Sonant

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🔊 Sonant

Native Contextual Audio Manager for Unreal Engine 5.6+

Sonant replaces scattered audio logic with a unified, data-driven pipeline. From physically accurate footsteps to dynamic room estimation, Sonant handles the complexity so you can focus on the soundscape.

✨ Features

🎯 Contextual Surfaces

• Automatic surface detection via material names, physical materials, or per-face collision
• GameplayTag-driven events - Define any audio event (Walk, Run, Land, Impact)
• Smart caching - O(1) material lookup after first hit
• Sub-mesh support - Different sounds for different parts of complex meshes

💥 Physics Impact System

• Automatic intensity detection based on impact force
• Light/Medium/Heavy categorization with configurable thresholds
• Pitch and volume scaling based on physics properties
• Micro-collision filtering - Eliminates jitter noise

🌊 Auto Reverb Estimation

• 6-direction raycasting (Up/Down/Left/Right/Forward/Back)
• Room size calculation with configurable presets
• Dynamic Control Bus Mix activation
• 2Hz update rate for optimal performance

🏔️ Atmosphere Zones

• Priority-based mixing - Higher priority zones override lower ones
• Reference counting - Proper handling of nested zones
• Smooth transitions via AudioModulation
• Volume component for easy zone setup

🚀 Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Unreal Engine 5.6+
• AudioModulation plugin enabled

1. Download the latest release
2. Copy Sonant folder to YourProject/Plugins/
3. Restart Unreal Editor

Basic Setup

1. Create Configuration Asset

Content Browser → Right Click → Miscellaneous → Data Asset → SonantConfig Name: DASonantConfig

2. Configure Surfaces

Surface | Keyword | Sound | Event |

🌱 Grass Grass Sonant.Event.Footstep

🔩 Metal Metal Sonant.Event.Footstep

🪨 Stone Stone Sonant.Event.Footstep

🪵 Wood Wood Sonant.Event.Footstep

🪟 Glass Glass Sonant.Event.Footstep

3. Register in Project Settings

Edit → Project Settings → Plugins → Sonant Audio Main Config: DASonantConfig

4. Add Required GameplayTags

Project Settings → GameplayTags: - Sonant.Event.Footstep - Sonant.Event.Impact.Light - Sonant.Event.Impact.Heavy - Sonant.Atmosphere.Outdoor - Sonant.Atmosphere.Cave - Sonant.Atmosphere.Underwater

That's it! You're ready to use Sonant.

🎮 Included Demo

Sonant comes with a comprehensive demo system that showcases all features without requiring custom audio assets.