Pixi'VN sound: channels, playback, volume, and filters

Official docs: pixi-vn.com/start/sound. The sound module is a wrapper around Tone.js; the whole audio system was revised in v1.6.0/1.8.0, so if you find older examples elsewhere, prefer this skill and the doc link above.

When to use this skill

Use this skill whenever a task touches audio in a Pixi'VN project: starting/stopping music, playing a one-shot sound effect or a voice line, pausing/resuming playback, adjusting volume or mute state, or attaching Tone.js filters/effects. Requires Game.init to have already run (see pixi-vn) and the tone peer dependency to be installed.

Core mental model

sound (typed SoundManagerInterface) is the single entry point — do not import SoundRegistry directly, it's internal bookkeeping. Import it from the main package (as the official docs do):

import { sound } from "@drincs/pixi-vn";

(Also available from the narrower @drincs/pixi-vn/sound subpath — see pixi-vn for when to prefer that.)

The docs describe four elements, from broadest to narrowest: