Audio Singleton Audio Manager for 2D game

Hi, I've been looking around for the best way to implement audio in a 2D game. The most common way I've found (on Brackey's, Unity Learn etc.) is to make a singleton audio manager and play everything through this. However it doesn't seem like using this method will give the sounds any kind of spatialization or panning and everything will just sound like it's coming from the centre. Am i right about this or am i missing something? Or is this a non issue that I'm struggling to come to terms with? Any help, advice, or opinions would be much appreciated.

 

Try implementing AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint() to get the spatial results you're wanting.
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AudioSource.PlayClipAtPoint.html

 

Thanks, I'll give that a look.

 

Don't have a pool of audiosources.
Have a pool of gameobjects that each have their own audiosource component.

If you need the audio to play from a specific location, just move the gameobject to that location.
If you need the audio to move while it's playing, then move the gameobject.
If you need the audio to follow another game object, just set it's parent to the other gameobject, and attach and detach as needed.

 

That's a nifty solution. Thanks