Audio Solution for Unity

This asset provides an easy solution for playing audio clips, sound effects and music without needing to worry about managing Audio Sources. I've designed it to be simply plug-and-play with no setup required.

Features:

• Play an audio clip at any time and control playback without worrying about Audio Sources.
• Play a music track, automatically fading in and out between tracks.
• Create - and play - sound effect assets, assisting in setting up specific types of sounds (e.g. footsteps, gunshots, etc.)
• Play audio clips, music and sound effects easily from the Unity Resources folder.
• Helpful audio-related functions.

Setup

Simply import the package into your project and you're good to go. No additional setup is required.

• Download directly from the releases tab & import in Unity (Assets>Import Package).
• Import via the Unity package manager (Window>Package Manager).
  • Git URL: https://github.com/DavidF-Dev/Unity-Audio.git
    
  • Or add the following line to Packages/manifest.json:
    "com.davidfdev.audio": "https://github.com/DavidF-Dev/Unity-Audio.git"

Usage

No setup is required. To access the scripts, include the DavidFDev.Audio namespace at the top of your file. The core functionality of the asset is contained in the Audio static class, which exposes methods for playing audio clips, sound effects & music.

• Play(AudioClip, Position [optional], AudioMixerGroup [optional]): play the provided audio clip.
• Play(Path, Position [optional], AudioMixerGroup[optional]): play an audio clip loaded from the Resources folder.
• PlaySfx(SoundEffect, Position [optional]): play the provided sound effect.
• PlaySfx(Path, Position [optional]): play a sound effect loaded from the Resources folder.
• PlayMusic(AudioClip, FadeIn, FadeOut): play the provided music track.
• PlayMusic(Path, FadeIn, FadeOut): play a music track loaded from the Resources folder.

Calling Play() or PlaySfx() will return an instance of Playback which allows control of the Audio Source indirectly. E.g.

Playback playback = Audio.PlaySfx(sfx);
playback.Pause();
playback.Volume = 0.4f;
playback.Loop = true;

Sound effects are scriptable objects that can be added to your Assets. They are used for setting up specific types of sounds. An instance can be played by calling the Play() method or by passing it in to Audio.PlaySfx().

Examples

Audio.Play("Audio/death_scream", enemy.position);

This call will load the death_scream Audio Clip from the Resources folder and play it at the enemy's position.

Audio.PlayMusic(music, fadeIn: 1f, fadeOut: 0.75f);
Debug.Log($"Current music track: {Audio.CurrentMusic.name}");

Playing a music track will crossfade the new track with the old track, if one was already playing. The currently playing music track can be queried through Audio.CurrentMusic.

Playback playback = Audio.Play(clip, position: new Vector3(0f, 1f, 0f), output: output);
playback.ForceFinish();

An Audio Mixer Group can be provided to control where the audio signal is routed. Also, a sound can be stopped prematurely by calling ForceFinish() on the Playback instance. Note that - unlike with Audio Sources - Playback instances cannot be replayed once the audio has finished playing.

Contact

If you have any questions or would like to get in contact, shoot me an email at [email protected]. Alternatively, you can send me a direct message on Twitter at @DavidF_Dev.

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