What is the limit for the number of sounds that Unity can play at one time?

Unity Engine
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Hi there,

Trying to figure out how many sounds can play simultaneously at once under Unity. Does anyone know? I have read some old posts that Unity can handle up to 32 sounds at once. I do understand we can set sound priorities to audio clips, from 0 to 256.

So is the number of sounds that can play at the same time depend on the hardware the game is running on? If PC / Mac, is it based on the number of channels that the sound card supports? If on IOS or android is it different?

In a nutshell , what is the minimum number of sounds we should be targeting that we can expect will play fine together? Most interested right now on the answer for PC/Mac builds.

Thanks,
Blake

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My understanding of audio is limited, but in my experience what you’re saying is correct: max number of audio voices can vary with hardware, but 32 is a pretty typical max for PC/Mac/etc.

I’ve heard of some mobile platforms with lower limits, closer to 8, but haven’t run into that in practice.