files often come without channel labels1:02 Mono is safest1:10 Stereo has 2 possible orders1:49 5.1 channels: Film standard L-C-R-Ls-Rs-LFE2:38 Stereo downmix from 5.12:58 5.1 channels: SMPTE standard L-R-C-LFE-Ls-Rs3:15 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 5.1 experience4:25 Listening exercise: Can you spot the wrong stereo downmix?5:03 What exactly happened?5:31 How to fix the channel order?6:04 Channel mismatch prevention6:28 Can this issue be ignored? Spoiler: No.Support me on Patreonpatreon.com/adam_sporkaGame Audio Bytes repository (almost empty now, more content to be added later):github.com/adam-sporka/game-audio-bytesKingdom Come: Deliverance OST:kcdsoundtrack.comGet Kingdom Come: Deliverance:kingdomcomerpg.comhttps://adam.sporka.euKeywords: #gameaudio, channel order, 5.1, surround, spatial audio, infrastructure, project setup, bloopers, exercise
44.1 kHz vs 48 kHz: Dangers of Audio Sample Rate Mismatch (Game Audio Bytes #2) Adam Sporka 2022-01-11 | PSA: Be mindful of the sample rate (sampling frequency) you use for your audio production and in your game audio engine. A mismatch can go unnoticed and will ruin your project.Edit: This video is not about high-end music studio production pipelines, those sometimes use specific settings and often much higher sample rates, 96 kHz and even more. The context is general game audio development.0:00 Introduction0:59 Interactive exercise1:28 Clip #11:53 Clip #22:16 Clip #32:44 Clip #43:13 Clip #53:27 Clip #63:50 Clip #74:14 Clip #84:35 Clip #95:02 Clip #105:22 Answers (clicking here spoils the exercise)5:54 How come it's even possible?6:08 Real-world examples of unchecked mismatchesMusic sources:* Kingdom Come: Deliverance OST (kcdsoundtrack.com)* The Wasteland Wailers' music (open.spotify.com/artist/4BZshM1flCiaS95CxQ7I9y?si=yEIRBTn-QP289TCgi18rag)* My SoundCloud (soundcloud.com/adam_sporka)Keywords: #gameaudio, sample rate, sampling frequency, infrastructure, project setup, 44100 Hz, 48000 Hz, bloopers, exercise
Overtone Series: Now You Hear It, Now You Dont (Game Audio Bytes #1) Adam Sporka 2021-12-30 | This video looks at overtone series (harmonic series) an illustrates how tricky the perception of harmony can be. Game Audio Bytes is a new series of short videos illustrating important concepts in game audio and related fields.I used my Gradrigo VST. Get it for free at https://adam.sporka.eu/gradrigo.htmlPlease consider joining my Patreon at patreon.com/adam_sporkaKeywords: Overtone series, harmonic series, partials, harmonics, sinewave, experiment, demonstration, tutorial, software, game audio.
FMOD Studio in Unity: The Very Basics (Game Audio Bytes #0) Adam Sporka 2021-12-14 | In this video:* What to download* How to create a one-shot sound and a sustained atmosphere FMOD events* How to produce a perfect loop in REAPER using a synthesizer* How to import the FMOD Unity package to your project* How to trigger the two FMOD events using Event Emitter component
Adaptive Music in Kingdom Come: Deliverance – Developers Interface (No Speaking) Adam Sporka 2021-04-21 | This video shows the debug interface of the Sequence Music Engine which drives the music in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. The interface list all pieces of in-game music of KC:D. By setting the values of the variables using the built-in consle I simulate the communication from the game. The engine then handles the seamless transitions. Shown: Exploration Music, Combat, Skip Time Music.Music, tech design, and implementation by Jan Valta and Adam SporkaGet the game at kingdomcomerpg.comGet the soundtrack at kcdsoundtrack.com
Gradrigo – Real-time Sound Effects in Unity Adam Sporka 2021-04-18 | How to use Gradrigo as a procedural audio generator for sound effects in Unity, directly controlled by your game.Repository with this game: github.com/adam-sporka/gradrigo-test-gameGet Gradrigo from: https://adam.sporka.eu/gradrigo.htmlPlease consider supporting the project via patreon.com/adam_sporkaCommercial license of Gradrigo available!
Gradrigo – Language Tutorial Adam Sporka 2021-04-08 | Gradrigo is a procedural audio generator based on a simple programming language. You can use it as a video game SFX middleware, as a VST synthesizer and as a live-coding platform.0:00 Welcome + URL of the IDE download0:22 Acronym GraDriGO0:45 The core concept: Audio generation grammar1:56 Example of grammar: Alarm clock in Gradrigo.3:35 Example of grammar II: Some more basic syntax4:02 Single-character box names4:18 Output volume5:11 Fade-out5:44 Fade-in6:25 Subsequences7:20 Timing in Gradrigo, incl. BPM-based durations10:17 Built-in generators: Square, sawtooth, and noise12:36 Tuning in Gradrigo, incl. MIDI note numbers15:03 Polyphony16:00 Polyphony in subboxes17:30 Global variables18:20 Voice variables + passing parameters to boxes19:47 Syntactic shorthand: Sequence of instances of the same box21:43 Sequence variables22:17 Mathematical operations23:10 MIDI input handling24:20 @loop and @release: A simple release envelope25:56 ConclusionGet the tool from here: https://adam.sporka.eu/gradrigo.htmlPatreon: patreon.com/adam_sporka
Gradrigo – Procedural Chiptune Synthesizer for Game Audio and Music Adam Sporka 2021-04-03 | Gradrigo is a musical instrument as well as a procedural audio generator. You can use it as a video game SFX middleware, as a VST synthesizer and as a live-coding platform. It's a new audio programming language, combining the approach of CSound, and SuperCollider on one side and ByteBeat on the other.Project home page: https://adam.sporka.eu/gradrigo.htmlPatreon: patreon.com/adam_sporka
Real-Time Sound Effects with Gradrigo Adam Sporka 2021-03-24 | Gradrigo can be used as a simple middleware for procedural audio. Check out Gradrigo at https://adam.sporka.eu/gradrigo.html
Plexigan VST – If Hammond Organ was a Medieval Music Instrument Adam Sporka 2021-02-16 | Plexigan VST is a prototype of a hypothetical electro-mechanical instrument similar to Optigan. It is available as a VST3 and as a standalone .exe file (Windows).Download experimental demo build from:https://adam.sporka.eu/download/plexigan-0.1.1-demo-14172620.zipPlease let me know if it doesn't work but please note it is presented as is. It's still a work in progress and a 30-minute demo version. Make sure to go over readme.txt to check the license.Please consider becoming my patron on Patreon to get the full version.patreon.com/adam_sporkaI will be releasing additional sample banks every now and then :-)
Adhaesio – Render Music from Kingdom Come: Deliverance Adam Sporka 2021-01-01 | Jan Valta and I are very proud and happy when we see YouTubers utilizing our music in their videos about KC:D and other topics. Here is a tool that facilitates this. Adhaesio is an experimental prototype tool for rendering (bouncing) the non-linear (adaptive) ingame music as a linear medium by running Sequence Music Engine on our server according to the user-specified playlist.Available at (see username/password below):kcdsoundtrack.com/adhaesioMy Patreon:patreon.com/adam_sporkaGet Kingdom Come: Deliverance:kingdomcomerpg.com
Základy zvuku v Unity Adam Sporka 2020-12-21 | The very basics of sound in Unity (in Czech).Game Audio Tutorial Discord:discord.gg/zSXTNQB0:20 AudioSources + Clips1:40 Smyčky, výška/rychlost přehrávání, přehrávání pozpátku2:40 2D a 3D zvuky, Dopplerův jev6:47 AudioSource.Play()8:45 AudioSource.PlayOneShot()10:25 Zvuky pomocí prefabů11:10 Intermezzo 1: freesound.org13:07 Intermezzo 2: ffmpeg14:00 Zvuky pomocí prefabů (pokračování)16:50 Instance audio prefabů v náhodných místech18:06 "Perfect loops" pomocí nástroje REAPER22:25 Programování jednoduchého velnutí (fade-in)24:59 Útlum hlasitosti se vzdáleností (volume roll-off)28:57 KonecPříkaz ffmpeg pro konverzi souboru:ffmpeg -i input_file output_fileREAPER:https://www.reaper.fm
Gradrigo Live Coding Demo (Old Syntax) Adam Sporka 2020-11-11 | This video shows a previous version of Gradrigo, featuring a different syntax. The newest tech is available from https://adam.sporka.eu/gradrigo.htmlGradrigo is a new Swiss Army Knife of chiptune synthesizers. It can be a sound effect generator, a VST for chiptune production, or (as shown in this video) a live coding platform. More videos about Gradrigo are coming. Please subscribe to stay tuned!
House in C Minor (MIDI Animation) Adam Sporka 2020-04-16 | We interrupt this program to bring you the MIDI-driven Stick Figure Band performing their latest hit "House in C Minor".(A bit of technical background: In addition to the usual MIDI tracks in REAPER which are fed to various VST synthesizers, I made some MIDI tracks, each for a separate members of the band, telling them when to move. The position of the keyboard players corresponds to the melody they're playing. The screen behind them shows Game of Life, synchronized to the beat. The scene is rendered in Unity.)Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporka SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Přišla bída, mor a hlad [Poverty and Famine] (authors cover) Adam Sporka 2020-03-16 | Looks like Dan Vavra's lyrics of this song (2016) were not only about the past (1403) but also about the future (2020). Sheet music available on my Patreon: patreon.com/posts/sheet-music-for-45600400 :-)Original: youtube.com/watch?v=ivvEDZw79dAkingdomcomerpg.comTwitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporka SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
L-system Images Looking a Bit like Bulgarian Embroidery Adam Sporka 2020-02-04 | Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporka SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
PICO-8 #tweetcart Music Generator Adam Sporka 2019-10-25 | #tweetcart is a fun recreational programming discipline. You need to write a piece of Lua code for PICO-8 fantasy console which fits into a single tweet -- 280 characters. This is my super simple generator of random melodies on a pentatonic scale with even simpler visualization.q=poker=0x3200s={0x2d2c,3,65,16,67,32}t={0,2,3,5,7}for i=1,#s,2 doq(r+s[i],s[i+1])endsfx(0)cls()::_::flip()l=stat(20)pset(2*l,44,15)if l==31 thencls()for x=0,31 doy=r+x*2n=12+t[flr(rnd(#t)+1)]q(y,n)q(y+1,94-x%8*2)line(2*x,42,2*x,42-n,1.7*(7-x%8))endendgoto _Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Latency Test with OpenSL ES Audio API on Xiaomi Mi A1 Adam Sporka 2018-05-08 | Playing a piece of Awake on my Android 7.1.2 phone to test the latency using a default patch in Caustic DAW. The sounds of impacts come approx. 100 ms before the onsets of the tones. Not perfect but already usable for real-time performance! :-)Original here: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka/2011-11-21-awake
16-step Sequencer in VCV Rack? Adam Sporka 2017-09-18 | Check out Game Audio Bytes, my new tutorial series here on YouTube:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv7rDYxnCykUdr8zxVKseMQduPFecZG49December 2021 edit: This video made most sense when VCV didn't with the vast majority of boxes it does these days. At that point, 16-step sequencer did not exist and had to be emulated as shown.Original text from 2017: VCV Rack is fun! This is my hack of a 16-step sequencer. I am using two rows of a SEQ-3 to specify a 16-step sequence and an additional SEQ-3 to drive the pair of A*B+C used as a multiplexer.patreon.com/adam_sporka
My Atari 800XL Still Works :) Adam Sporka 2017-08-24 | Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Transport Tycoon Controlled by Whistling Adam Sporka 2017-05-07 | I wanted to see if our Whistling User Interface still works. It does! Here it is used to play Transport Tycoon. I used an online port of Transport Tycoon Deluxe at epicport.com/en/ttd for this test.Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
2-bar PICO-8 Beat Sequencer Adam Sporka 2017-04-24 | Playing with a minimalist beat sequencer I implemented using PICO-8. Give it a go at http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=27770Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
PICO-8 Audio #tweetcart Adam Sporka 2017-04-11 | #tweetcart is piece PICO-8 code in 140 characters or less which generates some sensible output. See twitter.com/lexaloffle/status/748208157160312833 and twitter.com/hashtag/tweetcarta=12800poke(a+65,8)poke(a+67,31)poke(a+133,8)poke(a+135,31)for i=a,a+64 dopoke(i,i)poke(i+68,1+i)endsfx(0)sfx(1)function _update()endTwitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporkatwitter.com/lexaloffle/status/748208157160312833
Go Home, Pixels, Youre Drunk Adam Sporka 2017-02-24 | Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
128x72 Color Cycler :-) Adam Sporka 2017-02-21 | A silly little thing written in my new "fantasy assembler" running on a 64KB emulated machine which never existed :-)Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Underworld Siege by Benjamin Soulé #pico8 Adam Sporka 2017-02-09 | A lovely game by Benjamin Soulé for PICO-8 fantasy console. Play it here: http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=2319Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Adeste, Pure Data! A makeshift 16-step Sequencer Adam Sporka 2016-12-25 | A quick hack of a 16-step sequencer made in Pure Data, controlled by the Novation LaunchControl, during Christmas chill-out :-)Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Plexigan – a Proof-of-concept VST (WIP) Adam Sporka 2016-11-26 | Announcement of the alpha release:youtube.com/watch?v=BT0FpD_rPgkOriginal text from 2016: During my weekend procrastination I started coding this little VST synthesizer plugin, inspired by Optigan, an instrument from the 1970s. My synth has 9 synchronized loops (channesl) of audio (currently organ sounds), representing 9 different tones selected between C3 and G5. When a tone from this set is played, the synth simply copies the loop to the output. When a note outside this set needs to be played, the playback speed needs to change to accommodate this, just like a PCM synth would. The fun comes with the fact that the playback speed is the same for all loops and so the entire playback comes with notable pitch glitches.This synth hasn't got a name yet and the digital signal interpolation needs work. Other than that, I'd say it's a successful proof of concept.(BTW, the reverb you can hear has been added using a different plugin. I don't really plan to have reverb path in my synth.)Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
A Simple Kohonen Network on PICO-8 Adam Sporka 2016-10-09 | Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
zapp-alike, a game prototype for #pico8 Adam Sporka 2016-09-27 | My submission for this event:http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=27729Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Orthogonal Fireworks [PICO-8 Cartridge] Adam Sporka 2016-05-22 | PICO-8 is a fun console!Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Meteoritic Roof-o-Mat on PICO-8 Adam Sporka 2016-05-16 | My first PICO-8 cartridge :-)Play here: http://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=3357Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
48 Hours without Daylight [Chillstep] Adam Sporka 2016-03-27 | 2016 remake of my "ballad of jet lag induction and recovery", written during my November 2013 trips when I skipped couple days of daylight due to sleeping cycle getting out of sync.Download available on my SoundCloud soundcloud.com/adam_sporka/48-hours-without-sunlight-2016-remakeTwitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
A tribute to Xonix; a work in progress Adam Sporka 2015-12-30 | My little Christmas afternoon project. I always wanted to make my own implementation of this game :-)Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Chiptune with a Twist [Chiptune Visualization] Adam Sporka 2015-08-05 | Better quality on Vimeo: vimeo.com/135452060[Please watch in HD.] My chiptune with visualization. Each bubble represents a MIDI note. Visualization coded in Processing. The entire audio synthesis has been done using ~8 instances of Superwave P8 VST plugin.Download available on my SoundCloud:soundcloud.com/adam_sporkaFollow me on twitter:http://twitter.com/adam_sporka
LHR Layover Music (Atari 800XL) Adam Sporka 2015-07-08 | An Atari 800XL piece written while trying not to fall asleep last week at LHR when returning from our Wasteland Wailers' meetup. The video was rendered using Atari800Win Plus 4.0. The content is a scripted injection of data to the emulated Atari computer, driven by Raster Music Tracker's screen. A very simple OCR of the RMT's screen did the trick. (I coded this during Fall 2014.) The audio was rendered in a separate Atari800Win Plus session and then sped up a little bit to match the video frame rate.Twitter: http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
For Ember Adam Sporka 2015-02-15 | Download from soundcloud.com/adam_sporka/for-ember . That version has perhaps a bit punchier opening.A piece I'm going to perform at the HWCon 2015 (@HWConvention) in the Netherlands this week. Ember is their mascot :-)Disclaimer: This tune will have nothing to do with the Overmare Studios' FoE RPG game. But I am a proud member of the Wasteland Wailers, the resident TOmS' music team.Twitter:http://twitter.com/adam_sporkaSoundCloud:soundcloud.com/adam_sporkasoundcloud.com/wasteland_wailers
Ultrafast Galactic Bebop from Outer Space Adam Sporka 2015-01-30 | (2015) So novel that critics won't get it. So retro that it's beyond hipsters. So funky that Pinkie Pie would love it. A little piece I'm going to perform at the upcoming party of the Faculty of Informatics at the Czech Tech University in Prague and at Hearth's Warming Con 2015 (@HWConvention) in the Netherlands.Patreon: patreon.com/adam_sporka
End of Summer Adam Sporka 2015-01-04 | Recorded using authentic Atari 800XL hardware.Uploaded on SoundCloud April 24, 2011.http://adam.sporka.eusoundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Atari Forever Adam Sporka 2015-01-03 | Recorded using authentic Atari 800XL hardware.Uploaded on SoundCloud March 5, 2011.twitter.com/adam_sporkasoundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Grimlock Warriors Pacific Routine Adam Sporka 2015-01-02 | My contribution for a retro game called Grimlock Warriors being developed by Jadus. Written in Santa Cruz, California.www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV22xz4mpeUReleased: June 4, 2013http://adam.sporka.eusoundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Sweetie Bot Reggae [Chiptune] Adam Sporka 2014-09-29 | Get more here: soundcloud.com/adam_sporka/sets/ready-atari-800xlMusic made using Raster Music Tracker and then rendered via Atari800WinPlus emulator. The track cover contains an image from a cool collection of pixel ponies pixelatedponies.tumblr.com and is used with permission of its author who meanwhile has taken his blog offline. Too bad, I have no idea how to contact him now :(
Awake [Chiptune] Adam Sporka 2014-09-27 | Music made using Raster Music Tracker and then rendered via Atari800WinPlus emulator.Published November 21, 2011http://soundcloud.com/adam_sporkahttp://adam.sporka.eu
The Story of Three Medium-sized Giraffes [Chiptune] Adam Sporka 2014-09-26 | Music made using Raster Music Tracker and then rendered via emulator called Atari800WinPLus.Published June 29, 2014soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
Five Fifty-Five [Chiptune] Adam Sporka 2014-09-22 | 555 SoundCloud Followers Special. This track features 5/4 rhythm to celebrate the numeral '5'.Music made using Raster Music Tracker and then rendered via emulator called Atari800WinPLus.Published August 16, 2013soundcloud.com/adam_sporka
