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public static method Start(deviceName: string, loop: bool, lengthSec: int, frequency: int): AudioClip;
public static AudioClip Start(string deviceName, bool loop, int lengthSec, int frequency);

Parameters

deviceName The name of the device.
loop Indicates whether the recording should continue recording if lengthSec is reached, and wrap around and record from the beginning of the AudioClip.
lengthSec Is the length of the AudioClip produced by the recording.
frequency The sample rate of the AudioClip produced by the recording.

Returns

AudioClip The function returns null if the recording fails to start.

Description

Start Recording with device.

If you pass a null or empty string for the device name then the default microphone will be used. You can get a list of available microphone devices from the devices property. You can find the range of sample rates supported by a microphone using the GetDeviceCaps property.

Note that if you want to use the Microphone class in the web player, you need to get the user's permission to do so. Call Application.RequestUserAuthorization before calling any Microphone methods.

// Start recording with built-in Microphone and play the recorded audio right away
function Start() {
    var aud = GetComponent.<AudioSource>();
    aud.clip = Microphone.Start("Built-in Microphone", true, 10, 44100);
    aud.Play();
}
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class ExampleClass : MonoBehaviour { void Start() { AudioSource aud = GetComponent<AudioSource>(); aud.clip = Microphone.Start("Built-in Microphone", true, 10, 44100); aud.Play(); } }

Note that web player is not supported from 5.4.0 onwards.

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