Read Microphone level (amplitude of recorded sound) in realtime

Unity Engine
1

This thread is from 2012 and uses:

AudioClip audioClip = new AudioClip();

That’s not allowed, so I’m guessing it’s outdated.

    public float[] data;
    string device;
    AudioClip audioClip;
    AudioSource audioSource;

    void Start()
    {
        data = new float[128];
        StartMicrophone();
        device = Microphone.devices[0];
        audioClip = Microphone.Start(device, true, 1, 44100);
        //audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
        //audioSource.clip = Microphone.Start(device, true, 1, 44100);
        //audioSource.Play();
     }

    void Update()
    {
     
        int position = Microphone.GetPosition(null);
        _ = audioClip.GetData(data, position);
        //_ = audioSource.clip.GetData(data, position);

     }

I can see the data changing in the inspector, but only at the beginning of the recording. If I set the lengthSec to 3, it updates every 3 seconds.
even If I use the clip with an audio source, I can hear what’s recorded in almost realtime, but the GetData only updates on the start of the recording.
I only want to trigger an event when the overall volume exceeds a certain threshold, not use the actual recording for anything.

2

Finally figured it out:

    public void StartMicrophone()
    {
        data = new float[128];
        device = Microphone.devices[0];
        audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
        audioSource.clip = Microphone.Start(device, true, 10, 44100);
        audioSource.Play();
    }

    void Update()
    {
             audioSource.GetOutputData(data, 0);
    }

Don’t get the data from the audio clip, but from the audio source