Buses

• any number of buses (channels) can be created
  • any number of effect processors can be added to each bus
  • buses can be rearranged, added, removed
• decibels
  • 0dB is the max representable
  • change in 6dB represents halving or doubling
  • need to have buses summate to < 0dB
• effects
  • close to 20 audio effects (eqs, filters, chorus, phaser, etc)

Streams

• Sound sent to buses via AudioStreamPlayer

AudioStream

• abstract object that emits sound

AudioStreamPlayer

• 2D
  • variant of stream player, emits sound in a 2D positional environment
• 3D
  • emits sound in 3D positional environment

Area2D objects can divert sounds to certain audio buses

Can record sounds to a bus