Audio library for announcements and alarms

Last modified: Monday September 29, 2025.

Alta Video and Alta Protect include a library of audio clips you can use for announcements.

Listen to an audio library clip

  1. From the toolbar, open new tool button > devices button Devices.
  2. Hover over devices button Devices and select Speakers.
  3. Click new tool button More options and select open audio library button Audio library.
  4. Find the required audio clip and click play audio clip button Play audio.

Play an audio clip through a speaker

You can play an audio clip by selecting a speaker in Video view, Devices, Map view, and pop-up notifications. You can make bulk announcements from Devices tool. See Make audio announcements.

Play audio in Alta Protect zones

You can play audio clips from the Audio library when an alarm triggers in an Alta Protect zone. See Alarm and arm/disarm actions.

Add a clip to the audio library

The audio library currently contains preloaded sounds only. We will add the ability to upload custom sounds in a future release.