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# createParameter(withIdentifier:name:address:min:max:unit:unitName:flags:valueStrings:dependentParameters:)

Creates a single parameter object.

```
class func createParameter(withIdentifier identifier: String, name: String, address: AUParameterAddress, min: AUValue, max: AUValue, unit: AudioUnitParameterUnit, unitName: String?, flags: AudioUnitParameterOptions = [], valueStrings: [String]?, dependentParameters: [NSNumber]?) -> AUParameter
```

## Parameters

`identifier`

The parameter’s non-localized, permanent name.

`name`

The parameter’s localized name for display.

`address`

The parameter’s address.

`min`

The parameter’s minimum value.

`max`

The parameter’s maximum value.

`unit`

The parameter’s unit of measurement.

`unitName`

The parameter’s localized unit name.

`flags`

The parameter’s characteristic details.

`valueStrings`

The parameter’s localized value strings.

`dependentParameters`

Any other parameter’s whose values may change as a side effect of this parameter’s value changing.

## Return Value

A newly-initialized parameter object.

## See Also

[`AUParameter`](/documentation/AudioToolbox/AUParameter)

An object that represents a single audio unit parameter.


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