EasY Sound

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/audio/easysound-336536

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Version 1.1.0 (updated 8/26)

This time I used Claude instead of ChatGPT, and still built for small teams/solo devs/students who need audio implementation without an #audiomiddleware learning curve (though I do love my Wwise :) 

What's New:

1) Per-file pitch/speed control: Vary playback speed/pitch per sound file right from the Inspector (adjusted together, not separately)

2) Custom ducking groups: Define your own hand-picked groups of sounds that duck together when a trigger sound plays, independent of category ducks (music/sfx/vo)

3) Settings Backup & Restore: Your audio settings are now backed up automatically as you work, with manual export/import for deliberate checkpoints

4) Per-file Intro/Outro for Music: A music track can have an intro before it loops, and an outro to stop the loop

5) Spectral Ducking (VO → Music): An optional frequency-notch effect that helps dialogue read clearly over music, layered on top of the existing volume duck — fully pre-configured, no AudioMixer setup required on your end

For interested #AI folks:

a) Pre-v.1.0 w/ChatGPT3: Couldn't get anything to work, but it did help introduce some Unity-related audio tools I wasn't aware of before

b) Pre-v.1.0 w/ChatGP4: Went a little further along, had code for most of the tools, but nothing really worked

c) Pre-v.1.0 w/ChatGPT5: Mostly worked, and made many corrections I couldn't have known where needed

d) v.1.0 Release w/ChatGPT5.5: Everything worked, it made all kinds of suggestions to make it run smoother, and other fixes I again couldn't have known were needed

e) v.1.1 Release w/Claude: Connected the EasySound project folder, didn't touch Unity for the most part, didn't touch C# scripts at all (in all previous versions, I had to cut/paste code from ChatGPT into Unity C# scripts for every step)

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Version 1.0.0 (10/25)

This is a simple audio manager I created for Unity, available in the asset store

This version is useful for simple games & apps that just need to start and stop audio files. Default settings for ducking levels, appropriate audio file size compression, streaming for loops, etc. are auto-applied when you drag in your audio files into the EasySoundAudio subfolders (music/sfx/vo), with the ability to change any of those parameters as well.

I’m working on a second version for more complex needs (i.e. managing music, stopping specific sound instances, 2D panning, 3D attenuation, etc.), but still in the vain of simple audio implementation.

Also, I used ChatGPT to help me code and test this audio manager. My background is as a music composer, sound designer, and sound editor for games (mostly slots and mobile, with a few pinball/coin-op games) with experience using audio middleware platforms -- but minimal coding experience. So, ChatGPT helped me to go beyond my minimal programming experience to code something I could not have otherwise.

I use Wwise mostly (and dabble in MetaSounds & FMOD), but wanted to try to make a simple audio manager for Unity Indie game devs:

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/audio/easysound-336536

This version is useful for simple games & apps that just need to start and stop audio files. Default settings for ducking levels, audiofile size compression, streaming for loops, etc. are auto-applied when you drag in your audio files into the EasySoundAudio subfolders (music/sfx/vo), with the ability to change any of those parameters as well.