MIDDLESCANNER

Volume change inspection function using middleware (currently Wwise) that uses AZSTOKE's patent

✔ Solving the problem “MIDDLESCANNER

This is a function to inspect the volume change value by audio middleware (currently: Wwise).

Automatic adjustment is performed by Reaper to reflect the changed volume value of the middleware.

✔ Measure the volume change of middleware

Game sounds are output through speakers via waveform data to a game engine.

Dedicated middleware is used for sound adjustment.

In Gold 1.0.0, we have released “MIDDLESCANER” which is compatible with Audiokinetic's Wwise. Because it is very difficult to adjust the sound of a game from waveform data, it is often adjusted by changing the volume on the middleware.

In such cases, the waveform data and the final output volume value of the game will differ greatly.

Since the output volume differs when waveform data is edited, added, or adjusted, the volume to be exported during production using a DAW must take into account the volume change value on the middleware.

Editing on middleware that has become complex is more difficult to take into account.

To address such issues, the “MIDDLESCANER” function is used to acquire the amount of volume change.

✔ Fader measurement flow

As shown in the figure, the volume can be changed at various points, and many game titles become increasingly complex in the latter stages of development. As a result, even the person who changed the fader cannot tell how much he or she changed the volume.

We have succeeded in automatically acquiring the amount of volume change and throwing the amount of change to Reaper.

✔ Measure only DRY sound

Various routing methods exist for making measurements.

The most typical of these is routing using AUX BUS, such as reverb.

Since the purpose of this measurement is to obtain the volume change of the sound itself and reflect it on the DAW, it may be desirable to deal with the addition of reverb that occurs when switching stages in a game, etc. without considering it.

However, if all the AUX BUS signals are excluded, the DRY sound may be affected by the use of AUX BUS.