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AudioEffectInstance
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**Inherits:** :ref:`RefCounted<class_RefCounted>` **<** :ref:`Object<class_Object>`

**Inherited By:** :ref:`AudioEffectSpectrumAnalyzerInstance<class_AudioEffectSpectrumAnalyzerInstance>`

Manipulates the audio it receives for a given effect.

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Description
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An audio effect instance manipulates the audio it receives for a given effect. This instance is automatically created by an :ref:`AudioEffect<class_AudioEffect>` when it is added to a bus, and should usually not be created directly. If necessary, it can be fetched at run-time with :ref:`AudioServer.get_bus_effect_instance()<class_AudioServer_method_get_bus_effect_instance>`.

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Tutorials
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- :doc:`Audio buses <../tutorials/audio/audio_buses>`

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Methods
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   | |void|                  | :ref:`_process<class_AudioEffectInstance_private_method__process>`\ (\ src_buffer\: ``const void*``, dst_buffer\: ``AudioFrame*``, frame_count\: :ref:`int<class_int>`\ ) |virtual| |
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   | :ref:`bool<class_bool>` | :ref:`_process_silence<class_AudioEffectInstance_private_method__process_silence>`\ (\ ) |virtual| |const|                                                                          |
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Method Descriptions
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|void| **_process**\ (\ src_buffer\: ``const void*``, dst_buffer\: ``AudioFrame*``, frame_count\: :ref:`int<class_int>`\ ) |virtual| :ref:`🔗<class_AudioEffectInstance_private_method__process>`

Called by the :ref:`AudioServer<class_AudioServer>` to process this effect. When :ref:`_process_silence()<class_AudioEffectInstance_private_method__process_silence>` is not overridden or it returns ``false``, this method is called only when the bus is active.

\ **Note:** It is not useful to override this method in GDScript or C#. Only GDExtension can take advantage of it.

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:ref:`bool<class_bool>` **_process_silence**\ (\ ) |virtual| |const| :ref:`🔗<class_AudioEffectInstance_private_method__process_silence>`

Override this method to customize the processing behavior of this effect instance.

Should return ``true`` to force the :ref:`AudioServer<class_AudioServer>` to always call :ref:`_process()<class_AudioEffectInstance_private_method__process>`, even if the bus has been muted or cannot otherwise be heard.

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