workshop: csound and the unity game engine rory walsh · 2020. 12. 30. · saturday 26th november...

Saturday26thNovember2016,13:00-14:30,BewerungeRoom,MaynoothUniversity.

Workshop:CsoundandtheUnityGameEngine

RoryWalshAdaptiveaudioforgamespresentsaseriouschallengeforbothdevelopersandsounddesigners.Existingaudiomiddlewareoffersomesolutions,butfallwayshortofthekindoftoolssounddesignersareusedtoworkingwith.ThistalkwillfocusontheuseofCsoundasafullyintegratedsoundenginefortheUnity(3D)gameengine.ThetalkwillbeginwithalookatsomecoreelementsofUnity,includingbasicplayermovements,theUnityphysicsengine,camerasandscenes.ThiswillbefollowedbyanlookattheCsoundUnitypackageandintegrationofCsoundintoagame.DifferentapproachestousingCsoundasagameaudioenginewillbeexplored,aswellastechnicalissuesthatneedtobeaddressedwhendevelopingfordifferentplatforms.ThetalkwillfinishwithalookatarecentgamedevelopedbytheauthoraspartofaweeklongartistsresidencyatLoughDaninCo.Wicklow.Saturday26thNovember2016,15:00-17:00,BewerungeRoom,MaynoothUniversity.

Workshop:LiveElectronicswithCsoundandRaspberryPi

AlexHofmannandBerntIsakWærstad

InthisworkshopthebasicsofhowtosetuptheRaspberryPitoperformLive-ElectronicmusicwithCsoundisexplained.Moreover,waystointerfaceAudioSignals(USB-Soundcards,alternativesusingtheGPIOheader)andSensorSignals(throughArduinoorviatheGPIOheader)intoCsoundaredemonstrated.Participantsareencouragedtobring:-theirownRPI's(withemptyminiSDCard),sensorsandotherboards.-alaptopwithEthernetConnection-MidiController,orsmallMidiKeyboard-Headphoneswithmini-jackParticipantsarealsowelcometoattendandjustobserve.