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General use of the Audio Tap components
Use the Audio Taps to modify audio directly through GameObject components.
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The Audio Tap components are available in the Vivox Unity package. With the package installed, you can add the taps through both the GameObject and Component Addition menus under Audio.
A screenshot of the Add Component window in the Unity Editor showing where to find the Audio Tap components within the Audio sub-section
Note
You cannot create a Participant Tap for yourself, it must be created for another user.
Adding a tap adds an Audio Source component to the associated GameObject. You can modify the audio provided by the taps directly through GameObject components, such as the components supplied by Unity under Audio, or by routing it through an Audio Mixer.
A screenshot of the Vivox Channel Audio Tap as shown in the Inspector window in the Unity Editor.
As shown above, in the Vivox Channel Audio Tap component screenshot, every Audio Tap has a visible loudness meter in its Inspector window to help monitor the audio stream activity during Play Mode.Audio Mixers can also modify tap audio. After creating the Audio Mixer, in the Audio Source’s Output field, select the required Mixer Group to route the audio through the mixer. Note that all the components added to the Audio Source GameObject are applied before sending the audio to the Audio Mixer Group.
Audio Taps in channels
Audio Taps will only work when connected to a channel.Taps will work in both positional (3D) and non-positional (2D) channels. In positional channels the participants must be within the audio range to hear each other.
Note
The Channel Audio Tap will only be applied to the first channel a user joins.
Vivox v16.2.0+
As of the 16.2.0 version of the Vivox package you can have more than one Participant Audio Tap applied to the same user across channels. However, if the Silence In Channel Audio Mix parameter is set to True at some point in the chain of taps, all following taps will be muted.
