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SoundService

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A service that determines various aspects of how Sounds play in the game. SoundService is also often used to store SoundGroups although this is not mandatory for SoundGroups to work.

What can SoundService do?

SoundService properties such as SoundService/AmbientReverb, SoundService/DistanceFactor, SoundService/DopplerScale and SoundService/RolloffScale can be used to change how all Sounds play in the game.

The SoundService/SetListener function allows developers to set the position where sounds are heard from.

SoundService/PlayLocalSound can be used to play a sound locally regardless of where it is parented to.

Developers looking to find out more about how sound works in Roblox should consult the documentation provided for the FMOD sound engine.

Properties

ReverbType

AmbientReverb

The ambient sound environment preset used by SoundService.
float

DistanceFactor

The number of studs to be considered a meter by SoundService when calculating 3D Sound volume attenuation.
float

DopplerScale

This property determines the degree to with a 3D Sounds pitch varies due to the Doppler effect.
bool

RespectFilteringEnabled

Sets whether Sound playback from a client will replicate to the server.
float

RolloffScale

Sets how fast 3D Sound volume attenuates, or ‘rolls off’.

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bool

Archivable

Determines if an Instance can be cloned using /Instance/Clone or saved to file.
string

ClassName

[ReadOnly] [NotReplicated]

A read-only string representing the class this Instance belongs to
int

DataCost

[ReadOnly] [NotReplicated] [Deprecated]

The cost of saving the instance using data persistence.
string

Name

A non-unique identifier of the Instance
Instance

Parent

Determines the hierarchical parent of the Instance
bool

RobloxLocked

[Deprecated]

A deprecated property that used to protect CoreGui objects
bool

archivable

[Hidden] [NotReplicated] [Deprecated]
string

className

[ReadOnly] [NotReplicated] [Deprecated]

Functions

Tuple

GetListener ( )

GetListener returns SoundServices current listener type and what is set as listener.
void

PlayLocalSound ( Instance sound )

Plays a Sound locally, meaning the sound will only be heard by the client calling this function, regardless of where it’s parented to.
void

SetListener ( ListenerType listenerType , Tuple listener )

Sets the listener for the SoundService.

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void

ClearAllChildren ( )

This function destroys all of an Instance's children.
Instance

Clone ( )

Create a deep copy of a Roblox instance and descendants where Archivable = true.
void

Destroy ( )

Sets the Instance/Parent property to nil, locks the Instance/Parent property, disconnects all connections and calls Destroy on all children.
Instance

FindFirstAncestor ( string name )

Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Instance/Name is equal to the given name.
Instance

FindFirstAncestorOfClass ( string className )

Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Instance/ClassName is equal to the given className.
Instance

FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA ( string className )

Returns the first ancestor of the Instance for whom Instance/IsA returns true for the given className.
Instance

FindFirstChild ( string name , bool recursive )

Returns the first child of the Instance found with the given name.
Instance

FindFirstChildOfClass ( string className )

Returns the first child of the Instance whose Instance/ClassName|ClassName is equal to the given className.
Instance

FindFirstChildWhichIsA ( string className , bool recursive )

Returns the first child of the Instance for whom Instance/IsA returns true for the given className.
Variant

GetAttribute ( string attribute )

Returns the attribute which has been assigned to the given name
RBXScriptSignal

GetAttributeChangedSignal ( string attribute )

Returns an event that fires when the given attribute changes
Dictionary

GetAttributes ( )

Attributes are not currently enabled, so this API member may have no effect, emit a warning or raise an error. Do not use it in new work.

Returns a dictionary of string → variant pairs for each of the Instance|Instance’s attributes
Objects

GetChildren ( )

Returns an array containing all of the Instance's children.
string

GetDebugId ( int scopeLength )

[NotBrowsable]

Returns a coded string of the Instances DebugId used internally by Roblox.
Array

GetDescendants ( )

[CustomLuaState]

Returns an array containing all of the descendants of the instance
string

GetFullName ( )

Returns a string describing the Instance's ancestry.
RBXScriptSignal

GetPropertyChangedSignal ( string property )

Get an event that fires when a given property of an object changes.
bool

IsA ( string className )

[CustomLuaState]

Returns true if an Instance's class matches or inherits from a given class
bool

IsAncestorOf ( Instance descendant )

Returns true if an Instance is an ancestor of the given descendant.
bool

IsDescendantOf ( Instance ancestor )

Returns true if an Instance is a descendant of the given ancestor.
void

Remove ( )

[Deprecated]

Sets the object’s Parent to nil, and does the same for all its descendants.
void

SetAttribute ( string attribute , Variant value )

Sets the attribute with the given name to the given value
Instance

WaitForChild ( string childName , double timeOut )

[CustomLuaState] [CanYield]

Returns the child of the Instance with the given name. If the child does not exist, it will yield the current thread until it does.
Objects

children ( )

[Deprecated]

Returns an array of the object’s children.
Instance

clone ( )

[Deprecated]
void

destroy ( )

[Deprecated]
Instance

findFirstChild ( string name , bool recursive )

[Deprecated]
Objects

getChildren ( )

[Deprecated]
bool

isA ( string className )

[Deprecated] [CustomLuaState]
bool

isDescendantOf ( Instance ancestor )

[Deprecated]
void

remove ( )

[Deprecated]

Events

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RBXScriptSignal

AncestryChanged ( Instance child , Instance parent )

Fires when the Instance/Parent property of the object or one of its ancestors is changed.
RBXScriptSignal

AttributeChanged ( string attribute )

Fires whenever an attribute is changed on the Instance
RBXScriptSignal

Changed ( string property )

[DetectingPropertyChanges]

Fired immediately after a property of an object changes.
RBXScriptSignal

ChildAdded ( Instance child )

Fires when an object is parented to this Instance.
RBXScriptSignal

ChildRemoved ( Instance child )

Fires when a child is removed from this Instance.
RBXScriptSignal

DescendantAdded ( Instance descendant )

Fires when a descendant is added to the Instance
RBXScriptSignal

DescendantRemoving ( Instance descendant )

Fires immediately before a descendant of the Instance is removed.
RBXScriptSignal

childAdded ( Instance child )

[Deprecated]

Code Samples

Dynamic Reverb System

The code in this sample, when ran from a LocalScript, will change the SoundService/AmbientReverb property of SoundService when the player is inside a BasePart tagged using CollectionService.

To add or remove tags and reverb types, change the entries in the ‘reverbTags’ table.

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Play Local Sound

This sample creates and plays a sound locally when a button in a custom Studio plugin is pressed.

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SoundGroup TremoloSoundEffect