SFXR - sound effect generator

Mazin · Post by **Mazin** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:37 pm

Get it here.

This is a program that creates randomized arcadey sound-effects for you. You can tweak the sounds it makes all you want, but you don't have to, it makes some really good ones on its own. Plus it's just a lot of fun to play with, even if you don't need any sounds.

If you wanted, for example, a jumping sound-effect for a platformer, you could just hit the "jump" button on the side menu until it made one you liked.

Haha, I'm thinking of using this to make sfx for windows, so it sounds like an arcade game.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:59 pm

sfxr fills me with joy

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:04 am

Alright! Thanks so much for this!

EDIT: Darnit. Download link isn't working.

Mazin · Post by **Mazin** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:14 am

Curses and slimes! I downloaded it last night and it was fine then. Hopefully the server it's on is just temporarily down. It was mentioned on indygamer, so maybe that gave it too much traffic or something.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:24 am

Since you downloaded it, could you upload it somewhere for us?

Thanks in advance.

Mazin · Post by **Mazin** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:47 am

Since it's free I don't see any harm in that.

Get it here!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:47 am

It seems to be working just fine now.

What a wonderful program.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:51 am

Satisfactory results already. It'll be easy to make sounds that go well with the default Sound Effects.

Mazin · Post by **Mazin** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:03 am

It'll be easy to make sounds that go well with the default Sound Effects.

Default sound effects? Each time you press jump or powerup or any of the other buttons on the left, it creates a new sound. There aren't any defaults.

Also, since I just got this neat webspace I figured I might as well upload some of the sfx I made with this. Take them and use them however you like, if you wish. I'm just using them for windows sound effects right now.

bloolooloo.wav
beee.wav
blee.wav
wipipi.wav
bwaaa.wav
bluh.wav

And post your own awesome sounds!

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:47 am

I meant the default sound effects that come with OHR.

Mazin · Post by **Mazin** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:03 am

Oh! I didn't even know there were default OHR sound effects.

chill-e · Post by **chill-e** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:37 am

this is awesome, ahhaha...

I've been wanting to do an 8-bit ohr game for a while, this just gives more incentive! (But, really, dont count on me actually getting to it, ha)

Machu · Post by **Machu** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:48 am

Yes... YES!

You're the man now, dog!

Seriously, this will help anyone making games anywhere. Not only is it really easy, but also allows direct customization so people can get creative with it, AND makes sounds so different that people won't be accused of ripping each other off. By that, I mean you won't be playing a game, and then say "aw man, not another game with SFXR sounds!". Unless of course, the sound style didn't match their game, I guess.

Blue Train · Post by **Blue Train** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:23 pm

this is now my favorite thing.

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:34 pm

Oh my, this is so much nicer (And Convenient!) than putting my mouth up to a microphone and mouthing random sounds while my roomies are watching me and then going through a painstaking noise-filter process that utterly destroys my attempt to make a measly *Brom* sound