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# Audio

Category: Content

**Audio** layer template was created to play various types of audio files.

## Variables

### **Audio**

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* **Audio**: select the audio asset you want to play.
* **Output**: select Audio output device node through which you want to output audio
* **Volume:** adjusts the playback volume
* **Loop**: if checked the audio will loop when it reaches the end.
* **Pan:** for stereo channels, this pans audio from between the 2 channels.
* **Auto rename:** if checked the video layer is going to always take the name of the video asset that's currently playing.