“Sound is half of the picture.”

– G. Lucas

With this key area of my portfolio, I bring Best Practices and Optimization techniques.

Audio

Unity’s audio features include full 3D spatial sound, real-time mixing and mastering, hierarchies of mixers, snapshots, and predefined effects.

Unity Concepts

RMC Audio Package & Project Template

With Unity, the AudioSource plays back an AudioClip in the Scene.

Setting this up Unity audio from scratch is indeed straightforward. However, organizing your C# audio scripting in a scalable way is non-trivial.

The RMC AudioManager represents a great solution. Its freely available in the RMC Core package and ready for use in your next project.

Check it out!

GitHub Repo

• GitHub.com/SamuelAsherRivello/rmc-audio – Audio library & samples with project
• GitHub.com/SamuelAsherRivello/unity-project-template – Audio library & samples without project

Features

The following steps are completed for you in the sample project.

Audio Manager Usage

1. Import the RMC Core Unity Package
2. Drag AudioManager.prefab from /Packages/ to /Assets/
3. Create configuration via Unity ➜ Assets ➜ Create ➜ RMC ➜ Core ➜ AudioConfiguration
4. Populate configuration with AudioClips and AudioMixer
5. Call AudioManager.Instance.PlayAudioClip("SomeAudioClipName");

Audio Manager API

In this sample snippet, the AudioManager (ScriptReference) is plays an audio clip as the player jumps.

No additional C# setup is required for Audio. It just works 🙂

//
using RMC.Core.Audio;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEngine.InputSystem;

namespace RMC.MyProject.Scenes
{
    public class Scene01_Intro : MonoBehaviour
    {
        [SerializeField]
        private Rigidbody _playerRigidBody;
        private InputAction _jumpInputAction;
            
        protected void Start()
        {
            // Setup Input
            _jumpInputAction = InputSystem.actions.FindAction("Jump");
        }

        protected void Update()
        {
            // Check Input
            if (_jumpInputAction.WasPerformedThisFrame())
            {
                // Perform Jump
                _playerRigidBody.AddForce(Vector3.up * 10, ForceMode.Impulse);
                
                // Play Audio
                AudioManager.Instance.PlayAudioClip("Jump01");
            }
        }
    }
}
//

Beyond Unity Audio

While Unity’s built-in audio system is robust, there are specialized tools that offer additional functionality beyond Unity’s capabilities for advanced use-cases.

• Wwise – Professional audio middleware used for complex sound design and interactive audio
• FMOD – Cross-platform audio engine with real-time effects and live mixing capabilities
• CRIWARE – A versatile solution for high-quality audio in games and interactive media

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What’s Next?

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