# Audio Design

Implement game audio practice, bus/mixer architecture and gain in decibels, ducking...

- Repository: https://github.com/gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills (6445 stars)
- Category: Media
- License: Apache-2.0
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill audio-design -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill audio-design -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill audio-design -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill audio-design -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills`

## Description

Implement game audio practice, bus/mixer architecture and gain in decibels, ducking (sidechain), adaptive/dynamic music via layering and re-sequencing, SFX variation, and beat synchronization. Engine-neutral. Use when the user mentions audio mixing, audio buses, adaptive/dynamic music, ducking, SFX variation, music layers, or syncing gameplay to the beat.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Audio design

Game audio is a **mixing graph plus a music system**. Route every sound through a
small set of buses so you can balance and process groups; make music *react* to
play through layering and re-sequencing rather than looping one track. This skill
teaches the portable practice; bind it to `godot-audio`, Unity's AudioMixer, or
middleware (FMOD/Wwise) for concrete APIs.

## When to use

- Use to design a bus/mixer layout, set group volumes, and apply effects (reverb,
  compression, EQ) to groups of sounds.
- Use to duck music/ambience under dialogue or impacts (sidechain).
- Use to build adaptive music that responds to combat/exploration intensity.
- Use to add SFX variation (pitch/sample randomization) and sync events to a beat.

**When *not* to use:** for the engine's concrete audio nodes/streams, use
`godot-audio` or the engine's audio skill. Loading/streaming and asset import are
engine concerns. For UI sliders that drive bus volume, see the engine UI skill.

## Core workflow

The rest: https://github.com/gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/disciplines/audio-design/SKILL.md