Hello there! We’re trying to implement an adaptive music system into our game (using FMOD and UE4), and so far there’s been mostly success but I was wondering if there’s a good way to fade into and out of labelled parameters, similar to how you would using a transition timeline. We have about 8 tra…

We’ll let the staff confirm, but from what I know, discrete (or labelled) parameters don’t permit to make smooth transitions. You have to use continuous parameters which you’ll call at appropriate values (ie round integers) and the right seek speed (and put the values in the right order…). But I ag…

I’m glad you agree! I’ll try converting to continuous and see if I can alter the seek speed to smooth things out further, my understanding was that the playhead wouldn’t travel along the timeline between the absolute values called by the engine but rather jump to it similar to using labels, but I i…

Yes, the seek speed means it moves along all the values in-between the start and the final values (but it’s not a “timeline”, as you say). In the case of discrete or labelled values, it would have no sense having the exact same behavior, that’s why I said “an equivalent to seek speed”, that would si…

[image] AlannaMatler: I was wondering if there’s a good way to fade into and out of labelled parameters, similar to how you would using a transition timeline. At the time of writing (March of 2021), there is no way to achieve this using labelled parameters. We recommend using continuous para…

+10, I’d say. I really think this feature, quite easy to implement, would open up new worlds in adaptive music. Please make it soon, at least on the volume!

+1 for the feature! You can currently do this using mixer snapshots but the setup is not as clean as you might want it, since it involves using two windows and you won’t have the benefit of seeing automation curves. Under a Music mixer group make a dedicated Return for each track. Remove all auto…

@magomusica , yes, that’s neat (though a bit heavy to implement…). That’s in line with some suggestions I’ve given here , though we were talking about the “submixes” version of vertical adaptive music (this post is more about the “stems” version). However, this upcoming feature would work in every cas…

Just to clarify, what you are asking for is property seek speed? So in our terminology, the parameter is the input and the thing that is being automated is the property. Seek speed currently only applies in the parameter space, so to get a smooth change of property you have to transition through all…

[image] mathew: Just to clarify, what you are asking for is property seek speed? Yes, that’s exactly the case: Suggestion: seek speed on... everything!

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fbpsound July 21, 2021, 3:52pm 6

+1 for this feature!

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