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This Property Editor contains the properties and behavior options for the selected Music Switch Container. Music object properties determine how the music sounds when it is played in your game. Music object behaviors determine which pieces of music are played back at any given point in the game.
The General Settings tab of the Property Editor is divided into three separate areas. The first area includes all the absolute properties, such as output routing. The middle area includes all the relative properties, such as volume and Low-Pass Filter. The last area, on the right, includes all the behaviors, including Switch type, tempo, and time signature.
For a complete description of absolute and relative properties, refer to About Properties in the Interactive Music Hierarchy.
For a description of the properties on the Conversion Settings, Effects, Positioning, RTPC, States, Transitions, Stingers, and Advanced Settings tabs, refer to Common Property Tabs: Interactive Music Objects.
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Inclusion
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Determines whether the element is included or excluded. When selected, the element is included. When unselected, the element is not included. By default, this applies across all platforms. Use the Link indicator (to the left of the check box) to determine or to set platform-specific customizations. When this option is unselected, the property and behavior options in the Property Editor become unavailable. |
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Name |
The name of the object. |
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Notes |
Any additional information about the object properties. |
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Controls the Mute and Solo states for the object and shows the implicit mute and solo states for the object. Muting an object silences this object for the current monitoring session. Soloing an object silences all the other objects in the project except this one. A bold M or S indicates that the Mute or Solo state has been explicitly set for the object. A non-bold M or S with faded color indicates that the object's Mute or Solo state was implicitly set from another object's state. Muting an object implicitly mutes the descendant objects. Soloing an object implicitly mutes the sibling objects and implicitly solos the descendant and ancestor objects.
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Relative Properties | ||||
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Voice Volume |
The attenuation (level or amplitude) applied on the current object before it is routed to a bus or sent to an Auxiliary Bus. Refer to Understanding the Voice Pipeline for more information about volumes. Default value: 0
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Voice Low-pass Filter |
A recursive filter that attenuates high frequencies based on the value specified. The units for this filter represent the percentage of low-pass filtering that has been applied, where 0 means no low-pass filtering (signal unaffected) and 100 means maximal attenuation. Default value: 0 |
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Voice High-pass Filter |
A recursive filter that attenuates low frequencies based on the value specified. The units for this filter represent the percentage of high-pass filtering that has been applied, where 0 means no high-pass filtering (signal unaffected) and 100 means maximal attenuation. Default value: 0 |
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Volume (to Output Bus) |
The attenuation or amplitude of the signal routed to the audio output bus. Default value: 0
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Low-Pass Filter (to Output Bus) |
A Low-Pass Filter for the signal routed to the audio output bus. A recursive filter that attenuates high frequencies based on the value specified. The units for this filter represent the percentage of Low-Pass Filtering that has been applied, where 0 means no Low-Pass Filtering (signal unaffected) and 100 means maximal attenuation. Default value: 0 |
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High-Pass Filter (to Output Bus) |
A High-Pass Filter for the signal routed to the audio output bus. A recursive filter that attenuates low frequencies based on the value specified. The units for this filter represent the percentage of High-Pass Filtering that has been applied, where 0 means no High-Pass Filtering (signal unaffected) and 100 means maximal attenuation. Default value: 0 |
Game-defined Auxiliary Sends | ||||
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Override Parent |
Determines whether the game-defined auxiliary sends usage will be inherited from the parent or defined at the current level in the hierarchy. When this option is not selected, the game-defined auxiliary controls are unavailable.
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Use game-defined auxiliary sends |
Determines whether the object is using the game-defined auxiliary sends for the game object. A game-defined send is a combination of an Auxiliary Bus and a send volume. Enable this option to have the object affected by the values coming from the game for the following functions: |
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Volume (Game-defined auxiliary sends) |
Determines the attenuation on the game-defined auxiliary sends volumes set for the game object. Use this volume to offset game-defined auxiliary send values. Default value: 0
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User-Defined Auxiliary Sends | |||||||
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Interface Element |
Description |
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Override Parent |
Determines whether the User-Defined Auxiliary Sends usage will be inherited from the parent or defined at the current level in the hierarchy. When this option is not selected, the user-defined auxiliary controls are unavailable.
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Click the Configure Columns... shortcut (right-click) option from the column header band. The Configure Columns Dialog opens. Specify which columns to display and their order. |
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ID column (User-Defined Auxiliary Sends) |
Determines the ID of the User-Defined Auxiliary Sends. Up to 4 different sends can be added. |
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Auxiliary Bus column (User-Defined Auxiliary Sends) |
Determines the Auxiliary Bus this object is sending audio data to. Auxiliary sends can only target Auxiliary Busses. To add an auxiliary send:
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[...] column (User-Defined Auxiliary Sends) |
Allow to select an Auxiliary Bus from the Master-Mixer Hierarchy. |
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Volume column (User-Defined Auxiliary Sends) |
Determine the attenuation of the signal sent to the Auxiliary Bus. Default value: 0
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Time Settings | |
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Interface Element |
Description |
Override parent |
Determines whether the time settings behaviors will be inherited from the parent or defined at the current level in the hierarchy. When this option is not selected, the time settings controls are unavailable. If the object is a top-level object, this option is unavailable. |
Tempo |
The speed or pace of the music object. This setting should match the tempo of the original music source. The tempo and time signature settings define the timeline ruler in the Music Editor, so you can easily position sync points at the next beat, bar, or grid. Default value: 120 |
Time Signature |
The number and length of beats to the bar. This setting should match the time signature of the original music source. Default value: 4/4 |
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Frequency |
Specifies an arbitrary method by which the Music Segment can be virtually partitioned. By adding another level of granularity to the Music Segment, you have a great deal of flexibility to determine sync points for music transitions, state changes, and stingers. The Frequency and Offset settings define the behavior of the Next Grid option for state changes, transitions, and stingers. |
Offset |
Creates an offset to the frequency value. You can select a standard offset value from the list or create a custom offset in milliseconds. |
Music Playback | ||||
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Playback Speed |
Adjusts the speed at which the music object's contents are played:
The playback speed affects different media types differently:
Default value: 1
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Music Switch Container Specific | ||
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Interface Element |
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Switch Type | ||
Switch |
Plays music objects within the container according to switches. |
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State |
Plays music objects within the container according to states. |
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Group |
The Switch or State Group assigned to the current container. The Group list contains all the Switch or State Groups that currently exist for the current project. The contents of the Group list depend on whether Switch or State is selected. |
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Default Switch/State |
The Switch or state that will be played when the game cannot identify a specific Switch or state. |
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Displays the selected state or Switch Group in the Game Syncs tab of the Project Explorer. |
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Continue to play on Switch change |
Determines whether a music object that is in more than one Switch will continue to play when a new Switch is triggered. If this option is selected and the music object is in both Switches, it will continue playing as if no Switch change had occurred. If a change in Switch occurs and this option is unselected, the music object will stop playing at the next sync point and will start again from the beginning. |
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