[gameprogrammer] Re: Sound Effects

On Monday 14 August 2006 13:22, David Olofson wrote:
> I have no idea what's most common, but I've seen (heard) pretty much
> everything; sounds from old commercial games that have been put in
> the public domain, original recordings, synthesized sounds etc.
>
> Some are probably stolen, or based on stolen sounds from commercial
> games and movies, but that's a legal gray zone. I wouldn't go there,
> for several reasons, moral and others.

As expected. And yes, I'm trying to avoid that, though it doesn't seem easy so 
far - hence me asking. :)

> Record and process. You can use vocoders, extreme resonant filters,
> distortion and other effects to transform pretty much anything way
> beyond reconition.

I've been thinking about that, I just have yet to figure out how to do it.

> You can also create sounds from scratch using various types of musical
> synthesizers. Virtual analog synths and modular synths and similar
> (Csound, SuperCollider, Nord Modular and whatnot) are probably the
> most appropriate types for traditional sci-fi style sounds. Of
> course, the more powerful the tools, the harder it is to get them to
> do what you want... :-D

Indeed. I've installed csound, but haven't really gotten around to figuring it 
out yet. My only previous experience with synth sounds is hacking up sounds 
through hex numbers on the C64, so I have a lot to learn yet.

> Generally, the licenses of the more expensive CDs allow you to use the
> sounds in pretty much any way you like, short of just selling them as
> is.
>
> The cheaper ones are either, uhm, not quite as good - or they may have
> a license that does not allow commercial use, so you have to pay
> extra for a different license. Could save some $$$ if you only need a
> few of the sounds in the library.

Very useful information, thanks! Most store websites are very quiet about 
licensing details etc. from what I've found.

> (BTW, the game *data* doesn't have to be GPLed, just because the code
> is... Hint: Id Software.)

True. I've mentioned the GPL a bit prematurely; I do intend on making the code 
GPL, but we haven't yet decided on the licenses for gfx, music etc.; it very 
likely won't be the GPL, though I do want to keep it as "free" as possible.

Very helpful hints, thanks a lot!
Marian.

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