audio-design

SKILL.md

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.