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* there's a text on sound and music at [[Stendhal Sound]]
== Introduction (needs summary or integrate below) ==
* wiki page is quite old and needs to be updated
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== Types of Music ==


* main goal of music is to add ambient/atmosphere
* humana: hey... I want more sound in this game, maybe music!... I thought about a new house... for example a jazz house... there are some musicians (is that the right word) which are playing music... you can do there for example a new quest too ... how do you think about this?
* music should be played adaptively according to the place and situation, to give it more value.
* humana: maybe first just one place for music ... it's difficult to write songs for all places in stendhal...
** storyteller made some great examples of this, see patch tracker
* hendrik: And too many other things to work on.
* vomit: there's a text in the wiki about this
* humana: what kind of music?
* humana: I can do maybe something with cheatdomi
* vomit: chilling tunes
* humana: I like it if there is a jazz house!
* storyteller: humana, I already produced a four music tracks for Stendhal :)
* vomit: maybe ambient or classic with a touch of medieval tunes
* humana: it's difficult to write something for all places vomit
* humana: you want for dungeons for example other music
* humana: storyteller? where can I hear this music?
* storyteller: it is added to the patches tracker
* storyteller: it´s something for ambient/atmosphere
* miasma: we could take midi-files.
* superkym: storyteller's music is really good. but adding to the game it is another thing
* storyteller: I produced it myself
* humana: okay teller I will hear it
* humana: kymi? what do you mean?
* superkym: pepsz, you can write this already
* plassy: maybe we can find some music at jamendo.com... it's creative common
* humana: I like some music for your heart
* humana: like blues and jazz

== Types of Music (needs summary) ==

== File Format (needs summary) ==
* vomit: in the wiki stood something about ogg
* vomit: would flac do it either?
* vomit: i have one ambient track but it's in mp3
* miasma: midi-files can be repeated the whole time aren't so big files and you can make them easy at home
* blackfinix: convert it to ogg
* blackfinix: ogg is open source
* blackfinix: flac is open source
* kiheru: with flac we would get rather large download sizes
* miasma: i'm for midi-files.
* vomit: flac would just be the source
* superkym: i'm pretty sure the wiki says what specifications we have, doesn't it say oggs?
* vomit: you could downsample it then for your own desired size
* blackfinix: a midi composition would work miasma. but i am not sure if he game can handle them
* plassy: midi and linux isn't a good idea
* humana: midi...
* blackfinix: if it was midi it would definitely have a retro sound to the game :)
* vomit: i think it should be ogg
* storyteller: do you think about 8-bit music?
* blackfinix: yes ogg is best bet
* storyteller: retro style? ;)
* plassy: full ack to ogg
* miasma: i think a retro touch like lufia or secret of mana or sth. is not bad for a game like these
* storyteller: thats right miasma
* vomit: but midis are tooooo oldschool
* miasma: i could try to make midi-files. thanks to guitar pro :D
* tigertoes: i dont think you can get the range in midi files as you can in ogg

== Other (needs summary) ==

* storyteller: no, I think we should not take music from anywhere...
* humana: storryteller what do you mean?
* plassy: what do you mean with anywhere?
* storyteller: well, to take it from any other source... Because of the copyright etc
* plassy: its a game
* humana: yes and a game has a background music
* humana: you can mute the music
* pepsz: more for example the people how you ignore can see why you ignore hem when try speak with you
* Oslsachem: music usually adds atmosphere to the game but not gameplay
* humana: so I don't know now... what do you think about a Blues or Jazz house?


* vomit: and there should be a soundtrack file, which you are able to download extra
* blackfinix: vomit yes ... like the sound files now
* superkym: adding music would still be rather a major change


* blackfinix: ok we can put that off for now, or create a ccommittee to look into it
* humana: who wrote music for stendhal already?
* superkym: it's not a minor thing which we can just make happen, it's a major thing needed, as far as i remember
* vomit: atmospheric sounds in ogg would be better
* miasma: but not your ambient music, vomit. i think ulthar isn't a good choice. in dreamscape maybe ;)
* Oslsachem: music should be played adaptively according to the place and situation, to give it more value.
* plassy: whats the problem with music... there is support for sound in java... or am I wrong?
* samson: I don't care about music / sounds as long as I can switch them off
* blackfinix: yes samson.
* plassy: so who did the original sound stuff?

* there should be different music for cities, forest, dungeons to add atmosphere
** storyteller made some great examples of this
** some are very pretty and quiet and suitable for outdoors, a meadow
** some are very pretty and quiet and suitable for outdoors, a meadow
** some are dark and scary like for a dungeon
** some are dark and scary like for a dungeon
** a jazz room was suggested, does it fit into the world?
** a jazz room was suggested, does it fit into the world?
* need to compromise between file size and loops being long enough not to get monotonic
* need to compromise between file size and loops being long enough not to get monotonic
* files provided and [http://arianne.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/arianne/stendhal/data/music/ committed to CVS]
** [http://arianne.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/arianne/stendhal/data/music/Deep_Forest.ogg Deep_Forest.ogg] (This music by storyteller from patch 2665588 is ideal for outdoors as it has bir..., 2009)
** [http://arianne.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/arianne/stendhal/data/music/Demiurgo_ANewHomeland.ogg Demiurgo_ANewHomeland.ogg] (Added final version of demiurgos song, 2006 )
** [http://arianne.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/arianne/stendhal/data/music/Sacred_Moments.ogg Sacred_Moments.ogg] (This piece of music by storyteller from patch 2672345 has a majestic and serious..., 2009)
** [http://arianne.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/arianne/stendhal/data/music/The_Forsaken_Mine.ogg The_Forsaken_Mine.ogg] (This is written by storyteller, atmospheric background music ideal for caves or ..., 2009)
** [http://arianne.cvs.sf.net/viewvc/*checkout*/arianne/stendhal/data/music/The_Old_Tavern.ogg The_Old_Tavern.ogg] (This is written by storyteller, and he comments that ' This background soundtrac..., 2009)


== File Format ==
== Triggering Background Music (needs summary) ==

* mp3 is problematic
* midi
** midi-files can be repeated the whole time aren't so big files and you can make them easy at home
** midi and linux may be a problem
** midi would have a retro touch, like lufia or secret of mana or sth.
* ogg
** midi files can be converted
** prefered by many people
** cannot get the range in midi files as you can in ogg

== Controlling the music ==


* music is played by client
* music is played by client
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* the music files should be shipped with the client, just like tiles and images are, but as a separate package
* the music files should be shipped with the client, just like tiles and images are, but as a separate package
* streaming is considered to consume too much resources like bandwidth, streaming is not required for synchronizing
* streaming is considered to consume too much resources like bandwidth, streaming is not required for synchronizing
* plan:
* plan: 1. Make mute persistent, 2. include the sound files in stendhal-0.xx.zip, 3. include the music files in stendhal-FULL-0.xx.zip
*# Make /mute persistent ({{tracker|2880973}}).
*# include the sound files in stendhal-0.xx.zip (it made sense to have an extra download years ago when the music was twice as large as the client, but that is not true anymore)
*# include the music files in stendhal-FULL-0.xx.zip

== Other ==

* we need to be carefully when taking music from any other sources because they may be copyrighted although marked as free
* it should be possible to switch sound/music off
* music needs quite a bit of coding, the existing sound system needs some cleanup
* there are ogg files provided to test with, so the missing computer code is the show stopper


== Volunteers ==
== Volunteers ==

Latest revision as of 03:44, 1 March 2010


  • there's a text on sound and music at Stendhal Sound
  • wiki page is quite old and needs to be updated


Types of Music

  • main goal of music is to add ambient/atmosphere
  • music should be played adaptively according to the place and situation, to give it more value.
    • storyteller made some great examples of this, see patch tracker
    • some are very pretty and quiet and suitable for outdoors, a meadow
    • some are dark and scary like for a dungeon
    • a jazz room was suggested, does it fit into the world?
  • need to compromise between file size and loops being long enough not to get monotonic
  • files provided and committed to CVS
    • Deep_Forest.ogg (This music by storyteller from patch 2665588 is ideal for outdoors as it has bir..., 2009)
    • Demiurgo_ANewHomeland.ogg (Added final version of demiurgos song, 2006 )
    • Sacred_Moments.ogg (This piece of music by storyteller from patch 2672345 has a majestic and serious..., 2009)
    • The_Forsaken_Mine.ogg (This is written by storyteller, atmospheric background music ideal for caves or ..., 2009)
    • The_Old_Tavern.ogg (This is written by storyteller, and he comments that ' This background soundtrac..., 2009)

File Format

  • mp3 is problematic
  • midi
    • midi-files can be repeated the whole time aren't so big files and you can make them easy at home
    • midi and linux may be a problem
    • midi would have a retro touch, like lufia or secret of mana or sth.
  • ogg
    • midi files can be converted
    • prefered by many people
    • cannot get the range in midi files as you can in ogg

Controlling the music

  • music is played by client
  • on commands provided by the server
  • music should depended on zone, "atmosphere" property of zone that is sent to client
  • synchronization
    • there is an unwritten rule that all the players should see the same thing
    • problem: player A enters a zone, the music starts to play, player B enters 30 seconds later. For them to hear the same thing the music for player B has to start 30 seconds in
    • the music should fade in, there is no need to hear it from the start
    • music is not really part of the game world so it may be okay to start at the beginning every time, to make coding simpler for now
  • other triggers
    • there might be special music during a fight against a very strong monsters
    • it was suggested that music may be faster when low on health

Multiple programs with music

  • music should only be played if the Stendhal client is the active window
  • so when you have two clients open (for example while testing) you don't get a mess
  • a workaround would be to mute one client manually.
  • for example when the other music source is not related to Stendhal

Shipping Music Files

  • the music files should be shipped with the client, just like tiles and images are, but as a separate package
  • streaming is considered to consume too much resources like bandwidth, streaming is not required for synchronizing
  • plan:
    1. Make /mute persistent (#2880973).
    2. include the sound files in stendhal-0.xx.zip (it made sense to have an extra download years ago when the music was twice as large as the client, but that is not true anymore)
    3. include the music files in stendhal-FULL-0.xx.zip

Other

  • we need to be carefully when taking music from any other sources because they may be copyrighted although marked as free
  • it should be possible to switch sound/music off
  • music needs quite a bit of coding, the existing sound system needs some cleanup
  • there are ogg files provided to test with, so the missing computer code is the show stopper

Volunteers

  • storyteller and miasma volunteered to do the music
  • hendrik volunteered to fix /mute and include the sound files into the normal stendhal-0.xx.zip download, so that the music files can go into stendhal-FULL-0.xx.zip
  • plassy volunteered to do the java coding
  • it may be a good idea to join #arianne on irc freenode. Please ask there if you have any questions or issues.
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