(Updated Oct 6 2024 with new notice – see this reply)
Hey everyone,
I’m OffGridDude, and I’m the Founder of Audioscape. What’s Audioscape? It’s an app that creates original music for your game.
Pick a music genre (like horror, cinematic, lofi, chiptune, synthwave), and our app crafts a unique, copyright-free track that you can edit and make variations in different styles/genres. It’s tailor-made for game developers with loop points and intensity controls.
For Roblox devs, we’ve just opened up our free private beta. We’d love feedback from Roblox Developers. Sign up here.
Here’s how the music sounds in-game.
Quick Demo of the App (scroll down for a full tutorial)
Full tutorial
Here’s a full walkthrough from creating music in Audioscape, uploading it into Roblox Studio, and implementing it in your game with our sample code.
Drop some honest thoughts below! For the latest, join our Discord, and follow us on Twitter, YouTube.
Future Plans
Expanding our genres (let us know what music you’d like to see/hear!)
More intuitive Roblox code samples
More ways to change the music the vibe dynamically in response to gameplay
No problem Tarf. We programmed the app to use an email address for your login on the site. I’ll check to see if we can modify the site to accept a username instead of an email address.
Would you like to try it if you we can figure out a way to not require an email?
Thanks for your feedback. We ask those first two questions to be compliant with privacy regulations.
And yes, there are a number of generative, or AI music sites out there. Make sure to read their terms of service as some don’t license their music in games at all, or require a higher tier of subscription for gaming use.
In terms of how we’re different: we are 100% focused on game developers, and we want them to have great music in their games, and for that music to be integrated well (eg: changing loops, melodies, vibes, and styles as players progress through the game).
As for the authentication method we use – yes, I’m sure we could integrate a different auth mechanism. This is our beta, and there are many things we can improve with the site, but we wanted to get it out there to developers first, so we could get your feedback, and improve the RIGHT things first.
While this is true, they are only asking for your country and whether or not you are an adult. However, they still should not be asking all of this for a simple application to their closed beta. I used a spare email that I created mostly as a joke.
Week 1 Update
Thank you Roblox developers! We had a number of developers try the tool out this week, and we had some great suggestions and some bugs reported.
Improvements: based on your feedback, we’ve updated our “horror” engine with new sounds and background “pulse” rhythms – try it out!
Bugs fixed: Chill, Cinematic, Horror, and Horror+ had a bug where they would render in mono. That is fixed, and they render in glorious stereo now. Enjoy.
This weekend we’re presenting a Roblox Creator Event hosted by @AnimalBot99 – a live demo of Audioscape’s music app and AMA.
Great music can elevate your game to the next level. Let’s connect, share ideas/questions, and push the boundaries of game audio together-- your music, Roblox stock music, and music made with Audioscape.
I wanted to get back to you @MrArronSH – you can indeed sign up for an Audioscape account “without” using an email address in the username. And you can do it without filling out the survey. But, you’ll need to DM me (or ping me in our Discord) to let me know that you signed up, so we can activate you (otherwise, we have no email to use to inform you of your activation).
Thanks to the 100+ Roblox devs who’ve tried out the Audioscape music beta!
Based on your feedback, we’ve released an update to Audioscape today that brings:
Crazy fast tempos: Devs asked for fast tempos. We added tempos up to 200bpm (faster than a speed metal song!). Want Lofi at 200bpm? You’ve got it. It sounds like this:
But really, Chiptune is better suited to fast tempos:
Vinyl Crackle: you asked for more authentic Lofi, and we added real vinyl crackle to some lofi drum parts. It sounds like this:
Improved Drum Tracks: we remastered our drum tracks for better quality at all tempos – especially the extra-slow 60bpm.
Thanks for all your ideas – keep them coming! Our private beta is still open! Scroll up to our initial post for more info and where to sign up.
i don’t get why i need to tell you where I LIVE of all things, like the age is mildly intrusive but asking someone where they live?? for an app service?? like why??
Your question is answered in the previous responses, and the survey is totally optional. You don’t have to fill it out. Just sign up for an account and DM me here and we’ll activate you.
We closed the Audioscape private beta in July 2024 (see details below) but plan to re-launch our generative music engine soon. In the meantime, try our Roblox Audio Discovery and free Boombox/Music Player. Thanks to everyone who gave us feedback – it drove our new strategy below.
Longer Story
Based on the feedback we received from Roblox developers, we learned that copyright-clean music was only PART of what devs need. As Roblox challenges developers to level-up their games towards AAA game quality, audio remains the crucial missing piece. Sound effects and environmental audio make the virtual world sound “real,” and music sets the emotional landscape. Hence our name “Audioscape.”
AAA games have iconic audio environments consisting of thousands of hand-crafted audio files programmed into the game by dozens of specialists. Roblox and independent game developers have a fraction of the budget and team size of big studios. Audioscape is focused on helping developers with new tools that automate and accelerate that process.
In September 2024, we released two new tools focused on Audio Discovery and Music:
for sign-up instructions.