Questions tagged [sound]
Audio (heard) output of a game.
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How to implement engine sounds for racing games on weak systems without the use of tools like FMOD?
Asking this question because I want to implement performant sound handling on weaker systems. While focusing on such systems are a deadend since everyone has fast devices, I still want to do this as a ...
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Can I use music/sounds licensed by "CC BY-ND 4.0" in a commercial game?
I want to use music in my game as background music, that is licenced by "Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International". The licence says that it can be used commercially, but it also says ...
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Unity 2022.3.45f1 no sound with external DAC
I use a Fiio K11 DAC to improve sound quality and quickly switch between headphones and speakers. Unfortunately Unity doesn't seem to be able to communicate with the device. From my understanding ...
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How do I create a "sound field" using steam-audio?
The Steam-Audio library docs say the following:
You can use Ambisonic audio clips for sound fields: sounds playing from many directions around the listener. Ambient sounds are often a good candidate ...
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Can I insert sound in the tooltip?
Before this, I try to insert an image in a tooltip and it was already done. But right now, I want to try to insert a sound in the tooltip. What I want to do is when I point my cursor to the object it ...
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How to create basic spatial sound?
I am working on a very basic first person project. Given a sound source's X Y Z coordinates and the camera's X Y Z as well as the angle the camera is facing, I would like to know how these values can ...
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How can I reduce the file size of my Unity build that contains lots of audio files?
I create a mobile app in Unity that use lots of MP3 files.
Would you please tell me if there are any simple and easy softwares or tools that can reduce the MP3 file size ?
Or does Unity have a way to ...
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Best moment to trigger sounds in 2D games
As a test project I am creating a 2D tower deffense game in Godot (C#). My question is about best practices in the industry on how to manage sound effects.
One of the enemies is represented by an Orc ...
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How to play a sound when changing the value of a tkinter scale
I'm making a settings menu for my game, and would like to know if it is possible to play a sound every time a value of a scale is changed. For example, the user changes the scale from 1 to 2, a sound ...
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How can I come up with unintelligible spoken speech like what can be heard in The Sims?
When I search for "Voice Samples" and "Unintelligible Voice Samples" I can only find vocals of singers or just background noise of people talking at the distance, like a crowded ...
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When do you need to add sound effects?
I am making a small 2D sidescrolling shooter and have all the basics done now. I have a player, enemies, different weapons and a map. I am unsure about at what point in development you should add ...
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How can I make explosions sound more harmonious?
I'm working on a game* which has lots of explosions.
Audio feedback is important. If the explosion is large, or nearby, the player may want to take immediate action. I want a scaling audio cue for ...
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How to implement a big audio source and a cluster of audio sources?
I have a 3D game. The sound engine supports:
playing ambient music to the player (two channels always the same)
playing static sounds from a single position in space
playing mobile sounds from a ...
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why isnt this playing a sound?
This code is supposed to play a sound when I press 'E' but it's not working. also keep in mind I'm new to unity and coding in general so don't be to harsh if I made a really dumb mistake.
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How to play sound in WebGL build in Unity?
I have a project that works fine when I build for windows, but doesn't work when I switch platform to WebGL. The [SerializeField] AudioClip variables in the ...
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