Unreal Engine Metasounds: 14 Simple Things I Wish I Knew When I Started

My Unreal Engine MetaSounds Journey: 14 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started
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Hey there, fellow Unreal Engine Metasound enthusiasts! Ever started working with MetaSounds and thought, "I wish I knew this earlier"? Well, you're not alone! Join me in this tutorial video as we explore the top 14 things I wish I'd known when I first dived into Unreal Engine's MetaSounds.
Whether you're just getting started or looking to level up your audio game, MetaSounds can be a game-changer. In this video, I revisit all the things that used to cause me to scratch my head.
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Here's a sneak peek of what we'll cover:
00:00 Intro
1:15 Metasounds Are NOT Blueprints
2:08 Metasounds that are playing won’t necessarily make sound
4:56 INPUTS bring info to the Metasounds from other places
6:10 OUTPUT must be connected to hear audio flow
7:53 Zero to One is Standard Scale In Metasounds
9:36 Auto-Activate
11:02 Command Line “Stat Audio”
12:11 Metasounds can Run Without Audio Flow - See # 2 as Well
12:34 How To Access Metasound Parameters from Outside Metasound
13:23 Right click To Get Reference To Metasounds
13:47 Execute Trigger Parameter
14:56 Set Float Parameter
16:26 Print Log Is Powerful!
18:00 On-Finished Node
19:42 Conclusion
If you're excited to supercharge your Unreal Engine projects with killer audio, this tutorial is your golden ticket.
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[@Ameto303]

Thanks Brian! As always it was very informative.

[@acidgreenmusic]

Thank you! This is the 5th video I watched on Metasounds. I am new to UE. Still connecting the dots. I can't wait to see how it all works in games.

[@joel_303]

super useful! Thank you so much Brian!

[@wormjuice7772]

Stat audio is going to be very helpful. Thanks 👍

[@brianmichaelfuller]

Awesome!! Sometimes it’s just the little things!! Lol

[@TheSoundFXGuy]

Great info Brian! Thanks for sharing your insight.

[@brianmichaelfuller]

Thanks man! I enjoy your videos too!! Really great stuff

[@MariusRABIN-dz2gq]

That was useful ! I was a bit disturbed by the the low/sub frequency rumble during the whole video tho, maybe you can high-pass your voice :)

[@brianmichaelfuller]

Noted!

[@Soundscapes4all]

Thank you very much for all these tutorials!! It is really amazing to be able to find this information so well explained. There is only one thing that bothers me a bit, perhaps I am a bit maniac but listening it with headphones the bass rumble from the microphone is quite noticeable...sorry I had to say it... haha anyway ... Thanks so much !! I really appreciate your amazing work !!

[@brianmichaelfuller]

Yeah some of my videos are recorded while much noise is happening around me:) unfortunately KZbin doesn’t let you go back and edit it

[@jean-pascalbeaudoin4769]

Thank you for sharing these tips Brian, super useful! If I can share an observation about the production, there's a severe amount of rumble in here likely cause by your mic stand which makes listening almost unbearable (at least to my ears). A pretty steep HPF would do magic here. Cheers

[@brianmichaelfuller]

Yeah my ceiling fan was freaking out on my condenser mic but I didn’t have time to go back and fix it. And unfortunately KZbin doesn’t let you re-upload!!

[@Roughpaws_Studio]

Thanks for this, I saw a video the other day from GDC, and the guy didn't explain ANYTHING lol 😲😂

[@brianmichaelfuller]

Glad you find it helpful! GDC talks are usually delivered in a room full of technical designers so their content delivery, usually for the sake of time, assumes a firm understanding of the content. My videos, are more geared to explaining things from the ground up. Hopefully I did that!

[@xKajzerGaming007]

Hello, thank you for this video. I have an question about accessing metasound parameters outside of metasound - you accessed it in the level blueprint. It works for me, but I tried to access them in other blueprints that were on the scene and I couldn't get them. I want to play music from one source (so I created blueprint with simple "play sound" and put it on the scene) and modify it's inputs/parameters inside other blueprints that contain information what do to (like in game on/off switch, slider that would act as lowpass filter etc). Is it even possible to do it my way, or I should use the level blueprint?

[@brianmichaelfuller]

You need to create a variable of type “audio component” and access that as the target. To communicate to it from other BP you will either need to make a blueprint interface or use event dispatchers. If everything is in the same level blueprint then you can access it directly

[@yannalaplageable]

really ? what a discovery that something empty doesnt make anything !

[@brianmichaelfuller]

For beginners, you’d be surprised