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=== Audio buses, routing and mixer ===
 
=== Audio buses, routing and mixer ===
  
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The definition of the sound buses and their routing is a very important part of the Master Bank.
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The definition of the sound buses and their routing is very important part of the Master Bank.
  
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* Master Bus<Br>The master bus creates the final submix of all buses routed to it before outputting audio to the speaker channels.<br>All buses, return buses, and events not assigned to a group are routed into the master bus.
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* Bus<br>
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* Bus<br>The bus is an object which helps to collect specific sounds to groups and centrally control their volume or mute state.<br>Any sound event in the game should be assigned to the corresponding prepared audio bus.
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* Routing<br>
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* Routing<br>Routing the events and buses by the mixer helps to control specific sounds in groups and applying effects (as a reverb) for the whole group of the sounds together.
 
  
 
Current table describes mixer principles in our Master Bank:
 
Current table describes mixer principles in our Master Bank:
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! Bus !! Routing to... !! Using for sounds... !! Remark
 
! Bus !! Routing to... !! Using for sounds... !! Remark
 
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| master ||  || ''- none -'' || Target for the central mixing of all other audio buses.<br>"Master" volume and mute state (from application settings) is applied to the bus.
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| master ||  || Example || Example
 
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| <--- cabin || ''master'' || ''- none -'' ||  
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| <--- cabin || ''master'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- interior || ''cabin'' || Individual truck interior sounds as for example:<br>air warning, blinkers, sticks, park brake, wipers, windows, seat noise... ||  
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| .....<--- interior || ''cabin'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- window_left || ''cabin'' || ''- none -'' ||  
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| .....<--- window_left || ''cabin'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- window_right || ''cabin'' || ''- none -'' ||  
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| .....<--- window_right || ''cabin'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- window_out || ''cabin'' || ''- none -'' ||  
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| <--- exterior || ''master'' || Example || Example
 
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| <--- outside || ''master'' || ''- none -'' || The bus should not contents any sounds. It is only technically group to collect all sounds from the outer world.
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| .....<--- traffic || ''exterior'' || Example || Example
 
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| ...<--- exterior || ''outside'' || ''- none -'' || The bus should not contents any sounds. It is only technically group to collect all exterior sounds.
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| .....<--- trailer || ''exterior'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- traffic || ''exterior'' || Sounds of the traffic system. ||  
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| .....<--- truck_effects || ''exterior'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- trailer || ''exterior'' || Player's trailer sounds. ||  
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| .....<--- truck_engine || ''exterior'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- truck_effects || ''exterior'' || Player's truck effects<br>(air cutoff, air gear, hook, horns, reverse, ...). ||  
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| .....<--- truck_exhaust || ''exterior'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- truck_engine || ''exterior'' || Player's truck engine.<br>([[Documentation/Engine/Sound/TruckEngine|see: Sounds - Truck Engine]]) ||  
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| .....<--- truck_noise || ''exterior'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- truck_exhaust || ''exterior'' || Player's truck exhaust.<br>([[Documentation/Engine/Sound/TruckEngine|see: Sounds - Truck Engine]]) ||  
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| .....<--- world || ''exterior'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- truck_turbo || ''exterior'' || Player's truck turbo.<br>([[Documentation/Engine/Sound/TruckEngine|see: Sounds - Truck Engine]]) ||  
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| <--- game || ''master'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- truck_noise || ''exterior'' || Player's truck noise<br>(aero noise, suspension noise, ...). ||  
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| .....<--- music || ''game'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- world || ''exterior'' || Prefab sounds, sounds of animations...||  
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| .....<--- navigation || ''game'' || Example || Example
 
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| ...<--- unprocessed || ''outside'' || ''- none -'' || The bus should not contents any sounds. It is only technically group to collect all exterior sounds which are not affected by sound processing (like reverb).
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| .....<--- ui || ''game'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- ambient || ''unprocessed'' || Ambient and environmental sounds and effects. ||  
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| .....<--- ui_music || ''game'' || Example || Example
 
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| <--- game || ''master'' || ''- none -'' ||  
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| .....<--- voiceover || ''game'' || Example || Example
 
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| .....<--- music || ''game'' || In-game music (as a 'hurry up' melody). ||
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| <--- radio || ''master'' || Example || Example
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| .....<--- navigation || ''game'' || Voice navigation output. ||
 
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| .....<--- ui || ''game'' || Sounds of the user interface<br>(click, mail, reward, camera, ...). ||
 
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| .....<--- ui_music || ''game'' || Music for UI (menu, garage, service, ...).  ||
 
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| .....<--- voiceover || ''game'' || Reserved for the future use. ||
 
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| <--- radio || ''master'' || Output for the in-game radio (user music) player. ||  
 
 
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Revision as of 12:26, 5 March 2020

Audio buses, routing and mixer

The definition of the sound buses and their routing is very important part of the Master Bank.

  • Bus
  • Routing

Current table describes mixer principles in our Master Bank:

Bus Routing to... Using for sounds... Remark
master Example Example
<--- cabin master Example Example
.....<--- interior cabin Example Example
.....<--- window_left cabin Example Example
.....<--- window_right cabin Example Example
<--- exterior master Example Example
.....<--- traffic exterior Example Example
.....<--- trailer exterior Example Example
.....<--- truck_effects exterior Example Example
.....<--- truck_engine exterior Example Example
.....<--- truck_exhaust exterior Example Example
.....<--- truck_noise exterior Example Example
.....<--- world exterior Example Example
<--- game master Example Example
.....<--- music game Example Example
.....<--- navigation game Example Example
.....<--- ui game Example Example
.....<--- ui_music game Example Example
.....<--- voiceover game Example Example
<--- radio master Example Example
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