ChannelLayout

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Sounds can have different numbers of channels, and those channels can map to various speaker layouts.

ValueDescription
mono 1 channel.
stereo 2 channels. The first channel is for the left speaker and the second is for the right.
ambisonic 4, 9, or 16 channels. Ambisonic channels don't map directly to speakers but instead represent directions in 3D space, sort of like the images of a skybox.

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