# godot-audio

Sets up playback, mixing and beat-aware timing for Godot 4.7 audio. Use it when a project needs music, SFX, audio buses or positional sound.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 6200 installs · ★ 4506
- Author: gamedev-skills
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/godot/godot-audio/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/godot-audio

## What it does

The skill covers `AudioStreamPlayer` for music, UI sounds and global effects, plus `AudioStreamPlayer2D` and `AudioStreamPlayer3D` for positional playback. It explains assigning `.ogg` or `.wav` streams, calling `play()`, enabling autoplay and routing players to named `Music` and `SFX` buses.

It includes patterns for changing bus volume and mute state through `AudioServer`, crossfading between music tracks, and letting short sound effects overlap. `volume_db` is measured in decibels, so `0.5` is close to full volume. That is a reason to map sliders with `linear_to_db` or use the linear player and `AudioServer` helpers.

For rhythm events, the skill calculates playback time using the latest audio mix time and output latency. It also covers cut-off SFX, mistyped bus names, music loops, and silent 3D audio when `AudioListener3D` or `Camera3D` is missing.

## Requirements
- Works with: Godot, Linear

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill godot-audio -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/godot-audio/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/godot-audio/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill godot-audio -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/godot-audio/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill godot-audio -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/godot-audio/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills godot-audio
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/godot-audio/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill godot-audio -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --path skills/godot/godot-audio
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/godot-audio/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill godot-audio -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/godot/godot-audio/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- play music and short SFX in Godot
- route `AudioStreamPlayer` nodes to `Music` and `SFX` buses
- change bus volume and mute state with `AudioServer`
- crossfade between music tracks
- sync gameplay events to a beat

## Example prompts
- Set up music playback through `AudioStreamPlayer` and the `Music` bus in my Godot 4.7 project.
- Write code for an `SFX` volume slider using `AudioServer` without assigning directly to `volume_db`.
- Fix beat timing for a gameplay event by accounting for audio output latency.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: godot-audio
description: >
  Play and mix audio in Godot 4.7: AudioStreamPlayer (2D/3D variants), audio buses
  with volume/mute and effects, music vs SFX routing, db/linear volume, and precise
  sync-to-beat playback timing. Use when playing sounds or music in a Godot project,
  routing AudioStreamPlayer nodes to buses, adjusting bus volume via AudioServer, or
  syncing gameplay to the beat.
---

# Godot Audio (4.x)

Play SFX and music, route them through buses, control volume in decibels, and time
gameplay to the beat. Targets **Godot 4.7**.

## When to use

- Use when playing sound effects or music, routing audio to buses (Master/Music/SFX),
  adjusting volume/mute from code, adding bus effects (reverb, compressor), positional 3D
  audio, or syncing events to music.

**When *not* to use:** engine-agnostic audio *design* (adaptive music structure, mixing
philosophy, ducking patterns) → `audio-design`; importing/encoding assets outside Godot.

## Core workflow

1. **Pick the player node:**
   - `AudioStreamPlayer` — non-positional (music, UI, global SFX).
   - `AudioStreamPlayer2D` / `AudioStreamPlayer3D` — positional; volume/pan from distance.
2. **Assign an `AudioStream`** to `stream` (`.ogg` for music/loops, `.wav` for short SFX)
   and `play()`. Set `autoplay` for music that starts with the scene.
3. **Route to a bus.** Set the player's `bus` to a named bus (e.g. `"Music"`, `"SFX"`).
   Define buses in the Audio panel (bottom dock); each can have volume, mute, solo, and
   effects.
4. **Control volume in dB**, not linear (audio is logarithmic). `0 dB` = unchanged,
   `-80 dB` ≈ silent. Convert with `linear_to_db`/`db_to_linear`, or use the linear helpers
   (`volume_linear` on players, `AudioServer.set_bus_volume_linear()`), which convert for you.
5. **Drive volume/mute from code** with `AudioServer` by bus index.
6. **For rhythm**, compute precise playback time using output latency compensation.

## Patterns

### 1. One-shot SFX (fire-and-forget)

```gdscript
@onready var sfx: AudioStreamPlayer = $Sfx   # stream assigned in the editor

func play_jump() -> void:
    sfx.pitch_scale = randf_range(0.95, 1.05)   # slight variation avoids fatigue
    sfx.play()

# For overlapping copies, raise sfx.max_polyphony (default 1), use an
# AudioStreamPolyphonic stream, or spawn short-lived players and free on `finished`.
```

### 2. Set a bus's volume and mute via AudioServer

```gdscript
func set_music_volume(linear_0_to_1: float) -> void:
    var bus := AudioServer.get_bus_index("Music")
    # Convert a 0..1 slider to decibels; clamp avoids -inf at 0.
````
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