{"id":5015,"date":"2024-07-08T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/?p=5015"},"modified":"2024-08-03T13:31:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T04:31:48","slug":"adx-beginners-guide-12-interactive-music-with-aisac-and-selectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.criware.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/adx-beginners-guide-12-interactive-music-with-aisac-and-selectors\/","title":{"rendered":"ADX Beginner\u2019s Guide #12 \u2013 Interactive Music with AISAC and Selectors"},"content":{"rendered":"

In episode 11<\/a> of this beginner’s guide, we explored dynamic mixing with REACT, which helps us balance the different audio components of a game.<\/p>\n

Of course, one type of audio component – on which we focused until now \u2013 are the sound effects (ambiences, character Foley etc\u2026). But in this post and in the next, we will examine another important component: music, and more specifically, interactive music.<\/p>\n

Indeed, ADX offers many features to implement interactive music systems: we will start by using AISAC or Selectors, to focus on Block Playback in the next post.<\/p>\n

Using AISAC<\/h1>\n

One of the easiest structures to grasp in interactive game music is the layering and stacking of musical elements to change the overall musical intensity. Each layer can represent different instruments that are gradually incorporated into the music, or a series of stems that become more elaborate as the game progresses.<\/p>\n

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Adding instruments gradually to the music is a good way to create a sense of progression. For example, it can add intensity as the player completes a level. It can also provide directional cues as the character approaches a place of interest.<\/p>\n

One of the easiest ways to do this in ADX is to set up a Cue, with each track corresponding to an instrument, and then use an AISAC to progressively blend them into the music. Later, in the game, you can link the percentage of completion of a level to the desired AISAC Control to change the music in real-time.<\/p>\n

To do that in AtomCraft:<\/p>\n