Music Programming platform compatible with Unity?

Hy folks.

I'm a long time electronic musician and I recently offered to make some music for a game being made on Unity.

As I understand it, it's a small mobile game with very tight restrictions on file sizes, and I have to fit an entire soundtrack onto it.

Due to restrictions I figured I may be as well off actually programming the music from a small bunch of samples. rather then compose 6 or 7, 0.45 seconds long audio loops.

Are there any well known platforms or programmes/Compilers that will allow me to compose the music then compile it and hand it over as samples and code to the main unity file? or is the only way to record the tracks then compress them as small as possible to save space?
I've used FMOD, but it seems to be geared more around ambience, SFX and imported music files where as I am hoping for something with tempo grids and basic FX like a DAW.

 

Don't know about any programs like that.

For mobile, there are 2 concerns, total download size and "audio footprint size", meaning the amount of memory that's taken up at any one time by the audio.

By using Resource files, you can just load up one or two music clips at a time, and the rest won't be taking up any audio memory except when they're playing or getting scheduled to play after the current clip.

Not sure if you knew that. Our Master Audio plugin handles all that code for you by the way (loading / unloading / scheduling), and a ton of useful sound effects features as well.

 

Hurray
Some dude found it on another forum I posted to.

It's called a "music tracker" apparently, and yes there are several that are compatible with Unity (according to Unity's manual).

Happy days.

 

that can all be done in Fmod studio as well and Fmod is native to unity.

 

Hi,
you may check out psai. It's an interactive music engine which fits the process you describe: As a composer you can create an interactive soundtrack, check out and tune everything outside the game and then hand over the soundtrack package to the developer. The developer has to purchase and integrate the plugin, though.

https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/search/psai
www.homeofpsai.com

Cheers,
Jan

 

If you are developing for iOS, check out AudioKit, it is based on the Csound audio programming language and enables the creation of Music-N style operation codes using familiar Objective-C/Swift syntax.

 

Back when I use FMOD it had nothing like those features, are you saying it now has a beat sequencer? i.e., for constructing and looping complex rhythm from short percussion samples?

 

That sounds great, my audio programming modules in Uni was based in C++, so it is one I'm familiar with.
Definitely one I will look at when my new laptop arrives.