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# audio

The location of an audio file.

## Discussion

The default value is blank. Each instance of `AudioAction` must supply its own value for this property and an accompanying music file by the same name within the asset.

### Declaration

```other
uniform asset audio
```

### Define an Audio File

The following line shows how to define a path to an audio file named `backgroundMusic.m4a`:

```other
uniform asset audio = @backgroundMusic.m4a@
```

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