Getting Started with C++ Audio Programming for Game Development. Written specifically to help C++ developers add audio to their games from scratch, this book gives a clear introduction to the concepts and practical application of audio programming using the FMOD library and toolkit

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• Getting Started with C++ Audio Programming for Game Development
  • Table of Contents
  • Getting Started with C++ Audio Programming for Game Development
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • About the Reviewers
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  • Preface
    • What this book covers
    • What you need for this book
    • Who this book is for
    • Conventions
    • Reader feedback
    • Customer support
      • Downloading the example code
      • Errata
      • Piracy
      • Questions
  • 1. Audio Concepts
    • Sound waves
    • Analog and digital audio
    • Multi-channel audio
    • Audio file formats
    • Summary
  • 2. Audio Playback
    • Understanding FMOD
    • Installing FMOD Ex Programmers API
    • Creating and managing the audio system
    • Loading and streaming audio files
    • Playing sounds
    • Checking for errors
    • Project 1 building a simple audio manager
      • Class definition
      • Initialization and destruction
      • Loading or streaming sounds
      • Playing sounds
      • A note about the code samples
    • Summary
  • 3. Audio Control
    • The channel handle
    • Controlling the playback
    • Controlling the volume
    • Controlling the pitch
    • Controlling the panning
    • Grouping channels together
    • Controlling groups of channels
    • Project 2 improving the audio manager
      • Class definition
      • Initialization and destruction
      • Loading songs and sound effects
      • Playing and stopping sound effects
      • Playing and stopping songs
      • Controlling the master volume of each category
    • Summary
  • 4. 3D Audio
    • Positional audio
    • Positional audio in FMOD
      • Creating an audio source
      • Setting the audio source's position and velocity
      • Setting the audio source's direction
      • Setting the audio source's range
      • Setting the audio listener's properties
      • Integration with a game
    • Reverb
    • Reverb in FMOD
      • Creating a reverb object
      • Setting reverb properties
      • Setting reverb position and radius
      • Setting the default ambient reverb
    • Obstruction and occlusion
      • Obstruction and occlusion in FMOD
    • Effects
      • Effects in FMOD
      • Example 1 time stretching
      • Example 2 simple radio effect
    • Summary
  • 5. Intelligent Audio
    • Audio files versus sound events
    • Introducing the FMOD Designer
    • Simple events
      • Examples of simple events
        • Avoiding repetitive sound effects
        • Creating a footsteps sound loop
        • Creating a breaking glass sound effect
        • Creating an ambient track of singing birds
    • Multi-track events
      • Examples of multi-track events
        • Creating an interactive footsteps sound loop
        • Simulating the sound of a car engine
        • Creating a complex ambient track of a forest
    • Interactive music
      • The vertical approach (re-orchestration)
      • The horizontal approach (re-sequencing)
    • Calling sound events from the game code
    • Summary
  • 6. Low-level Audio
    • Representing audio data
    • Playing audio data
    • Loading a sound
    • Playing a sound
    • Pausing a sound
    • Looping a sound
    • Changing volume
    • Changing pitch
    • Changing panning
    • Mixing multiple sounds
    • Implementing a delay effect
    • Synthesizing a sound
    • Summary
  • Index

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