Wwise Help

To reset confirmation messages:

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the Confirmation Messages group of the User Preferences dialog, click Reset.

3. In the confirmation dialog, click OK.

To manage external editors:

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U). External editors are listed in a table in the User Preferences dialog. See Using tables for details.

2. In the External Editors group, click Add.

3. In the Open dialog, browse to and select an audio editing program then click Open.

4. You can now optionally change a selected editor's file path by clicking , or delete it by clicking Delete.

5. Optionally change the Start Mode. The default, Single Process, is recommended for most editors.

   • Single Process: For each edit request, Wwise starts a single process and passes the list of files to edit as arguments to the process.

   • Multiple Processes: For each edit request, Wwise passes one file to edit as the argument of each process. Select this for audio editors that do not accept multiple files as arguments.

6. If you have more than one external editor, the first listed is the default. To change the default, select an editor and click Set As Default. In most views in Wwise, the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+E opens the selected file or files in the default editor.

7. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

To set the font and scaling:

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the User Interface - Font and Scaling group of the User Preferences dialog, optionally set:

   • Font: The font used in the Wwise user interface. A preview is rendered immediately.

   • Font Size: The change is visible after clicking OK.

   • Enable High DPI: By default, Wwise is optimized for display on a 4K or 5K monitor. For lower DPI monitors, you can disable this. The change takes effect after restarting Wwise.

3. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

To set the theme and color:

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the Theme and Color group of the User Preferences dialog, set the following:

   • Theme:

     • Classic: The gray theme used in Wwise since its first release.

     • Dark: A palette of primarily dark colors.

     • Light: A palette of primarily light colors.

   • Lightness: The lightness of the theme on a scale of -100 (darkest) to 100 (lightest). Default: 0.

   • Contrast: The contrast of the theme on a scale of -100 (least) to 100 (most). Default: 0.

   • Saturation: The saturation of the theme color, on a scale of 0 (least) to 100 (most). Default: 0. The color can be set with the Color setting.

   • Color: Colorizes neutral gray UI elements. Use the slider to select colors from a spectrum. Changes are visible when Saturation is positive. Default: 0.

3. Wwise updates the user interface with a preview of the changes. Click OK to save the changes and close the dialog.

To change the background processing setting:

We recommend you leave this option enabled as it is by default.

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the Background Processing group of the User Preferences dialog, disable or enable Analyze WAV files to find peaks and prepare them for HDR playback.

3. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

To restore the legacy Property Editor:

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the Property Editor group of the User Preferences dialog, select Add Legacy Property Editor to Primary Editors.

3. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

To configure the Wwise Authoring API (WAAPI):

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the Wwise Authoring API (WAAPI) group of the User Preferences dialog, set the following:

   • Enable Wwise Authoring API: Opens the connection for the Wwise Authoring API, according to the following settings.

   • Allow connections from: Comma-separated list of IP addresses (IPv4 or IPv6) that are considered valid. For example, if you have a local server running on localhost, the address would be 127.0.0.1. Incoming connections from any other IP address will be blocked by Wwise. Default: 127.0.0.1,::1

     The field also supports the metacharacter *. This allows connections from any IP address. It is not secure, and is not recommended.

   • Allow browser connections from: Comma-separated list of origins (http://host:port) that are considered valid (HTTP header Origin). For example, if you have a local server running on port 8081, the origin would be http://localhost:8081. Incoming connections from any other origin will be blocked by Wwise. Use this with care because it is the only protection against cross-scripting attacks.

     The field also supports the metacharacter *. This allows connections from any IP address. It is not secure, and is not recommended.

   • WAMP port: WAMP port used by the Wwise Authoring API server. Default: 8080.

   • HTTP port: HTTP port used by the Wwise Authoring API server. Default: 8090.

   • WAMP max clients: Maximum number of concurrent clients that can connect to the Wwise Authoring API server through WAMP. Default: 5.

   • HTTP max clients: Maximum number of concurrent clients that can connect to the Wwise Authoring API server through HTTP POST. Default: 2.

3. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

To specify which octave of C is considered middle-C:

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the MIDI group of the User Preferences dialog, choose a value for Display Middle C As:

   • C3: MIDI note range is C-2 to G8

   • C4: MIDI note range is C-1 to G9

   • C5: MIDI note range is C0 to G10

3. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

To configure Live Media Transfer:

1. From the menu bar, click Project > User Preferences (Shift+U).

2. In the Live Media Transfer group of the User Preferences dialog, set the Max memory for Media updates (MB). Default: 2000.

3. Click OK to save your settings and close the dialog.

To set the documentation source for Wwise Authoring:

1. From the menu bar, click Help > Documentation Source.

2. Select the source:

   • Audiokinetic.com: View the documentation online in your browser.

   • Offline: View the documentation in a local .chm (Compiled HTML Help) file.

To set the language for Wwise Help, Contextual Help, and the Wwise SDK documentation:

1. From the menu bar, click Help > Documentation Language.

2. Select one of English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, or Korean.