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# audioListener

The entity which defines the listener position and orientation for
spatial audio.

```
var audioListener: Entity? { get set }
```

## Discussion

By default this `audioListener` property is nil, which means that the
active camera entity will be used as the audio listener. The
`audioListener` can be set to any entity in the `scene` to use the
transform of the entity as the audio listener position and orientation.

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