Composing For Video Games Using Gestural Control

Genki Instruments, creators of the Wave gestural controller, shared this video that profiles Icelandic composer Viktor Ingi Guðmundsson and explores how he is using gestural control in scoring a new video game.

The video was filmed at his studio at Myrkur Games, where he is the audio director. In the video, he discusses scoring music for The Darken, a fantasy adventure video game.

Genki also shared two additional videos, embedded below, which look at some of the technical details of his setup.

In the first video, above, he discusses MIDI setup for controlling orchestral virtual instruments. He discusses using three controller presets:

  • 1st preset: controls modulation in orchestral libraries for a natural sounding flow.
  • 2nd preset: controls modulation on the Y axis with tilt and expression with pan on the x axis, making Wave act as a controller in Straylight.
  • 3rd preset: controls master volume.

The presets are available for download at the Genki site.

In the second video, he discusses using the Wave as an X/Y controller with Native Instruments Straylight:

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