# Load an AudioClip as fmod sound **URL:** \ **Category:** Unity\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741 "2014-12-02T10:21:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fsilvestrim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fsilvestrim](https://qa.fmod.com/u/fsilvestrim)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 10:21am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/1 "2014-12-02T10:21:25Z")
Hey guys, is there any way to load and Unity AudioClip as an fmod sound like we do with FMOD.System.createSound(“sound.wav”) ? I was trying to convert the audio clip to a bytearray and get just the raw data, but it hasn’t work. Any other approaches suggested? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![nick1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@nick1](https://qa.fmod.com/u/nick1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/2 "2014-12-03T05:59:38Z")
``` using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class clip_to_sound : MonoBehaviour { public AudioClip audioclip; FMOD.Channel channel; void Start () { float[] samples = new float[audioclip.samples * audioclip.channels]; audioclip.GetData(samples, 0); FMOD.System lowlevel = null; FMOD_StudioSystem.instance.System.getLowLevelSystem(out lowlevel); uint lenbytes = (uint)(audioclip.samples * audioclip.channels * sizeof(float)); FMOD.CREATESOUNDEXINFO soundinfo = new FMOD.CREATESOUNDEXINFO(); soundinfo.length = lenbytes; soundinfo.format = FMOD.SOUND_FORMAT.PCMFLOAT; soundinfo.defaultfrequency = audioclip.frequency; soundinfo.numchannels = audioclip.channels; FMOD.RESULT result; FMOD.Sound sound; result = lowlevel.createSound("", FMOD.MODE.OPENUSER, ref soundinfo, out sound); IntPtr ptr1, ptr2; uint len1, len2; result = sound.@lock(0, lenbytes, out ptr1, out ptr2, out len1, out len2); Marshal.Copy(samples, 0, ptr1, (int)(len1 / sizeof(float))); if (len2 > 0) { Marshal.Copy(samples, (int)(len1 / sizeof(float)), ptr2, (int)(len2 / sizeof(float))); } result = sound.unlock(ptr1, ptr2, len1, len2); result = sound.setMode(FMOD.MODE.LOOP_NORMAL); result = lowlevel.playSound(sound, null, false, out channel); } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![Xuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a87d85/32.png) [@Xuan](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Xuan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/3 "2018-01-09T10:34:46Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > using UnityEngine; > using System.Collections; > using System; > using System.Runtime.InteropServices; > > public class clip_to_sound : MonoBehaviour > { > public AudioClip audioclip; > FMOD.Channel channel; > > void Start () > { > float[] samples = new float[audioclip.samples * audioclip.channels]; > audioclip.GetData(samples, 0); > > FMOD.System lowlevel = null; > FMOD_StudioSystem.instance.System.getLowLevelSystem(out lowlevel); > > uint lenbytes = (uint)(audioclip.samples * audioclip.channels * sizeof(float)); > > FMOD.CREATESOUNDEXINFO soundinfo = new FMOD.CREATESOUNDEXINFO(); > soundinfo.length = lenbytes; > soundinfo.format = FMOD.SOUND_FORMAT.PCMFLOAT; > soundinfo.defaultfrequency = audioclip.frequency; > soundinfo.numchannels = audioclip.channels; > > FMOD.RESULT result; > FMOD.Sound sound; > result = lowlevel.createSound("", FMOD.MODE.OPENUSER, ref soundinfo, out sound); > > IntPtr ptr1, ptr2; > uint len1, len2; > result = sound.@lock(0, lenbytes, out ptr1, out ptr2, out len1, out len2); > Marshal.Copy(samples, 0, ptr1, (int)(len1 / sizeof(float))); > if (len2 > 0) > { > Marshal.Copy(samples, (int)(len1 / sizeof(float)), ptr2, (int)(len2 / sizeof(float))); > } > result = sound.unlock(ptr1, ptr2, len1, len2); > > result = sound.setMode(FMOD.MODE.LOOP_NORMAL); > > result = lowlevel.playSound(sound, null, false, out channel); > } > } > > ``` I have a confuse that why not use “Factory.System\_Create(out lowlevel)” but “getLowLevelSystem(out lowlevel)” ---
**Author:** ![cameron-fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/cameron-fmod/32/261_2.png) [@cameron-fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/cameron-fmod)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/4 "2018-01-09T23:41:44Z")
The StudioSystem will already contain a LowLevel System and this will give you a reference to it, System\_Create will make a new LowLevel System separate from the one you are already using. ---
**Author:** ![Xuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a87d85/32.png) [@Xuan](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Xuan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/5 "2018-01-10T03:01:33Z")
Thanks!But I can’t create the current sound,it’s handle’s value always equals 0,I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![Xuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a87d85/32.png) [@Xuan](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Xuan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/6 "2018-01-10T03:06:38Z")
ps:The parametric “name” of createSound is the path of music likes “d:/AAA/touch.mp3”, Is’t correct ? ---
**Author:** ![cameron-fmod](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/cameron-fmod/32/261_2.png) [@cameron-fmod](https://qa.fmod.com/u/cameron-fmod)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 4:01am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/7 "2018-01-10T04:01:34Z")
That is correct. This Q&A is for the older legacy Unity Integration for FMOD Ex and will be different for the latest versions, although not a lot will need to change. To get the LowLevel system use: ``` FMOD.System lowlevelsystem = FMODUnity.RuntimeManager.LowlevelSystem; ``` ---
**Author:** ![Xuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a87d85/32.png) [@Xuan](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Xuan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/load-an-audioclip-as-fmod-sound/11741/8 "2018-01-10T04:12:12Z")
THANKS!!!