Audio Feedback Thread

Most of the sample loops were proved by a 3rd party, yes.

Exactly, we are licencing (and in the future, recording) new material which is recorded in a different way (RPM sweeps from idle to redline and back). There is a lot of pre-processing done on these recordings to reduce noise and unwanted artifacts. We tend to have 3-4 microphones on the engine, and another 3-4 on the exhaust, plus AMBEO mic's in the cabin for futureproofing in case we need them - they are mixed and further processed with EQ, compression etc.. After this, we use a tool to identify the frequencies and RPM of the sweep at any given time, and use a granular synthesis system to create static RPM loops from the RPM sweep which then exports those loops for implementing in to the FMOD audio middleware system we use.

I can't say 100% that the old licensed loops are all from real cars, since some of them are really rather odd sounding to me, but for sure anything we add in the short to medium term will come from real cars. We are of course constantly looking at other technologies including procedural synthesis.

 

Yes, that sort of thing for sure. http://www.tsugi-studio.com have also been working in this area.

 

Hmm, well they confirmed to us that real cars are/were used, but wouldn't give any details on makes and models etc. How they were used... who knows.

 

Yep, the 1600 was from a Ford Fiesta WRC and the 2000 a Toyota Corolla with a 2L turbo Audi.

 

Because the new sounds won't work for a basic showroom vehicle. You don't want them sounding like a rally car. IIRC they also wanted to keep to original engine sounds for race variants, and just replace the exhaust, but the option is there to change if you want to.

 

I have absolutely no idea. There are general changes being made all of the time. So many, we don't document them, just highlight anything which is considered more important.

 

Thank you for the feedback, that's great to hear. It's been a struggle to get to this point as there are certainly limitations I have to adhere to, and there's still improvements to be made.... of course, the sounds are 50% of the solution. Implementation and a great physics engine are needed to to make it all work well

 

Thanks a lot for the feedback. We use the same roll and skid sound events for all different types of tyre, so trying to get it to work with all of the different combinations isn't the easiest. I'll have a think and see what I may be able to do. For us, realism is extremely important, within the constraints we need to work within (there are significant limitations within audio generally so as not to consume too much CPU bandwidth). You'll find that everything is going on, from a skid audio point of view, but is being covered up by the extra loud exhaust.