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WORKSHOP: Adaptive Music in Video Games
Composers workshop with games composer Borislav Slavov (Crysis 2, Crysis 3) and Helge Borgarts
Friday, Nov 21, 2014, 10:00am – 06:00pm
Workshop fee: 390.00 Euro (including full SoundTrack_Cologne 11 accreditation)
Goal: The Adaptive Music Workshop is meant for music professionals who want to get familiar with the contemporary Interactive Music for Video games.
The Workshop is divided in 3 parts:
Part I: Theory. What is all about? Techniques in producing Adaptive music for Video Games
Part II: Interactive music set based on your own original composition (Practical, onsite).
Part III: Advanced Adaptive Music Techniques & Project assignment for all participants
Necessary preparation for the participants:
For exercise on-site the participants, prior to the workshop, should prepare an original piece of music and render
it into 5 separate wav stems with the following specifications:
All stems must be same length and must be part of the same composition
• First stem must be a legato-harmony: i.e. it should contain legato strings, synths, pads, sparse accents etc. No big hits, no breaks etc. Overall, the stem‘s key word is – ‚Ambient‘. Use at least 4 different instruments for this stem.
• Second stem must be rhythmic: i.e. spiccato, staccato strings, light rhythmic synths and light rhythmic percussions like shakers, movers etc. Use at least 4 different instruments in it.
• Third stem must be the heavy percussive instruments: acoustic, electronic and other modern percussion instruments. Use at least 4 different instruments in this stem.
• Fourth stem must be a of all the brass: swells, melody lines, passages, stabs etc. Use all the brass instruments for this stem - trumpets, french horns, trombones, tubas.
• Fifth stem is not obligatory, but If you can, record some live solo instrument.
All stems must be the same length, chord progression, key & BPM, i.e. they are the components of the same composition.
All stems need to be provided in wav format 44/16 online prior to the workshop as one ZIP (the file name should be this form: “am-[your full name].zip”) file with a text file included. The text file needs to include the name and a short bio of the participant and a short description of the composition.
No limitation for the style of the composition.
During the course we will learn how the composition is turned into interactive music.
Workshop contents
Part I - Theory
• Interactive and Adaptive Music
• The Music Implementation
• What is Music Implementation?
• Main trends in Composing and Implementing Adaptive music
• LIVE DEMO
Part II – Students Project
• Student projects will be checked and open discussion on turning each one into interactive music set. Detailed feedback will be given to each participant.
Part III
• Advanced Adaptive Music Techniques
• The Future of the Adaptive Video Game Music
• LIVE DEMO 02 – Interactive Music Modulations and style changes.
• Changing from Minor to Major key in real time
• Adaptive Track style change in real time – from symphonic to ethnic
• Participants Project Assignment - Adaptive Music Prototype in WWISE.
Projects need to be completed in 4 weeks and remotely sent to the workshop lecturers as YouTube demo video. Each project will receive a remote individual assessment and feedback.
Completion Time for the assignment: 4 weeks
Terms and conditions
The application deadline is MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 2014, 09:00am CET.
Submissions have to be sent online. Please send the download link to workshop[at]soundtrackcologne.de.
Please understand that we cannot accept your submission, if:
- You send your submission via web pages that require registration before downloading (e.g. Dropbox).
- Your ZIP file name is not in this form: am-[your full name].zip
- Your submission is not sent as ONE ZIP file or if it requires other software to unpack than ZIP or the ZIP file requires a password to open.
- Your email with the download link arrives later than November 10th, 2014, 09:00am CET.
- You don’t send a text file with your name, your biography and a short description of the composition.
The number of participants for this workshop is limited. The participation fee including full accreditation for SoundTrack_Cologne 11 is 390,00 Euros including VAT. All accepted submitters will receive an invitation by email together with an invoice for the participation fee and further information.
For questions please refer to workshop[at]soundtrackcologne.de
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