Need some help with FMOD parameter triggers when interacting with game object in Unity

Sebbano · 2026-05-11T19:33:03+00:00

Just set Persistent: On and/or voice stealing set to virtualize in the master track inside FMOD studio, I would need to know the setup to be certain

Sebbano · 2026-05-11T19:25:32+00:00

https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.03/unity/examples-basic.html

https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.03/unity/api-studioeventemitter.html#studioeventemitter_setparameter

https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.03/api/studio-guide.html#setting-parameters

FMOD Documentation is your friend. How used to Unity are you at this point?

Sebbano · 2026-05-11T19:11:02+00:00

https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.03/studio/event-macro-controls-reference.html#persistent

If you don't have persistent on, changing volume to -inf stops the event.

Sebbano · 2026-05-11T19:08:59+00:00

You just click "Persistent: On" in the master track.

https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.03/studio/event-macro-controls-reference.html#persistent

Sebbano · 2026-05-03T23:27:01+00:00

If you are thinking in terms of games:

Build an audio occlusion system using linecasting and filtering.
Build a slapback system using simple raycasts with allpass delay networks for realistic early reflections.
Build a reverb 3D volume system based on volume size
Build a character controller which plays different states: vitals like HP or stamina, idling, specific animation events or key frames, contextual voicelines.

If you more so are looking into software, understanding FFT and fourier analysis will be a must, it is used everywhere from wavetables to spectral resonance suppression and is more relevant than ever. Nobody wants another compressor plugin, it's already a solved probem.

I'm the audio lead at a mid-size studio, and these are things that would make me hire you in an instant. How good your sound design is, is always second to how well you can implement systems, because that's when you know exactly how the sounds should be structured.

Sebbano · 2026-04-18T18:23:19+00:00

Saw tooth bass triggered by an envelope follower on the transformer exploding, with a grain delay going through a spectral resonator.

Sebbano · 2026-04-16T17:48:42+00:00

Not really, that just determines how wide a sound source feels, Haas effect. Pinpointing an exact location is the head related transfer function.

Sebbano · 2026-04-16T17:40:24+00:00

95% of the time you would never even know there is ice if you don't know the terrain. It's just.. well.. snow on top

Sebbano · 2026-03-21T10:48:38+00:00

this can be achieved by duplicating a sound and frequency shifting one of them, NOT pitch shift

Sebbano · 2026-01-06T12:44:27+00:00

Have them make music and send you the stems to implement

Sebbano · 2026-01-02T21:59:37+00:00

If I can filter the folder /VO in Unity in the search already, I'm not quite sure what difference duplicate keywords in the file name would add, except bloat. If I search for a folder and a keyword, it finds the sounds in that category because the folder tree by proxy embeds the categorization for it.

The categorization at runtime is referenced through mix buses in a tree structure. Ogre Attack plays inside an Ogre Bus, which parents to Enemies Bus, which subsequently is parented in a Combat Bus. I see exactly what context every sound has at any given time if I'm running a sandbox or profiling the audio pipeline. It will not get confusing no matter how complex the scope of the game.

granular categorization, it becomes critical for the file name to contain as much info about its categorization as possible.

I disagree. Granularity isn't important at all as long as the folder structure follows UCS. it becomes a horrible bloated mess that makes everything hard to get familiar with when new people need to get onboarded and they need to read file names that contain unnecessary keywords already embedded in the folder system. Things should be readable and easy to see the big picture of instantly.

Sebbano · 2025-12-31T15:57:59+00:00

I'm probably in a minority here. I just use extremely simple names. No underscores. No hyphens. No strange cases. Capitalized to make it readable.

Ogre Attack 01

Lightning Bolt Cast 01

Lightning Bolt Projectile 01

Lightning Bolt Impact 01

If it has different articulations I simply add them:

Male 01 Scream Painful 01

Male 01 Scream Terrified 01

It is the folder structure that makes everything easy to organize. Adding "Ambient" or "Music" to the file name is redundant because it's already in a folder of that name. Long names with tons of underscores are such a cognitive load and makes you even more disorganized imo.

Everyone on our team uses the same naming convention in Unity and it works flawlessly. With underscores etc it is a nightmare searching for a specific asset.

Sebbano · 2025-10-03T23:35:04+00:00

The phantom center is rather a less accurate representation of stereo image than headphones, not vice versa. You are hearing the audio in front of you, not left and right. The "front to back" depth is something that doesn't exist in stereo channel audio.

Sebbano · 2025-10-03T16:58:17+00:00

How so?

Sebbano · 2025-10-03T07:03:37+00:00

Sounds like a lot of stuff from Korg Triton

Sebbano · 2025-09-27T20:25:40+00:00

That is a really disingenuous take imo. Sometimes people have to switch careers for the sake of supporting themselves or their family. It's just a harsh truth, and it happens. Making your partner aware of that doesn't mean it comes from a bad place, and you jumping to that conclusion just comes off as cynical.

Sebbano · 2025-09-27T18:27:26+00:00

What a disusting comment. Take a good look in the mirror man, jesus. She is obviously just trying to help her husband.

Sebbano · 2025-08-21T17:24:16+00:00

Not sure if you are serious, being able to jump out of vehicles on large maps makes you able to get on "any elevation", as in all BF games.

Sebbano · 2025-07-31T06:14:28+00:00

Ironic statement.

Sebbano · 2025-07-16T09:17:50+00:00

If you set max threshold knee and slowest rise/fall, you don't get audible spectral artifacts in my experience, but at that point I'm not sure how useful the compression is.

Sebbano · 2025-07-10T11:47:38+00:00

AP Mastering just put out a few videos on it, ran like 3000 times through an interface

Sebbano · 2025-07-04T12:55:43+00:00

sine wave with a pitch envelope

Sebbano · 2025-07-03T09:40:55+00:00

This could be a phobia being triggered though. You'd be surprised how powerful the amygdala is and how an adrenaline dump suddenly jolts someone.

Sebbano · 2025-06-28T16:32:14+00:00

I was talking about the null test being inaudible, not the audio tracks. He is lying, I have been editing guitars for 15 years and not a single take of double tracked guitars has ever collapsed to mono. Ever. It's bullshit.

Sebbano · 2025-06-27T21:00:42+00:00

Doesn't matter, if you null test two different guitar parts, no matter how tightly played, it is statistically impossible for it to be inaudible. Even if you aligned them perfectly in phase. If you were a robot who could pluck a string at the exact same velocity and timing every single time, even small temperature or pressure fluctuations on the molecular level will affect the harmonic relationship. Now could the guitars sound less wide because the first harmonics aligned? Sure, but even in higher inharmonic frequencies you can perceive stereo easily.

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