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Sampl is a powerful audio graph builder integrated in the Unity Editor. It allows

you to bake unique procedural audio clips from noise, trigonometric or instrument primitives,

coupled with mathematical operations, filters, etc.

Sampl works natively with any render pipeline on any Unity version above

2020.3

Setup

The whole package is contained in the Sampl folder resulting from the import. You can move it wherever you want, but it is recommended to keep the same folder structure.

Basics

You can create a new Sampl graph from the right-click context menu in the project window.

Each graph is saved as a SamplObject in a .asset file. You can recognize

them with the Sampl logo. You can change some parameters from the inspector such as sampling frequency and the length of the clip.

You can open a graph by double-clicking on it. The window will try to dock itself next to the scene window, otherwise it will appear as a floating window, that you can dock manually.

The provided procedural rain example

Navigation

The navigation in the main canvas is similar to other graph editors such as Shadergraph or the animator. You can zoom in/out using scroll wheel, move by click & drag on the mouse scroll wheel. Nodes can be selected by clicking on it, by drawing a selection rectangle, or by using Ctrl + click. You can drag selected nodes to move them.

You cannot select or interact with links: they are 100% visual. To add a link, you must click and drag from an output, links cannot be created backwards. To remove a link you must remove one of the nodes it connect, click the red cross on its left, or connect another link to the same output node. There is a header on the top of each window containing information and buttons to save, save as, reload the graph, export all the export nodes, or show/hide stats on each node.

To create a new node, just right click on the canvas and a context menu will appear. You can also start building a link and releasing the mouse left button in a free space, the same context menu will appear and the link will be associated with the first input (if there is any) of the added node. You can cancel by pressing ESC.

Some nodes contain one or several parameters. You can change their value as a text edit or as a slider with the mouse.

Once you are happy with a node's clip, you can export it as a static wav clip using an Export node. You can use as many Export nodes as you want. So far, Sampl only supports WAV export.

You can browse the path by clicking on the Folder icon. Make sure you select a path included in the Assets folder of your project.

Nodes list

Multiply

Add

Subtract

Clamp

Invert

ShiftScale

Lerp

Warp

Reverse

Remap

Equalizer

Reverb

Delay

Maximize

Enveloppe

Resample

Fade

Widen

Constant

Noise

SineWave

Sawtooth

TriangleWave

SquareWave

SineRamp

DynamicSine

AudioClip

Outputs the given RenderTexture. If the render texture size is different than the one defined in the graph settings, the input texture will appear bigger/smaller accordingly on the children nodes.

Kick

Pad

Piano

Curve

Export

Troubleshooting

The graph is frozen, spams errors and no nodes are showing up

The Unity Editor can sometimes free up memory and delete some nodes audio clips. Try to change tab if it is docked, right click on the frozen sampl graph tab and select "close tab". Reopening the graph should solve the issue.

Contact

Feel free to contact me via e-mail: chaumartinleo@gmail.com

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-Seamless is a powerful graph builder integrated in the Unity Editor. It allows
+Sampl is a powerful audio graph builder integrated in the Unity Editor. It allows
-you to bake beautiful procedural textures from noise or geometric primitives,
+you to bake unique procedural audio clips from noise, trigonometric or instrument primitives,
-coupled with mathematical operations, image filters, etc.
+coupled with mathematical operations, filters, etc.
-Seamless works natively with any render pipeline on any Unity version above
+Sampl works natively with any render pipeline on any Unity version above
-.1.
-[[File:SeamlessLogo.png|thumb|366x366px|The Seamless logo. Fun-fact: it was created with the tool itself]]
+.3
 == Setup ==
-The whole package is contained in the Seamless folder resulting from the import. You can move it wherever you want, but it is recommended to keep the same folder structure.
+The whole package is contained in the Sampl folder resulting from the import. You can move it wherever you want, but it is recommended to keep the same folder structure.
 == Basics ==
-You can create a new Seamless graph from the right-click context menu in the project window.
+You can create a new Sampl graph from the right-click context menu in the project window.
-[[File:Seamless MAN1.png|frameless|330x330px]]
+[[File:Sampl2.png|frameless]]
-Each graph is saved as a SeamlessObject in a <code>.asset</code> file. You can recognize
-them with the seamless logo. You can change the texture size from the inspector.
+Each graph is saved as a SamplObject in a <code>.asset</code> file. You can recognize
-[[File:Seamless MAN2.png|frameless]]
+them with the Sampl logo. You can change some parameters from the inspector such as sampling frequency and the length of the clip.
-You can open a graph by double-clicking on it. On Unity 2019.2 and above, the window will try dock itself next to the scene window, otherwise it will appear as a floating window, that you can dock manually.
+[[File:Sampl1.png|frameless|713x713px]]
+You can open a graph by double-clicking on it. The window will try to dock itself next to the scene window, otherwise it will appear as a floating window, that you can dock manually.
+[[File:Image 2023-04-27 181556615.png|center|thumb|619x619px|The provided procedural rain example]]
 == Navigation ==
-The navigation in the main canvas is similar to other graph editors such as Shadergraph or the animator. You can zoom in/out using scroll wheel, move by click & drag on the mouse scroll wheel. Nodes can be selected by clicking on it, or by drawing a selection rectangle. You can drag selected nodes to move them.
+The navigation in the main canvas is similar to other graph editors such as Shadergraph or the animator. You can zoom in/out using scroll wheel, move by click & drag on the mouse scroll wheel. Nodes can be selected by clicking on it, by drawing a selection rectangle, or by using Ctrl + click. You can drag selected nodes to move them.
+You cannot select or interact with links: they are 100% visual. To add a link, you must click and drag from an output, links cannot be created backwards. To remove a link you must remove one of the nodes it connect, click the red cross on its left, or connect another link to the same output node. There is a header on the top of each window containing information and buttons to save, save as, reload the graph, export all the export nodes, or show/hide stats on each node.
+To create a new node, just right click on the canvas and a context menu will appear. You can also start building a link and releasing the mouse left button in a free space, the same context menu will appear and the link will be associated with the first input (if there is any) of the added node. You can cancel by pressing ESC.
-You cannot select or interact with links : they are 100% visual. To add a link, you must click and drag from an output, links cannot be created backwards. To remove a link you must remove one of the nodes it connect, or connect another link to the same output node. There is a header on the top of each window containing information and buttons to save, save as, and reload the graph.
-[[File:Seamless MAN3.png|border|center|frameless|725x725px]]To create a new node, just right click on the canvas and a context menu will appear. You can also start building a link and releasing the mouse left button in a free space, the same context menu will appear and the link will be associated with the first input (if there is any) of the added node. You can cancel by pressing ESC twice.
-[[File:Seamless MAN4.png|border|center|frameless|724x724px]]
 Some nodes contain one or several parameters. You can change their value as a text edit or as a slider with the mouse.
-Once you are happy with a result, you can export it as a static image using an Export node. You can use as many Export nodes as you want. So far, Seamless only supports PNG export.
+Once you are happy with a node's clip, you can export it as a static wav clip using an Export node. You can use as many Export nodes as you want. So far, Sampl only supports WAV export.
-[[File:Seamless MAN5.png|border|center|frameless|561x561px]]
 You can browse the path by clicking on the Folder icon. Make sure you select a path included in the Assets folder of your project.
 == Nodes list ==
-[[File:Seamless Primitive Nodes.png|thumb|770x770px|All the primitive nodes]]
-=== Preview ===
-Does nothing. Displays the input as it is.
-=== OneMinus ===
+=== Multiply   ===
-Computes the negative or R, G and B. Keep Alpha untouched.
-=== Add ===
+=== Add        ===
-Adds A and B channel-wise. Clamps automatically between 0 and 1.
-=== Subtract ===
+=== Subtract   ===
-Subtracts A and B channel-wise.
-=== Multiply ===
+=== Clamp      ===
-Multiplies A and B channel-wise. A multiplier float field let you ajust the result.
-===Pow===
+=== Invert     ===
-Applies the mathematical power function to Input with a float exponent.
-===Divide===
+=== ShiftScale ===
-Divides A by B channel-wise.
-===Clamp===
+=== Lerp       ===
-Clamps Input between Min and Max float parameters.
-===Step===
+=== Warp       ===
-Binarizes the input channel-wise, using a float edge between 0 and 1.
-===Lerp (since version 2.1)===
+=== Reverse    ===
-Perform a linear interpolation from A to B according to T channel-wise.
-===Hash (since version 3.1)===
+=== Remap      ===
-Perform a hashing of the input channel-wise. Simple way to randomize the input.
-===Blur===
+=== Equalizer  ===
-Applies Gaussian Blur to the input, using a float radius and an integer steps number parameters.
-===EdgeDetection===
+=== Reverb     ===
-Performs the input’s edge detection. You can adjust the steps number in pixels.
-===Normal===
+=== Delay      ===
-Computes normal map from a given heightmap. Only the red channel of the input is considered. You can adjust the strength of the normal effect with a float parameter.
-===Barrel===
+=== Maximize   ===
-Applies Barrel Distortion algorithm to the input. The power is controlled by a float parameter.
-===Spherize===
+=== Enveloppe  ===
-Maps the input on a sphere.
-===Curvature===
+=== Resample   ===
-Computes the curvature of the input. Useful for ambient occlusion estimation.
-===Luminance (since version 3.1)===
+=== Fade       ===
-Computes the grayscale luminance of the colored input. Dot product of (R,G,B) with (0.299, 0.587, 0.114)
-===TilingOffset===
+=== Widen      ===
-Tiles and/or offsets the input following the given parameters.
-===Rotate===
+=== Constant   ===
-Rotates the input of the given angle in degrees.
-===HFlip===
+=== Noise      ===
-Flips the input horizontally.
-===VFlip===
+=== SineWave   ===
-Flips the input vertically.
-===Splatter (since version 3.0)===
+=== Sawtooth   ===
-Splatters an Input following a grid size and randomizes its local position, rotation and scale following the entered parameters.
-===Warp (since version 3.0)===
+=== TriangleWave ===
-Warps an Input following to the given direction : Red channel for horizontal warp and green channel for vertical. Direction's blue and alpha channels are ignored. The intensity can be controlled with the Multiplier parameter.
-===Split===
+=== SquareWave ===
-Splits the 4 channels of the input into 4 B&W outputs.
-===Merge===
+=== SineRamp   ===
-Creates a RGBA output from 4 inputs. Only the red channel of each input is considered.
-===Color===
+=== DynamicSine ===
-Outputs a uniform color determined by a color picker.
-===RenderTexture===
+===AudioClip===
 Outputs the given RenderTexture. If the render texture size is different than the one defined in the graph settings, the input texture will appear bigger/smaller accordingly on the children nodes. <!-- If assets are reimported, the RenderTexture may be missing, just put it back in the object field. -->
-===Squircle===
+=== Kick       ===
-Creates a squircle according to the given parameters.
-===RoundedRect===
-Creates a rounded rectangle. Useful for capsule too.
-===Polygon===
-Creates a polygon according to the given parameters
-===UV===
-Creates a UV gradient. Horizontal linear gradient in R, vertical linear gradient in G, 0 in B and 1 in A.
-===Noise===
-Creates tileable IQ noise according to the given parameters.
-===Voronoi===
+=== Pad        ===
-Creates tileable voronoi noise according to the given parameters. Additionnal corollary outputs are also provided.
-===FractalNoise (since version 2.0)===
+=== Piano      ===
-Creates a tileable fractal IQ Noise according to the given parameters. Supports up to 8 octaves.
-===FractalWarp (since version 2.0)===
+=== Curve      ===
-Creates a tileable fractal warp based on IQ Noise according to the given parameters. Supports up to 8 octaves.
-===Export===
+=== Export  ===
-Let the user export a PNG image from the input. The image will have the same size as in the graph settings. If you export a normal map, don’t forget to apply the right import settings, Seamless won’t do it automatically.
-== Tips and tricks ==
-=== Make an existing picture seamlessly tileable ===
-Seamless main use case is procedural texture generation, but you can also use existing pictures and make them tileable thanks to the Splatter node. Here is how:
-* Create a CustomRenderTexture and sets its Initialization and update modes on OnLoad or Realtime according to your needs, and set your custom picture in the initialization texture field.
-* Make sure the CustomRenderTexture is the same size than the graph you want to use it in.
-* Create a new SeamlessGraph.
-* Add a RenderTexture node and  plug the CustomRenderTexture.
-* Multiply it with a 0.5 falloff, 32 sided polygon to fade the borders. Also, you should dim the result with the multiplier parameter to avoid overexposure later.
-* Plug it as a Splatter node Input. As long as you keep low scales (lower than 3), the output is guaranteed to be tileable. For higher scales, some seams may appear, or not, it depends on your input picture.
-* You can play with different parameters to fit your needs.[[File:Non Tileable to tileable.png|thumb|750x750px|This simple graph turns a non tileable picture to a tileable one.|center]]
 == Troubleshooting ==
-=== The node preview looks brighter than usual ===
+=== The graph is frozen, spams errors and no nodes are showing up ===
-You are probably using linear color space instead of gamma. Don't worry, the textures will contain exactly the same data, it is just displayed differently on the screen.
+The Unity Editor can sometimes free up memory and delete some nodes audio clips. Try to change tab if it is docked, right click on the frozen sampl graph tab and select "close tab". Reopening the graph should solve the issue.
-Legacy RP use gamma color space by default while URP and HDRP use linear by default.
-You can switch the color space in <code>Edit->Project Settings->Player->Other Settings</code> but be careful, if will change the visual aspect of your whole game.
-=== All my nodes turned gray when I opened the graph ===
-You probably left the graph's tab for a while and Unity unloaded the render textures to save up memory. Click on the reload button.
-=== The preview material is pink ===
-This issue can happen when switching scenes. Try to re-open the graph.
-=== The preview material looks overexposed and unlit when the metallic value goes below 1 ===
-This is a know issue in HDRP only. With a merge node, set a color whose green channel equals 0 in the occlusion slot (the actual occlusion is controlled by the red channel).
-=== The preview material displays the normal map in the wrong way ===
-Make sure your normal map alpha channel is not 0. Otherwise, the standard shader will try to unpack an already unpacked normal map.
 ==Contact==
 Feel free to contact me via e-mail: [mailto:chaumartinleo@gmail.com chaumartinleo@gmail.com]
-== References ==
-https://galloscript.itch.io/texgraph