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Sansar audio tips 'n' tricks — like how to mute footstep sounds

Torley - Sansar

February 10, 2017 18:59

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Friendly greetings!

I'm a sound designer sharing this on behalf on our Sansar team working on audio — sound can add a tremendous amount of immersion to your experience, especially in VR, and we want to help you get the most out of it.

I started this thread to quickly share Sansar audio tips 'n' tricks, especially some that may be useful for a transient while before we have a better solution. Stuff that's intended to last longer-term will likely be promoted to the Knowledge Base proper.

Feel free to share your guidance, or ask me questions about Sansar audio...

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  Torley - Sansar February 10, 2017 19:07 Official comment

  First up, HOW TO MUTE FOOTSTEP SOUNDS... which I see asked a lot. :)

  1. Go to C:\Program Files\Sansar\Audio and open Mix.toml in a text editor with administrative privileges. Notepad++ can make this easier, just launch it in Administrator mode. (Or if you try to edit and save a file when it's not in Admin mode, it'll prompt you to relaunch.)
  2. Mix.toml is commented clearly. You'll see lines for footsteps and footstepsFirstPerson. Set their loudness to 0.
  3. Save Mix.toml and start Sansar. Everyone should be walking stealthily silent! :)

  NOTES:

  • You'll need to do this each time you reinstall Sansar, keeping in mind that is this a temporary measure while we continue developing the Sansar sound system. Eventually, we want to have more user-friendly options in the Sansar UI for stuff like this.

  Example of what this should look like:

  

  Edited by Torley - Sansar March 03, 2017 00:35
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  Wyndavere February 10, 2017 23:52

  Thanks Torley!

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  Torley - Sansar February 15, 2017 18:32

  IS THERE A MAXIMUM LENGTH/SIZE TO .WAV SOUNDS THAT CAN BE UPLOADED INTO SANSAR?

  No, but playback of longer sounds will use more memory. As Jeff Petersen, VP of Engineering, explained earlier:

  Something to keep in mind with regard to long audio, we don't currently support streaming such sounds from disk, so the entire wav will be expected to fit in memory, so it will eat into available memory.  Of course right now we have no limits, so as long as the users machine has enough memory, the sky's the limit.  If not, well then it will probably just crash.

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  Torley - Sansar June 06, 2017 14:43

  Some of the above is deprecated and expanded into the Sansar Audio FAQ, check it out: https://sansar.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001891806-Sansar-Audio-FAQ :)

  Edited by Torley - Sansar June 06, 2017 14:43
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  Art June 19, 2017 02:24

  Hi Torley,

  I was wondering if there is an option to make those audio objects (spheres,cubes etc) semi transparent? once I have a few down it makes "camming" around them awkward.. Though I am still learning how to move/view here so thats part of it

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  Torley - Sansar June 19, 2017 13:46

  Friendly greetings Art!

  How are you camming? In the layout editor, it should be fairly straightforward with WASD/arrow keys for movement + holding down right mouse button to change your angle.

  I asked around and you can't currently make those extents "semi-transparent", but I can see (and hear, haha) how this would be useful, and recommend sharing a feature request with us: https://help.sansar.com/hc/en-us/community/topics/200628137-Feature-Requests

  Remember that you can cam right through them too — they won't block camera movement. And if there are too many, you can always toggle them by clicking Options toolbar button > Audio Volumes.

  Edited by Torley - Sansar June 19, 2017 15:16
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  Art June 19, 2017 20:17

  Hi there Torley! Thanks for the info, the mouse-holding angles are what I was missing, and the toggle is a nice touch. Will make a request :)

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  David August 08, 2017 03:00

  Hi, I can't really enjoy the background (UI) music for hours, I prefer to play my own music...

  This is how to adjust the UI volume to zero:

   

  program files > Sansar> client> audio> Mix.toml

   

  There edit the UI volume to zero, this way:

   

  [[channels]]
  name = ui
  loudness = 0.0

   

  David.

  PD: Hey torley it is great seeing you in Sansar, you have a sim?

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  Torley - Sansar August 08, 2017 15:14

  Hey David :) thanks for sharing.

  Also, if you want to mute music but leave UI sounds on (or selectively mute any UI sound), just open

  C:\Program Files\Sansar\Client\Audio\UI.toml 

  and add

  gain = -100

  underneath any event (you'll see some existing examples in there, the file is fairly well-commented).

  I've been helping add soundscapes to our various Sansar Studios scenes... so that's the closest thing :D