How to load an audio file from the global directory into the AudioClip variable?

Question

C++ / C#

I am making an audio player for the editor and would like to be able to play files from the global directory.
How can this be done?
AudioClip musicTrack = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath(trackNames[i], typeof(AudioClip)) as AudioClip;//probably not right?

Answer 1

Unity will not be able to convert files outside the Assets folder to its format. Therefore, before a file can be referred to as an AudioClip, the file must be placed in a project and imported.
If you need to automatically import sound files, then this is done using the AudioImporter