Wwise Help

If you are having desynchronization or voice starvation problems when auditioning tracks, and you are connected to the game you may want to set a new look-ahead time for music tracks in the Track Property Editor. If you are experiencing these problems in Wwise for unstreamed tracks, you could adjust the look-ahead time in Authoring Audio Preferences to prevent these problems. This value determines the default look-ahead time for these objects in Wwise. For more information about defining user preferences for look-ahead time, refer to Setting the Music Track Look-ahead Time.

As a general rule, the more tracks that you have playing simultaneously, the more look-ahead time you will need to avoid voice starvation and maintain track synchronization. The exact amount of look-ahead time will depend on many factors, including the compression format and the total bandwidth usage at the time of the request.

The sample converter used in Wwise increases the length of a sound by approximately 12 samples per minute for sources in the following frequencies:

Although this is not a problem for sound objects, music objects can stop at the exit marker and don't necessarily play to the end of the file, which can cause inconsistencies. It is a good idea, therefore, to use 12,000, 24,000, 36,000, or 48,000 Hz audio files for your music objects because these don't introduce any errors.