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Use when playing, mixing or debugging sound in Unreal Engine — one-shot SFX, looping ambience, music, dialogue or procedural audio. Also use when the user mentions 'UAudioComponent', 'PlaySoundAtLocation', 'SpawnSoundAttached', 'SoundCue', 'MetaSound', 'UMetaSoundSource', 'SetFlo
Overview
Use when playing, mixing or debugging sound in Unreal Engine — one-shot SFX, looping ambience, music, dialogue or procedural audio. Also use when the user mentions 'UAudioComponent', 'PlaySoundAtLocation', 'SpawnSoundAttached', 'SoundCue', 'MetaSound', 'UMetaSoundSource', 'SetFloatParameter', 'sound attenuation', 'spatialization', 'occlusion', 'sound concurrency', 'submix', 'audio bus', 'sound mix', 'SetSubmixOutputVolume', 'reverb', 'Quartz', 'audio modulation' or 'subtitles'. For VFX timing, see ue-niagara-effects; for anim-notify sounds, see ue-animation-system; for component lifetime and attachment, see ue-actor-component-architecture.
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UE Audio System
Target engine: UE 5.8. APIs below are verified against the 5.8 headers; older forms are listed under "Deprecated — do not use".
Covers sound assets, playback from C++, attenuation, concurrency, sound classes and mixes, submix/bus routing, MetaSounds, modulation, Quartz and analysis. Engine-side code lives in Engine/Classes/Sound and Components/AudioComponent.h (module Engine), the mixer in AudioMixer, and the parameter interface in AudioExtensions. Plugin modules: MetasoundEngine / MetasoundFrontend (MetaSounds), AudioModulation, AudioSynesthesia (Beta in 5.8), SubtitlesAndClosedCaptions (Beta in 5.8).
// MyGame.Build.cs
PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Engine", "AudioMixer", "AudioExtensions" });
PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "MetasoundEngine", "MetasoundFrontend", "AudioModulation" });
Context
Read .agents/ue-project-context.md if it exists (module names, conventions, enabled plugins, GAS/networking setup). Do not stop if it is missing.
Identify the area from the request and the codebase. Ask only when two plausible readings would produce different code.
| Request is about… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Which asset type to author (wave, cue, MetaSound), streaming | Sound Assets |
| Firing a sound from gameplay code | Playing Sounds |
| Fades, pause, volume/pitch, finish callbacks, per-instance sends | UAudioComponent Control |
| Falloff, 3D panning, HRTF, occlusion, reverb send, focus | Attenuation and Spatialization |
| Too many voices, footsteps/gunshots stacking, voice stealing | Concurrency |
| Volume sliders by category, ducking, context mixes | Sound Classes and Sound Mixes |
| Routing groups, master volume, audio buses, sidechain sources | Submixes, Buses and Sends |
| Reverb, EQ, compression on a group of sounds | Submix Effects |
| Procedural/adaptive audio, runtime parameters, graph building | MetaSounds |
| Continuous parameter control from gameplay curves/LFOs | Modulation |
| Beat-synced stingers, tempo, musical quantization | Quartz Music Sync |
| Reacting to audio (FFT, envelope, offline beat maps) | Analysis |
| Captions, dialogue text | Subtitles |
| Mobile voice budgets, dedicated servers, backgrounding, VR | Platform Notes |
| Full worked systems (music manager, ambience, weapon audio) | audio setup patterns |
Sound Assets
USoundBase // abstract base (Sound/SoundBase.h)
├── USoundWave // imported PCM/compressed asset (Sound/SoundWave.h)
│ └── USoundSourceBus // sonifies a UAudioBus (Sound/SoundSourceBus.h)
├── USoundCue // node graph (Sound/SoundCue.h)
└── UMetaSoundSource // procedural graph, derives USoundWaveProcedural
Key USoundBase fields set on every asset: SoundClassObject, AttenuationSettings, ConcurrencySet (or ConcurrencyOverrides with bOverrideConcurrency), Priority (higher survives voice culling), SoundSubmixObject, SoundSubmixSends, BusSends / PreEffectBusSends / PostAttenuationBusSends, VirtualizationMode.
USoundCue nodes: USoundNodeRandom, USoundNodeModulator, USoundNodeMixer, USoundNodeAttenuation, USoundNodeLooping, USoundNodeDelay, USoundNodeDistanceCrossFade, USoundNodeConcatenator, USoundNodeSwitch, USoundNodeWavePlayer. USoundWave::LoadingBehavior (ESoundWaveLoadingBehavior, Sound/SoundWaveLoadingBehavior.h): Inherited, RetainOnLoad, PrimeOnLoad, LoadOnDemand, ForceInline. Use ForceInline for short SFX, LoadOnDemand for long music so minutes of audio never sit resident. Read it with GetLoadingBehavior(bCheckSoundClasses); override at runtime with OverrideLoadingBehavior(ESoundWaveLoadingBehavior::LoadOnDemand).
| Criterion | USoundCue | UMetaSoundSource |
|---|---|---|
| Runtime parameters | Wave params only | Typed inputs (float, bool, int32, string, object, trigger) |
| Procedural DSP | No | Yes (oscillators, noise, filters) |
| Built at runtime from C++ | No | Yes — UMetaSoundBuilderSubsystem |
| Use for | Randomized pre-authored one-shots | Adaptive music, state-driven and synthesized SFX |
Playing Sounds
All functions are UGameplayStatics statics in Kismet/GameplayStatics.h. Never call them on a dedicated server.
#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h" // + Components/SkeletalMeshComponent.h for GetMesh() below
// PlaySound2D(WorldContext, Sound, Volume=1, Pitch=1, StartTime=0,
// Concurrency=nullptr, OwningActor=nullptr, bIsUISound=true) — UI, music; no handle
UGameplayStatics::PlaySound2D(this, MenuSelectSound, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, nullptr, nullptr, true);
// PlaySoundAtLocation(WorldContext, Sound, Location, Rotation, Volume=1, Pitch=1, StartTime=0,
// Attenuation=nullptr, Concurrency=nullptr, OwningActor=nullptr, InitialParams=nullptr)
UGameplayStatics::PlaySoundAtLocation(this, GunShotSound, GetActorLocation(), FRotator::ZeroRotator,
1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, WeaponAttenuation, FireConcurrency, this);
// SpawnSoundAtLocation(WorldContext, Sound, Location, Rotation=ZeroRotator, Volume=1, Pitch=1,
// StartTime=0, Attenuation=nullptr, Concurrency=nullptr, bAutoDestroy=true)
UAudioComponent* Boom = UGameplayStatics::SpawnSoundAtLocation(this, ExplosionSound, Location,
FRotator::ZeroRotator, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, ExplosionAttenuation, nullptr, true);
// SpawnSoundAttached(Sound, AttachToComponent, AttachPointName=NAME_None, Location=FVector(ForceInit),
// Rotation=ZeroRotator, LocationType=EAttachLocation::KeepRelativeOffset,
// bStopWhenAttachedToDestroyed=false, Volume=1, Pitch=1, StartTime=0,
// Attenuation=nullptr, Concurrency=nullptr, bAutoDestroy=true)
UAudioComponent* EngineAudio = UGameplayStatics::SpawnSoundAttached(EngineLoopSound, GetMesh(),
TEXT("AudioSocket"), FVector::ZeroVector, FRotator::ZeroRotator,
EAttachLocation::SnapToTarget, /*bStopWhenAttachedToDestroyed=*/true,
1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, EngineAttenuation, nullptr, /*bAutoDestroy=*/false);
OwningActor is what per-owner concurrency (bLimitToOwner) keys on — pass it whenever the sound belongs to an actor. SpawnSound2D has the same leading arguments as PlaySound2D but ends in bPersistAcrossLevelTransition, bAutoDestroy (no OwningActor/bIsUISound) and returns a component; CreateSound2D takes the same arguments as SpawnSound2D but returns a component that is not playing — call Play() yourself.
Choose: fire-and-forget for one-shots, a spawned handle for anything you must fade, stop or re-parameterise, and a CreateDefaultSubobject<UAudioComponent> member for a permanent per-actor loop.
UAudioComponent Control
UAudioComponent (Components/AudioComponent.h) derives USceneComponent and implements ISoundParameterControllerInterface.
// Constructor
AudioComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UAudioComponent>(TEXT("AudioComponent"));
AudioComponent->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
AudioComponent->bAutoActivate = false;
AudioComponent->bStopWhenOwnerDestroyed = true;
AudioComponent->bIsUISound = false; // true = keeps playing while the game is paused
// Playback — EAudioFaderCurve: Linear, Logarithmic, SCurve, Sin
AudioComponent->SetSound(EngineLoopSound);
AudioComponent->Play(/*StartTime=*/0.0f);
AudioComponent->FadeIn(0.5f, /*FadeVolumeLevel=*/1.0f, /*StartTime=*/0.0f, EAudioFaderCurve::Linear);
AudioComponent->AdjustVolume(/*Duration=*/0.25f, /*Level=*/0.3f, EAudioFaderCurve::Linear);
AudioComponent->FadeOut(1.0f, /*FadeVolumeLevel=*/0.0f, EAudioFaderCurve::Linear);
AudioComponent->SetVolumeMultiplier(0.5f);
AudioComponent->SetPitchMultiplier(1.2f);
AudioComponent->SetPaused(true);
AudioComponent->Stop();
const bool bPlaying = AudioComponent->IsPlaying();
// EAudioComponentPlayState: Playing, Stopped, Paused, FadingIn, FadingOut
const EAudioComponentPlayState State = AudioComponent->GetPlayState();
Per-instance routing and filtering, without touching the asset: SetSubmixSend(USoundSubmixBase*, float), SetSourceBusSendPreEffect / PostEffect / PostAttenuation, SetAudioBusSendPostEffect, SetLowPassFilterEnabled / SetLowPassFilterFrequency, the matching high-pass pair, and SetOutputToBusOnly. For inline attenuation, set bOverrideAttenuation = true and fill AttenuationOverrides (an FSoundAttenuationSettings).
Each delegate comes in two forms (Components/AudioComponent.h:441-481). The dynamic, Blueprint-visible form binds a UFUNCTION with AddDynamic. The ...Native twin binds with AddUObject and also passes the UAudioComponent*. The pairs are OnAudioFinished, OnAudioPlayStateChanged, OnAudioVirtualizationChanged, OnAudioPlaybackPercent, OnAudioSingleEnvelopeValue and OnAudioMultiEnvelopeValue. Unbind with RemoveAll(this) in EndPlay. The code for both lists is in references/audio-component-reference.md.
Attenuation and Spatialization
USoundAttenuation assets wrap FSoundAttenuationSettings (Sound/SoundAttenuation.h), which derives FBaseAttenuationSettings (Engine/Attenuation.h).
Shape (EAttenuationShape::Type): Sphere, Capsule, Box, Cone. Curve (EAttenuationDistanceModel): Linear, Logarithmic, Inverse, LogReverse, NaturalSound, Custom. NaturalSound matches perceived loudness best for gameplay sources.
FSoundAttenuationSettings Settings;
Settings.DistanceAlgorithm = EAttenuationDistanceModel::NaturalSound; // FBaseAttenuationSettings
Settings.AttenuationShape = EAttenuationShape::Sphere;
Settings.FalloffDistance = 3000.0f;
Settings.bAttenuate = true;
Settings.bSpatialize = true;
// ESoundSpatializationAlgorithm: SPATIALIZATION_Default (panning), SPATIALIZATION_HRTF (plugin)
Settings.SpatializationAlgorithm = SPATIALIZATION_Default;
// Air absorption
Settings.bAttenuateWithLPF = true;
Settings.LPFRadiusMin = 1000.0f;
Settings.LPFRadiusMax = 6000.0f;
Settings.LPFFrequencyAtMin = 20000.0f;
Settings.LPFFrequencyAtMax = 800.0f;
// Occlusion
Settings.bEnableOcclusion = true;
Settings.OcclusionTraceChannel = ECC_Visibility;
Settings.OcclusionLowPassFilterFrequency = 300.0f;
Settings.OcclusionVolumeAttenuation = 0.5f;
Settings.OcclusionInterpolationTime = 0.1f;
// Reverb send — EReverbSendMethod: Linear | CustomCurve | Manual
Settings.bEnableReverbSend = true;
Settings.ReverbSendMethod = EReverbSendMethod::Linear;
Settings.ReverbWetLevelMin = 0.3f;
Settings.ReverbWetLevelMax = 0.95f;
Settings.ReverbDistanceMin = 400.0f;
Settings.ReverbDistanceMax = 4000.0f;
// Distant sounds lose the voice-budget fight first
Settings.bEnablePriorityAttenuation = true;
Settings.PriorityAttenuationMin = 1.0f;
Settings.PriorityAttenuationMax = 0.0f;
Listener focus (bEnableListenerFocus, `FocusAzimut
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name: ue-audio-system description: "Use when playing, mixing or debugging sound in Unreal Engine — one-shot SFX, looping ambience, music, dialogue or procedural audio. Also use when the user mentions 'UAudioComponent', 'PlaySoundAtLocation', 'SpawnSoundAttached', 'SoundCue', 'MetaSound', 'UMetaSoundSource', 'SetFloatParameter', 'sound attenuation', 'spatialization', 'occlusion', 'sound concurrency', 'submix', 'audio bus', 'sound mix', 'SetSubmixOutputVolume', 'reverb', 'Quartz', 'audio modulation' or 'subtitles'. For VFX timing, see ue-niagara-effects; for anim-notify sounds, see ue-animation-system; for component lifetime and attachment, see ue-actor-component-architecture." metadata: version: "2.0.0" engine: "5.8"
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name: ue-audio-system
description: "Use when playing, mixing or debugging sound in Unreal Engine — one-shot SFX, looping ambience, music, dialogue or procedural audio. Also use when the user mentions 'UAudioComponent', 'PlaySoundAtLocation', 'SpawnSoundAttached', 'SoundCue', 'MetaSound', 'UMetaSoundSource', 'SetFloatParameter', 'sound attenuation', 'spatialization', 'occlusion', 'sound concurrency', 'submix', 'audio bus', 'sound mix', 'SetSubmixOutputVolume', 'reverb', 'Quartz', 'audio modulation' or 'subtitles'. For VFX timing, see ue-niagara-effects; for anim-notify sounds, see ue-animation-system; for component lifetime and attachment, see ue-actor-component-architecture."
metadata:
version: "2.0.0"
engine: "5.8"
---
# UE Audio System
Target engine: **UE 5.8**. APIs below are verified against the 5.8 headers; older forms are listed under "Deprecated — do not use".
Covers sound assets, playback from C++, attenuation, concurrency, sound classes and mixes, submix/bus routing, MetaSounds, modulation, Quartz and analysis. Engine-side code lives in `Engine/Classes/Sound` and `Components/AudioComponent.h` (module `Engine`), the mixer in `AudioMixer`, and the parameter interface in `AudioExtensions`. Plugin modules: `MetasoundEngine` / `MetasoundFrontend` (MetaSounds), `AudioModulation`, `AudioSynesthesia` (Beta in 5.8), `SubtitlesAndClosedCaptions` (Beta in 5.8).
```csharp
// MyGame.Build.cs
PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "Engine", "AudioMixer", "AudioExtensions" });
PrivateDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[] { "MetasoundEngine", "MetasoundFrontend", "AudioModulation" });
```
## Context
Read `.agents/ue-project-context.md` if it exists (module names, conventions, enabled plugins, GAS/networking setup). Do not stop if it is missing.
Identify the area from the request and the codebase. Ask only when two plausible readings would produce different code.
| Request is about… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Which asset type to author (wave, cue, MetaSound), streaming | [Sound Assets](#sound-assets) |
| Firing a sound from gameplay code | [Playing Sounds](#playing-sounds) |
| Fades, pause, volume/pitch, finish callbacks, per-instance sends | [UAudioComponent Control](#uaudiocomponent-control) |
| Falloff, 3D panning, HRTF, occlusion, reverb send, focus | [Attenuation and Spatialization](#attenuation-and-spatialization) |
| Too many voices, footsteps/gunshots stacking, voice stealing | [Concurrency](#concurrency) |
| Volume sliders by category, ducking, context mixes | [Sound Classes and Sound Mixes](#sound-classes-and-sound-mixes) |
| Routing groups, master volume, audio buses, sidechain sources | [Submixes, Buses and Sends](#submixes-buses-and-sends) |
| Reverb, EQ, compression on a group of sounds | [Submix Effects](#submix-effects) |
| Procedural/adaptive audio, runtime parameters, graph building | [MetaSounds](#metasounds) |
| Continuous parameter control from gameplay curves/LFOs | [Modulation](#modulation) |
| Beat-synced stingers, tempo, musical quantization | [Quartz Music Sync](#quartz-music-sync) |
| Reacting to audio (FFT, envelope, offline beat maps) | [Analysis](#analysis) |
| Captions, dialogue text | [Subtitles](#subtitles) |
| Mobile voice budgets, dedicated servers, backgrounding, VR | [Platform Notes](#platform-notes) |
| Full worked systems (music manager, ambience, weapon audio) | [audio setup patterns](references/audio-setup-patterns.md) |
## Sound Assets
```
USoundBase // abstract base (Sound/SoundBase.h)
├── USoundWave // imported PCM/compressed asset (Sound/SoundWave.h)
│ └── USoundSourceBus // sonifies a UAudioBus (Sound/SoundSourceBus.h)
├── USoundCue // node graph (Sound/SoundCue.h)
└── UMetaSoundSource // procedural graph, derives USoundWaveProcedural
```
Key `USoundBase` fields set on every asset: `SoundClassObject`, `AttenuationSettings`, `ConcurrencySet` (or `ConcurrencyOverrides` with `bOverrideConcurrency`), `Priority` (higher survives voice culling), `SoundSubmixObject`, `SoundSubmixSends`, `BusSends` / `PreEffectBusSends` / `PostAttenuationBusSends`, `VirtualizationMode`.
`USoundCue` nodes: `USoundNodeRandom`, `USoundNodeModulator`, `USoundNodeMixer`, `USoundNodeAttenuation`, `USoundNodeLooping`, `USoundNodeDelay`, `USoundNodeDistanceCrossFade`, `USoundNodeConcatenator`, `USoundNodeSwitch`, `USoundNodeWavePlayer`. `USoundWave::LoadingBehavior` (`ESoundWaveLoadingBehavior`, `Sound/SoundWaveLoadingBehavior.h`): `Inherited`, `RetainOnLoad`, `PrimeOnLoad`, `LoadOnDemand`, `ForceInline`. Use `ForceInline` for short SFX, `LoadOnDemand` for long music so minutes of audio never sit resident. Read it with `GetLoadingBehavior(bCheckSoundClasses)`; override at runtime with `OverrideLoadingBehavior(ESoundWaveLoadingBehavior::LoadOnDemand)`.
| Criterion | `USoundCue` | `UMetaSoundSource` |
|---|---|---|
| Runtime parameters | Wave params only | Typed inputs (float, bool, int32, string, object, trigger) |
| Procedural DSP | No | Yes (oscillators, noise, filters) |
| Built at runtime from C++ | No | Yes — `UMetaSoundBuilderSubsystem` |
| Use for | Randomized pre-authored one-shots | Adaptive music, state-driven and synthesized SFX |
## Playing Sounds
All functions are `UGameplayStatics` statics in `Kismet/GameplayStatics.h`. Never call them on a dedicated server.
```cpp
#include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h" // + Components/SkeletalMeshComponent.h for GetMesh() below
// PlaySound2D(WorldContext, Sound, Volume=1, Pitch=1, StartTime=0,
// Concurrency=nullptr, OwningActor=nullptr, bIsUISound=true) — UI, music; no handle
UGameplayStatics::PlaySound2D(this, MenuSelectSound, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, nullptr, nullptr, true);
// PlaySoundAtLocation(WorldContext, Sound, Location, Rotation, Volume=1, Pitch=1, StartTime=0,
// Attenuation=nullptr, Concurrency=nullptr, OwningActor=nullptr, InitialParams=nullptr)
UGameplayStatics::PlaySoundAtLocation(this, GunShotSound, GetActorLocation(), FRotator::ZeroRotator,
1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, WeaponAttenuation, FireConcurrency, this);
// SpawnSoundAtLocation(WorldContext, Sound, Location, Rotation=ZeroRotator, Volume=1, Pitch=1,
// StartTime=0, Attenuation=nullptr, Concurrency=nullptr, bAutoDestroy=true)
UAudioComponent* Boom = UGameplayStatics::SpawnSoundAtLocation(this, ExplosionSound, Location,
FRotator::ZeroRotator, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, ExplosionAttenuation, nullptr, true);
// SpawnSoundAttached(Sound, AttachToComponent, AttachPointName=NAME_None, Location=FVector(ForceInit),
// Rotation=ZeroRotator, LocationType=EAttachLocation::KeepRelativeOffset,
// bStopWhenAttachedToDestroyed=false, Volume=1, Pitch=1, StartTime=0,
// Attenuation=nullptr, Concurrency=nullptr, bAutoDestroy=true)
UAudioComponent* EngineAudio = UGameplayStatics::SpawnSoundAttached(EngineLoopSound, GetMesh(),
TEXT("AudioSocket"), FVector::ZeroVector, FRotator::ZeroRotator,
EAttachLocation::SnapToTarget, /*bStopWhenAttachedToDestroyed=*/true,
1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, EngineAttenuation, nullptr, /*bAutoDestroy=*/false);
```
`OwningActor` is what per-owner concurrency (`bLimitToOwner`) keys on — pass it whenever the sound belongs to an actor. `SpawnSound2D` has the same leading arguments as `PlaySound2D` but ends in `bPersistAcrossLevelTransition, bAutoDestroy` (no `OwningActor`/`bIsUISound`) and returns a component; `CreateSound2D` takes the same arguments as `SpawnSound2D` but returns a component that is **not** playing — call `Play()` yourself.
Choose: fire-and-forget for one-shots, a spawned handle for anything you must fade, stop or re-parameterise, and a `CreateDefaultSubobject<UAudioComponent>` member for a permanent per-actor loop.
## UAudioComponent Control
`UAudioComponent` (`Components/AudioComponent.h`) derives `USceneComponent` and implements `ISoundParameterControllerInterface`.
```cpp
// Constructor
AudioComponent = CreateDefaultSubobject<UAudioComponent>(TEXT("AudioComponent"));
AudioComponent->SetupAttachment(RootComponent);
AudioComponent->bAutoActivate = false;
AudioComponent->bStopWhenOwnerDestroyed = true;
AudioComponent->bIsUISound = false; // true = keeps playing while the game is paused
// Playback — EAudioFaderCurve: Linear, Logarithmic, SCurve, Sin
AudioComponent->SetSound(EngineLoopSound);
AudioComponent->Play(/*StartTime=*/0.0f);
AudioComponent->FadeIn(0.5f, /*FadeVolumeLevel=*/1.0f, /*StartTime=*/0.0f, EAudioFaderCurve::Linear);
AudioComponent->AdjustVolume(/*Duration=*/0.25f, /*Level=*/0.3f, EAudioFaderCurve::Linear);
AudioComponent->FadeOut(1.0f, /*FadeVolumeLevel=*/0.0f, EAudioFaderCurve::Linear);
AudioComponent->SetVolumeMultiplier(0.5f);
AudioComponent->SetPitchMultiplier(1.2f);
AudioComponent->SetPaused(true);
AudioComponent->Stop();
const bool bPlaying = AudioComponent->IsPlaying();
// EAudioComponentPlayState: Playing, Stopped, Paused, FadingIn, FadingOut
const EAudioComponentPlayState State = AudioComponent->GetPlayState();
```
Per-instance routing and filtering, without touching the asset: `SetSubmixSend(USoundSubmixBase*, float)`, `SetSourceBusSendPreEffect` / `PostEffect` / `PostAttenuation`, `SetAudioBusSendPostEffect`, `SetLowPassFilterEnabled` / `SetLowPassFilterFrequency`, the matching high-pass pair, and `SetOutputToBusOnly`. For inline attenuation, set `bOverrideAttenuation = true` and fill `AttenuationOverrides` (an `FSoundAttenuationSettings`).
Each delegate comes in two forms (`Components/AudioComponent.h:441-481`). The dynamic, Blueprint-visible form binds a `UFUNCTION` with `AddDynamic`. The `...Native` twin binds with `AddUObject` and also passes the `UAudioComponent*`. The pairs are `OnAudioFinished`, `OnAudioPlayStateChanged`, `OnAudioVirtualizationChanged`, `OnAudioPlaybackPercent`, `OnAudioSingleEnvelopeValue` and `OnAudioMultiEnvelopeValue`. Unbind with `RemoveAll(this)` in `EndPlay`. The code for both lists is in [references/audio-component-reference.md](references/audio-component-reference.md).
## Attenuation and Spatialization
`USoundAttenuation` assets wrap `FSoundAttenuationSettings` (`Sound/SoundAttenuation.h`), which derives `FBaseAttenuationSettings` (`Engine/Attenuation.h`).
Shape (`EAttenuationShape::Type`): `Sphere`, `Capsule`, `Box`, `Cone`. Curve (`EAttenuationDistanceModel`): `Linear`, `Logarithmic`, `Inverse`, `LogReverse`, `NaturalSound`, `Custom`. `NaturalSound` matches perceived loudness best for gameplay sources.
```cpp
FSoundAttenuationSettings Settings;
Settings.DistanceAlgorithm = EAttenuationDistanceModel::NaturalSound; // FBaseAttenuationSettings
Settings.AttenuationShape = EAttenuationShape::Sphere;
Settings.FalloffDistance = 3000.0f;
Settings.bAttenuate = true;
Settings.bSpatialize = true;
// ESoundSpatializationAlgorithm: SPATIALIZATION_Default (panning), SPATIALIZATION_HRTF (plugin)
Settings.SpatializationAlgorithm = SPATIALIZATION_Default;
// Air absorption
Settings.bAttenuateWithLPF = true;
Settings.LPFRadiusMin = 1000.0f;
Settings.LPFRadiusMax = 6000.0f;
Settings.LPFFrequencyAtMin = 20000.0f;
Settings.LPFFrequencyAtMax = 800.0f;
// Occlusion
Settings.bEnableOcclusion = true;
Settings.OcclusionTraceChannel = ECC_Visibility;
Settings.OcclusionLowPassFilterFrequency = 300.0f;
Settings.OcclusionVolumeAttenuation = 0.5f;
Settings.OcclusionInterpolationTime = 0.1f;
// Reverb send — EReverbSendMethod: Linear | CustomCurve | Manual
Settings.bEnableReverbSend = true;
Settings.ReverbSendMethod = EReverbSendMethod::Linear;
Settings.ReverbWetLevelMin = 0.3f;
Settings.ReverbWetLevelMax = 0.95f;
Settings.ReverbDistanceMin = 400.0f;
Settings.ReverbDistanceMax = 4000.0f;
// Distant sounds lose the voice-budget fight first
Settings.bEnablePriorityAttenuation = true;
Settings.PriorityAttenuationMin = 1.0f;
Settings.PriorityAttenuationMax = 0.0f;
```
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- License
- MIT
- Version
- 2.0.0
- Last GitHub push
- Sep 28, 2026
- Registry updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- Instruction path
- skills/ue-audio-system/SKILL.md @ f3742d7b6886
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Quality
67/100
Promising
Trust
71/100
Sandbox only
Audit
81/100
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