---
title: "Creative Core: Audio"
content_type: course
url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio?language=en"
language: en
difficulty: beginner
duration_minutes: 220
unity_version:
  - "6.0"
supported_unity_versions:
  - name: "6.0"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio.md?language=en&version=6.0"
  - name: "2022.3"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio.md?language=en&version=2022.3"
  - name: "2021.3"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio.md?language=en&version=2021.3"
last_updated: "2026-08-04T14:20:55.000Z"
---

# Creative Core: Audio

Audio is one of the most overlooked aspects of interactive development, but it’s also one of the first things that can disrupt a user’s immersion if it’s done poorly — or worse, completely forgotten about.

In this mission, you will learn how to implement audio effects in Unity by creating a soundscape for an outdoor scene. You’ll create ambient audio effects, trigger sounds with events, and modify sounds with special effects.

By the end of this mission, you’ll be able to:

- Implement audio in Unity.
- Produce customized results by correctly configuring audio in a scene.
- Create interactive experiences by synthesizing audio experience design principles.
- Refine existing audio in a Unity project.
- Solve accessibility challenges in an audio design.

About this learning experience

This project is a standalone learning experience which uses content developed for the [Creative Core pathway](https://learn.unity.com/pathway/creative-core). You’ll find everything you need to get started with audio in Unity, but you may also notice references to the guided learning journey for that pathway.

If you decide that you’d like to complete the whole [Creative Core pathway](https://learn.unity.com/pathway/creative-core), you can start at any time. You’ll receive credit for any tutorials that you have already completed when you do.

## Contents

- [Get started with audio](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/get-started-with-audio?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/get-started-with-audio.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Bring a scene to life with ambient and event-based audio, file format choices, and inclusive closed captioning.
- [Create dynamic sound effects](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/create-dynamic-sound-effects-3?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/create-dynamic-sound-effects-3.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Begin building a rich soundscape by adding footstep audio and choosing event-driven or time-based playback methods.
- [Create 3D sound effects](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/create-3d-sound-effects-3?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/create-3d-sound-effects-3.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Add and tune waterfall audio while exploring its role in narrative, atmosphere, rolloffs, and digital sound design.
- [Add special effects to existing audio](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/add-special-effects-to-existing-audio-3?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/add-special-effects-to-existing-audio-3.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Create an echo with an audio reverb zone and manage audio effects, atmosphere, and source priorities in a scene.
- [Accessibility considerations for audio](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/accessibility-considerations-for-audio-3?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/accessibility-considerations-for-audio-3.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Learn to add subtitles, optimize audio, trigger clips, and apply effects to make your project more accessible.
- [Challenge: Your own soundscape](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/challenge-your-own-soundscape-3?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/tutorial/challenge-your-own-soundscape-3.md?language=en&version=6.0))
- [Creative Core: Audio Quiz](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/quiz/creative-core-audio-quiz?language=en&version=6.0) ([md](https://learn.unity.com/course/creative-core-audio/quiz/creative-core-audio-quiz.md?language=en&version=6.0)) — Check your understanding of how audio works and is used in Unity.