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Question Audio soundscapes for environment/ambient noise in different parts of level?

Discussion in 'Audio & Video' started by begluka0, Jun 10, 2023.

  1. begluka0

    begluka0

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    Hello guys,
    I'm not sure how I should implement soundscapes into my unity 3d project.

    By a soundscape, I mean that in different areas of the level you have different ambient sounds playing.
    Is there already an component/option in the audio source for this, or am I supposed to code it myself?

    I'm thinking of having trigger box colliders that define the area I want the sound to be playing in, and then activate the audio source in a script by using OnCollisionEnter() function, but is there a better way of doing this?

    I apologize if this question is an obvious one, I'm pretty new to audio in unity, and now that I'm finishing up my project, I have to learn how to do it.
     
    begluka0, Jun 10, 2023
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  2. SeventhString

    SeventhString

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    Hi!

    There is no official component such as ambiance zones our zone random sfx. This is the kind of thing sound designers have the *pleasure* to implement themselves.

    Something I like to do for ambiances:
    • make a big box collider representing your "ambiance zone"
    • when the player is outside this zone, place an audiosource on the edge of that zone (closest point to the player) and spatialize this source
    • the closer you get, the more you shift the sound from 3D to 2D, until you're in there where it's completely 2D
    This way, you can get a sense of "where the ambiance is coming from" when you get closer and once you're in there, it is everywhere around you.

    Hope this helps!
    Cheers!
     
    SeventhString, Jun 21, 2023
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  3. begluka0

    begluka0

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    Thanks for your answer! I will try looking into that.
    Pretty stupid a solution doesn't exist in the editor already...
     
    begluka0, Jun 27, 2023
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  4. SeventhString

    SeventhString

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    I agree so much with this o_O
    I did take a stab at it on a side project, some of that code is here but I don't have a sample scene to showcase it yet... maybe there is some inspiration to gather form that, maybe it will just be more confusing... sorry if it's the latter! :p
     
    SeventhString, Jun 27, 2023
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