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AudioEffect
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**Inherits:** :ref:`Resource<class_Resource>` **<** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`AudioEffectAmplify<class_AudioEffectAmplify>`, :ref:`AudioEffectCapture<class_AudioEffectCapture>`, :ref:`AudioEffectChorus<class_AudioEffectChorus>`, :ref:`AudioEffectCompressor<class_AudioEffectCompressor>`, :ref:`AudioEffectDelay<class_AudioEffectDelay>`, :ref:`AudioEffectDistortion<class_AudioEffectDistortion>`, :ref:`AudioEffectEQ<class_AudioEffectEQ>`, :ref:`AudioEffectFilter<class_AudioEffectFilter>`, :ref:`AudioEffectLimiter<class_AudioEffectLimiter>`, :ref:`AudioEffectPanner<class_AudioEffectPanner>`, :ref:`AudioEffectPhaser<class_AudioEffectPhaser>`, :ref:`AudioEffectPitchShift<class_AudioEffectPitchShift>`, :ref:`AudioEffectRecord<class_AudioEffectRecord>`, :ref:`AudioEffectReverb<class_AudioEffectReverb>`, :ref:`AudioEffectSpectrumAnalyzer<class_AudioEffectSpectrumAnalyzer>`, :ref:`AudioEffectStereoEnhance<class_AudioEffectStereoEnhance>`

Audio effect for audio.

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Description
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Base resource for audio bus. Applies an audio effect on the bus that the resource is applied on.

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Tutorials
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- `Audio Mic Record Demo <https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/527>`__

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Methods
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   | :ref:`AudioEffectInstance<class_AudioEffectInstance>` | :ref:`_instantiate<class_AudioEffect_method__instantiate>` **(** **)** |virtual| |
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Method Descriptions
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:ref:`AudioEffectInstance<class_AudioEffectInstance>` **_instantiate** **(** **)** |virtual|

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