Unity audio basics

Unity supports several audio effects, including the Duck Volume Audio Effect, which allows us to manipulate an audio signal's volume.

The term duck refers to making the audio signal quieter.

We can use a variety of audio formats in Unity. You can see the four formats listed here:

  • Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF
  • MP3
  • Ogg Vorbis (OGG)
  • WAV

If you have audio assets that are in a file format different from these four, you can probably use a free audio conversion tool to change the file format.

When we import an audio file into a Unity game, the file becomes an audio clip. Audio clips can also be created from within Unity by using your computer's microphone. You can even create audio clips via scripts during your game. ...

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