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SetData

Fills an audio clip with sample data from an array or Span. Overwrites existing data if necessary.
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Definition

  • Type: Method
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.AudioModule

SetData(float[], int)

Fills an audio clip with sample data from an array or Span. Overwrites existing data if necessary.
public bool SetData(float[] data, int offsetSamples)

Parameters

Linear buffer of samples to write to the audio clip buffer.

offsetSamples

Offset from the start of the audio clip at which to begin writing sample data.
offsetSamples
doesn't take audio channels into account, and instead uses frames. Don't multiply the audio channel count into the index.

Returns

Type

Description

boolReturns whether all samples were successfully written to the audio clip. This can return
false
if
offsetSamples
isn't a valid offset within the existing AudioClip, or if the data is empty.

Remarks

This is useful if you want to use procedural audio and change audio data during runtime. Only use samples with float values ranging from -1.0f to 1.0f. Don't exceed these limits because it can cause artifacts and undefined behavior.
The length of the ReadOnlySpan or float array determines the sample count.
Use the
offsetSamples
parameter to write into a certain position in the clip. If the length from the offset is longer than the clip length, the write will wrap around and write the remaining samples from the start of the clip.
For compressed audio files, you can only set the sample data if you set Load Type to Decompress on Load in the Audio Clip importer.
For the best performance, use the Span version because you don't need to allocate managed memory.
Note: The buffer provided contains a float value per sample and per channel. If your audio clip is stereo, the buffer contains interleaved float values for left channel, right channel, etc.

Examples

using UnityEngine;using Unity.Collections;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{ // Read all the samples from the clip and halve the gain void Start() { AudioSource audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>(); var numSamples = audioSource.clip.samples * audioSource.clip.channels; var samples = new NativeArray<float>(numSamples, Allocator.Temp); audioSource.clip.GetData(samples, 0); for (int i = 0; i < samples.Length; ++i) { samples[i] = samples[i] * 0.5f; } audioSource.clip.SetData(samples, 0); }}

SetData(ReadOnlySpan<float>, int)

Fills an audio clip with sample data from an array or Span. Overwrites existing data if necessary.
public bool SetData(ReadOnlySpan<float> data, int offsetSamples)

Parameters

Linear buffer of samples to write to the audio clip buffer.

offsetSamples

Offset from the start of the audio clip at which to begin writing sample data.
offsetSamples
doesn't take audio channels into account, and instead uses frames. Don't multiply the audio channel count into the index.

Returns

Type

Description

boolReturns whether all samples were successfully written to the audio clip. This can return
false
if
offsetSamples
isn't a valid offset within the existing AudioClip, or if the data is empty.

Remarks

This is useful if you want to use procedural audio and change audio data during runtime. Only use samples with float values ranging from -1.0f to 1.0f. Don't exceed these limits because it can cause artifacts and undefined behavior.
The length of the ReadOnlySpan or float array determines the sample count.
Use the
offsetSamples
parameter to write into a certain position in the clip. If the length from the offset is longer than the clip length, the write will wrap around and write the remaining samples from the start of the clip.
For compressed audio files, you can only set the sample data if you set Load Type to Decompress on Load in the Audio Clip importer.
For the best performance, use the Span version because you don't need to allocate managed memory.
Note: The buffer provided contains a float value per sample and per channel. If your audio clip is stereo, the buffer contains interleaved float values for left channel, right channel, etc.

Examples

using UnityEngine;using Unity.Collections;public class Example : MonoBehaviour{ // Read all the samples from the clip and halve the gain void Start() { AudioSource audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>(); var numSamples = audioSource.clip.samples * audioSource.clip.channels; var samples = new NativeArray<float>(numSamples, Allocator.Temp); audioSource.clip.GetData(samples, 0); for (int i = 0; i < samples.Length; ++i) { samples[i] = samples[i] * 0.5f; } audioSource.clip.SetData(samples, 0); }}