# Csound for Games

**URL:** https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/c/csound-for-games/10.md

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## [About the Csound for Games category](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/about-the-csound-for-games-category/443)

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**Author:** [@rorywalsh](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/rorywalsh)\
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This sub forum is for users who wish to ask questions about any aspects of using of Csound in games. You may also ask questions about CsoundUnity, or CsoundFMOD, which now ships with Windows and OSX versions of Cabbage.

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## [Updating a few csds to CsoundUnity](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/updating-a-few-csds-to-csoundunity/5014)

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**Author:** [@mateolarreaferro](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/mateolarreaferro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [14 May 2026 15:03 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/updating-a-few-csds-to-csoundunity/5014 "2026-05-14T15:03:19Z")

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Heads up for anyone porting Cabbage .csd patches to CsoundUnity. I’ve been adapting some of Iain McCurdy’s examples (River, Electricity, etc.) and ran into two issues that took me a while to debug. 1. Widget defaults d…

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## [Geo Icarus](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/geo-icarus/5008)

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**Author:** [@unit327](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/unit327)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [30 April 2026 14:06 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/geo-icarus/5008 "2026-04-30T14:06:19Z")

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I thought I’d share the browser game I made with CSound and Cabbage, Geo Icarus. Every bit of sound in it is generated live using godot-csound, apart from the voice over in the tutorial. I hope you enjoy it, and thank…

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## [CsoundUnity version compatibility with Unity 6](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-version-compatibility-with-unity-6/5011)

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**Author:** [@dannycastroaudio](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/dannycastroaudio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [29 April 2026 20:52 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-version-compatibility-with-unity-6/5011 "2026-04-29T20:52:50Z")

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Hi, For some reason, I cannot find this anywhere, or at least not openly disclosed, but what Unity versions is CsoundUnity currently compatible with? I know that it works with Unity 2021 LTS based on example projects I…

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## [Setting k-rate in CsoundUnity](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/setting-k-rate-in-csoundunity/4837)

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**Author:** [@Yardbird78](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Yardbird78)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [7 July 2025 03:25 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/setting-k-rate-in-csoundunity/4837 "2025-07-07T03:25:58Z")

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Hello there, I’ve been having a great time with CsoundUnity for awhile, but I noticed that the ability to change sample rate and k-rate has recently been added. I was happy to see that, but I noticed that changing the s…

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## [Csound/cabbage plug-ins no longer supported in FMOD?](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csound-cabbage-plug-ins-no-longer-supported-in-fmod/4765)

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**Author:** [@ender66](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/ender66)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [18 April 2025 14:40 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csound-cabbage-plug-ins-no-longer-supported-in-fmod/4765 "2025-04-18T14:40:27Z")

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Hi, We,re trying to upgrade some proyects from the 2023 FMOD version due to important upgrades that offer a great improvement in our Live audio Simulator. We used a couple of plug-ins developped in cabbage audio with gr…

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## [Returning to CsoundUnity and updating old project](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/returning-to-csoundunity-and-updating-old-project/3933)

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**Author:** [@metaphysician](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/metaphysician)\
**Replies:** 164\
**Last updated:** [14 January 2025 20:19 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/returning-to-csoundunity-and-updating-old-project/3933 "2025-01-14T20:19:06Z")

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hi folks! it has been a number of years since i was on this forum. i’ve been looking into finally finally getting the production version of my 3D VR sequencer done. i ran a prototype version of this on an original Vive b…

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## [Inquiry on syncing Csound instances](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/inquiry-on-syncing-csound-instances/4653)

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**Author:** [@metaphysician](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/metaphysician)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [31 December 2024 23:23 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/inquiry-on-syncing-csound-instances/4653 "2024-12-31T23:23:54Z")

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hey folks, back again with another issue on my Constellation project. i have discovered that the sync between my various Csound sequencer instances is slightly off. i recall that Rory cautioned me about this issue, so it…

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## [Fixing spectrum analyzer for OnAudioFilterRead](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/fixing-spectrum-analyzer-for-onaudiofilterread/4641)

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**Author:** [@metaphysician](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/metaphysician)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [31 December 2024 22:58 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/fixing-spectrum-analyzer-for-onaudiofilterread/4641 "2024-12-31T22:58:18Z")

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hey there @giovannibedetti and others - i’m still in my project and now willing to tackle the GetSpectrumData() issue that seems to be glitched when using procedural generation in OnAudioFilterRead. i’m wondering if a d…

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## [csoundUnity noob questions](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-noob-questions/4466)

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**Author:** [@Kzz](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Kzz)\
**Replies:** 53\
**Last updated:** [25 August 2024 11:04 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-noob-questions/4466 "2024-08-25T11:04:42Z")

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Hi friends, i\`m porting my granular csd to mobile devices with Unity and csoundUnity. so far all good, kbobs, triggers, comboboxes working well. Not sure what is right i need to add to my CSD for best performance and …

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## [Unity: Dynamically enable/disable AudioSource+CsoundUnity components](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unity-dynamically-enable-disable-audiosource-csoundunity-components/4298)

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**Author:** [@WillH0ward-1](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/WillH0ward-1)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [26 July 2024 13:42 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/unity-dynamically-enable-disable-audiosource-csoundunity-components/4298 "2024-07-26T13:42:32Z")

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Hello everyone, Using Unity 2022.2.18 Currently implementing Csound in a 3D environment with many sound sources and various cabbage instruments. The CsoundUnity components and their respective AudioSource are contained…

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## [Mono Instruments for 3D audio + ksmps Performance Impact](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/mono-instruments-for-3d-audio-ksmps-performance-impact/4427)

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**Author:** [@WillH0ward-1](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/WillH0ward-1)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [17 July 2024 14:09 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/mono-instruments-for-3d-audio-ksmps-performance-impact/4427 "2024-07-17T14:09:27Z")

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Hi all hope everyone is well, Two questions on the following: Mono vs stereo cabbage instruments for 3D games Impact of ksmps on performance Not sure if my intuition is correct so would love to confirm: In games, it…

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## [CsoundUnity Crashing](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-crashing/4336)

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**Author:** [@Gibran\_Mobarak](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Gibran_Mobarak)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [26 April 2024 15:23 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-crashing/4336 "2024-04-26T15:23:50Z")

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Hello! I’m trying out CsoundUnity for the first time mostly following the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9vFZTRVfSg. Everything works on the Cabbage side and my sliders and buttons are coming up in th…

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## [\[CsoundUnity\] Android app crashes on startup](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-android-app-crashes-on-startup/3903)

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**Author:** [@MoShang](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/MoShang)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [25 March 2024 10:01 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-android-app-crashes-on-startup/3903 "2024-03-25T10:01:04Z")

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Hi there, I’m attempting to use CsoundUnity in an Oculus Quest project, but my app is crashing on startup. In an attempt to remove variables, I’ve also made a bare bones project to run on my Pixel 7 phone - it’s just a …

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## [Exporting FMOD effect plugin has undesired behaviour](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/exporting-fmod-effect-plugin-has-undesired-behaviour/4305)

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**Author:** [@ThijmenBos](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/ThijmenBos)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [21 March 2024 09:25 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/exporting-fmod-effect-plugin-has-undesired-behaviour/4305 "2024-03-21T09:25:00Z")

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Hey, I was making an effect plugin for FMOD in cabbage, but I have an issue I can not figure out. I am using the ins opcode (I have tried inch as well with the same result) to get the audio from my mic, and presumably t…

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## [CsoundUnity Issues + Workflow Suggestions?](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-issues-workflow-suggestions/4275)

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**Author:** [@WillH0ward-1](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/WillH0ward-1)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [11 February 2024 12:19 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-issues-workflow-suggestions/4275 "2024-02-11T12:19:00Z")

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Hi all, Got a rather colossal post here. Apologies if it’s too much for one. I’m in the early stages of implementing CsoundUnity into my 3D Unity game. I’m in the process of working out a most efficient and modular wo…

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## [Cabbage and WWise plugins](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/cabbage-and-wwise-plugins/1868)

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**Author:** [@giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/giovannibedetti)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [29 January 2024 10:35 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/cabbage-and-wwise-plugins/1868 "2024-01-29T10:35:37Z")

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How much effort would it take to create plugins for WWise using Cabbage? I don’t know anything about it, but it is what almost every AAA game company uses for game audio.

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## [Pitch issue on Android with sf2 sequence playback](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/pitch-issue-on-android-with-sf2-sequence-playback/3926)

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**Author:** [@MoShang](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/MoShang)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [21 January 2024 10:12 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/pitch-issue-on-android-with-sf2-sequence-playback/3926 "2024-01-21T10:12:31Z")

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Hi! I’m on the steep part of the learning curve and would appreciate help getting me over a bump. I’ve extended sfload.csd that comes with the Environment Vars sample of the CsoundUnity package to play back a simple ma…

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## [Latest Version](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/latest-version/3969)

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**Author:** [@Keyi\_Ding](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Keyi_Ding)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [23 November 2023 22:19 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/latest-version/3969 "2023-11-23T22:19:10Z")

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Hi all, just posting to ask does CsoundUnity 3.4.1 works on Unity version 2022.3.12f1 with VR?

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## [Where is the Export FMOD Plugin?](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/where-is-the-export-fmod-plugin/3577)

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**Author:** [@madfiddler](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/madfiddler)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [3 November 2023 16:06 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/where-is-the-export-fmod-plugin/3577 "2023-11-03T16:06:30Z")

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Hi, Just found Cabbage, looks really interesting. Being a n00b, I can’t find the Export FMOD Plugin option in 2.9.0 Thanks, Mark.

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## [CsoundUnity 3.0, "sfload: cannot open SoundFont file"](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-3-0-sfload-cannot-open-soundfont-file/2638)

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**Author:** [@ceberman](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/ceberman)\
**Replies:** 50\
**Last updated:** [1 November 2023 10:53 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-3-0-sfload-cannot-open-soundfont-file/2638 "2023-11-01T10:53:30Z")

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First of all, want to say how very excited I am about CsoundUnity 3.0, and so many thanks for this release. I’m just starting out testing, and have one question up front with an error code "sfload: cannot open SoundFont…

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## [\[CsoundUnity\] Loading UDOs](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-loading-udos/3874)

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**Author:** [@giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/giovannibedetti)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [1 October 2023 18:37 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-loading-udos/3874 "2023-10-01T18:37:32Z")

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In the current version of CsoundUnity (3.4), Csound UDOs are not easy to use, if they are on an external file and not in the csd. To be able to load a .udo file, the user has to do a very boring process of: place the …

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## [\[CsoundUnity\] Dynamically create Csound audio channels](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-dynamically-create-csound-audio-channels/3767)

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**Author:** [@giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/giovannibedetti)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [1 October 2023 12:29 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-dynamically-create-csound-audio-channels/3767 "2023-10-01T12:29:32Z")

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Hello! I’m trying to achieve the same behaviour of a CsoundUnityChild, but in a dynamic way, meaning that I don’t know the Csound audio channel name in advance. So I want to create multiple instances of the same instrum…

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## [SetChannel NullReference Error](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/setchannel-nullreference-error/3808)

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**Author:** [@Xiaomeng\_Zhong](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Xiaomeng_Zhong)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [6 August 2023 12:03 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/setchannel-nullreference-error/3808 "2023-08-06T12:03:30Z")

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Hi @giovannibedetti Hope you are doing well! I am having a little trouble with the SetChannel in Unity. I was trying to set a frequency value from unity to the pitch channel in csound that was defined like the followi…

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## [\[CsoundUnity\] Loading Midi files](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-loading-midi-files/3781)

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**Author:** [@giovannibedetti](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/giovannibedetti)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [11 July 2023 08:23 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-loading-midi-files/3781 "2023-07-11T08:23:09Z")

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I’m trying to load a midi file in CsoundUnity, but the Unity editor crashes with this stack: 0x00007FFD3E7C541E (csound64) csoundGetRandomSeedFromTime 0x00007FFD3E7C7B97 (csound64) csoundPerformKsmps 0x00000203B8C6AA1A …

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## [VR CsoundUnity Sequencer](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/vr-csoundunity-sequencer/3719)

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**Author:** [@Xiaomeng\_Zhong](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Xiaomeng_Zhong)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [25 May 2023 23:36 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/vr-csoundunity-sequencer/3719 "2023-05-25T23:36:09Z")

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Hi Rory, I’m trying to build a interactable sequencer in Unity following your simple sequencer tutorial, and I am using the Auto Hand VR package to build it in the setting that if you throw the bouncy ball and it collid…

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## [FMOD Plug-ins cannot be found on Unity build](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/fmod-plug-ins-cannot-be-found-on-unity-build/3558)

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**Author:** [@Deinol](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Deinol)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [27 January 2023 10:08 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/fmod-plug-ins-cannot-be-found-on-unity-build/3558 "2023-01-27T10:08:39Z")

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Hi there! I’m having a bit of a problem to make FMOD Csound Plugins (Compiled in Cabagge) work on my Unity builds. I followed Rory’s videotutorial and didn’t help fix it either. The two plug-ins I’m using are working a…

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## [CSoundUnity vs CSoundFMOD](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-vs-csoundfmod/3521)

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**Author:** [@woodwindblues](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/woodwindblues)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [28 December 2022 18:29 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csoundunity-vs-csoundfmod/3521 "2022-12-28T18:29:31Z")

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Hello, I am wondering what the intended/preferred use cases for CSoundUnity and CSoundFMOD are (compared to each other). My perception is as follows: Both allow for the use of CSound in Games. CSoundUnity can be use…

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## [3d objects in gui](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/3d-objects-in-gui/3483)

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**Author:** [@Man\_in\_the\_gutter](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/Man_in_the_gutter)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [7 December 2022 17:00 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/3d-objects-in-gui/3483 "2022-12-07T17:00:39Z")

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I recently started using blender with the additional cad package. I was just wondering about the options regarding 3d objects as elements in a gui. I figured I’d need a perspective that changes along an axis parallel t…

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## [CSound Unity IOS build failure](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csound-unity-ios-build-failure/3484)

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**Author:** [@David\_Harris](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/u/David_Harris)\
**Replies:** 75\
**Last updated:** [6 December 2022 12:47 UTC](https://forum.cabbageaudio.com/t/csound-unity-ios-build-failure/3484 "2022-12-06T12:47:11Z")

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Hi all, hoping someone might be able to point me in the right direction for building CSound Unity on IOS. I’ve been looking for a sound generation platform (synth, drums & engine noises) for a Unity project and wanted t…

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