UE4 - Microphone Spectrum always return 0 Length

Unreal Engine
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I’m working on the same thing but for unreal engine, I did everything possible as I’ve researched, but the results always zero

void UMyActorComponent::getSpectrum_Linear()
{
studioSystem->update();
if (fft != NULL)
{
GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 0.05f, FColor::Red, “FFT”);
GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 0.05f, FColor::Red, FString::FromInt(fft->length));
GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 0.05f, FColor::Red, FString::FromInt(fft->numchannels));
for (int channels = 0; channels < fft->numchannels; ++channels)
{
for (int bin = 0; bin < fft->length; ++bin)
{
float freVal = fft->spectrum[channels][bin];
GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 0.1f, FColor::Green, FString::SanitizeFloat(freVal));
}
}
}
}

void UMyActorComponent::StartRecording()
{
result = lowlevel->createSound(0, FMOD_LOOP_NORMAL | FMOD_OPENUSER, &exinfo, &sound);
result = lowlevel->recordStart(DEVICE_INDEX, sound, true);
result = lowlevel->playSound(sound, 0, false, &channel);
lowlevel->createDSPByType(FMOD_DSP_TYPE::FMOD_DSP_TYPE_FFT, &dsp);
dsp->getParameterData(FMOD_DSP_FFT_SPECTRUMDATA, (void **)&fft, 0, 0, 0);
channel->addDSP(FMOD_DSP_PARAMETER_DATA_TYPE_FFT, dsp);
dsp->setBypass(false);
dsp->setActive(true);
GEngine->AddOnScreenDebugMessage(-1, 2.f, FColor::Red, TEXT(“Start Recording!”));
}

I’ve been told to use lock and unlock sound, but i couldn’t understand or find any example how to use those functions to get what I want.

I really need help in this. any advice?

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You will need to call dsp->getParameterData every time you want new data, as it will only get a snapshot of the data at that exact frame.

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