Hello! I were playtesting our project today and realised this known issue appeared several times every time we try to access memory to trigger a sound. For example, when we are standing still hearing ambience and we try to walk or attack, a small cut happens. Same in scene changes with the streamin…

Hi, Thank you for all the information. Would it be possible to get the .fspackage and a copy of your project or a stripped-down version displaying the issue uploaded to your profile ? Please note you will have to register a project with us before you can upload files.

does anyone from FMOD team have an idea what to look into?

Hi, Could I please grab your Unity and FMOD integration versions. Are there any reproduction steps to consistently reproduce the issue? A potential issue could be modifying the Unity Integration | Settings - Dsp Buffer Settings .

@Connor_FMOD Any suggestions on what to change in these settings? Thanks a lot!

Thanks for the images. For the DSP Buffer Settings [image] could you please try: If you do set the size manually, the bufferlength argument must be a multiple of four, typically 256, 480, 512, 1024 or 2048 depending on your latency requirements. Reducing the size of the buffer will increase C…

Thanks! very helpful. Increasing the buffer will increase latency, but not independent of the visual output of unity right? Or will visuals and sounds loose sync at higher latencies? In DAW land I would delay video playback to compensate for a bigger buffer size…

[image] dada_da: Increasing the buffer will increase latency, but not independent of the visual output of unity right? Yes, increasing the buffer size will increase latency. I’m not sure I understand, but increasing the buffer size should not affect visuals in Unity. [image] dada_da: Or …

Buffer Starvation + CPU Spike leading into Audio Cuts in Unity

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dada_da December 11, 2025, 9:25am 7

Thanks connor.

Unity: 6.2 (6000.2.14f1)

FMOD integration: Version: 2.03.11, Build Number: 158528

We are building for Windows PC and developing on OSX and Windows. The integration settings are attached, do they look alright?

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