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Bfxr. Make sound effects for your games.

339 points by llambda 15y ago

jasonkester 15y ago
This is the most awesome thing I've seen here in a while. I'm in serious danger of blowing off the rest of my day to make a video game to stick these into.
- nixxle 15y ago
  I'm right ahead of you on that one
- dpcan 15y ago
  It really opens some doors doesn't it :) This looks like a great implementation of the sfxr tool that's been around for a long time. I've seen it in Flash and there's an EXE version too. This one has some nice new add-ons I haven't seen yet, and a GREAT interface. If you REALLY want to go nuts, here is a massive list of indie game development tools that can keep you busy for a while: http://www.mangatutorials.com/forum/showthread.php?742-The-Ultimate-Indie-Game-Developer-Resource-List http://www.mangatutorials.com/forum/showthread.php?742-The-U...
  - anigbrowl 15y ago
    If this is your idea of a great interface then you need help :-) Seriously, as someone that works with sound and software synths a lot, it looks awful to me. What is it that you like about this?
lawn 15y ago
Wait what just in time for Ludum Dare 22? Sweet!
- jamesgeck0 15y ago
  You're twelve LDs late to the party. ;-)
- jsvaughan 15y ago
  I've been finding the LD entry posts all quite interesting; they often have stuff (like bfxr) that I didn't know about, or at least, didn't know was that popular: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/
kennywinker 15y ago
Related: http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr (aka Cocoa sfxr) better UI than sfxr and bfxr, but simpler than bfxr. Original project: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html
- benbeltran 15y ago
  SFXR and CFXR have been two of the most useful tools I've had while developing games. So simple yet so flexible. I really recommend them for any game developer.
  - dylanrw 15y ago
    SFXR/CFXR are so much fun to play with. I'm glad this dev listed them as inspiration.
minikomi 15y ago
Wow cool! Reminds me of this standalone I used to use to make a ton of simple drum sounds and blips to put in trackers... http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/drumsynth.shtml http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/drumsynth.shtml
- fuzzix 15y ago
  Have you seen Sunvox? Tracker/synth/sequencer all in one: http://www.warmplace.ru/ http://www.warmplace.ru/ Lots of fun.
gren 15y ago
And this is the javascript one http://www.egonelbre.com/js/jsfx/ http://www.egonelbre.com/js/jsfx/ :)
Roritharr 15y ago
Well... was there ever a shortage of 8-bit sounds you can put into your games? These creators have been around years, i remember fiddeling with one 10 years ago when i was playing with RPG Maker 2000... A High Def Sound Creation Tool would be nice...
- gravitronic 15y ago
  ... like, say, any synthesizer? For free, I suggest: Synth1 - www.kvraudio.com/get/214.html You'll need a VST host, for which I suggest www.reaper.fm
- nitrogen 15y ago
  ZynAddSubFX is a very nice sounding, open source synthesizer. The UI is a bit awkward, but it can make some very diverse sounds.
missing_cipher 15y ago
Whoo! They finally added history so you can keep track of a few sfx that interest you, very cool. :)
learc83 15y ago
This has been around for a while, it's pretty cool nonetheless. I used it for sond effects on a pong game I made while learning C++. On a side note that's the best way to learn to make games (or a new language for that matter), recreate old games from scratch. You'll also learn some trig and calculus while you're at it.
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pefavre 15y ago
Truly awesome, but could need some interface improvements.
mrcharles 15y ago
I am going to use the hell out of this site. I kept hitting randomize and got this: http://t.co/Av3WNjzB http://t.co/Av3WNjzB Now I want to make a game around it.
- eru 15y ago
  Interesting. By the way, no need for URL shorteners: http://www.bfxr.net/?s=4%2C0.5%2C0.7518%2C0.0237%2C0.1582%2C0.4515%2C0.8135%2C0.5157%2C%2C%2C0.0403%2C0.2709%2C0.0128%2C0.2663%2C0.8745%2C0.3809%2C-0.8757%2C0.8916%2C-0.4377%2C0.5863%2C0.1847%2C0.0447%2C0.4012%2C-0.8036%2C-0.9988%2C0.7131%2C-0.3451%2C0.6465%2C0.8841%2C0.0155%2C0.6218%2C0.0079%2CmasterVolume http://www.bfxr.net/?s=4%2C0.5%2C0.7518%2C0.0237%2C0.1582%2C... (People avoid URL shorteners here. Keeps the Rick Rolling low.)
theon144 15y ago
This is pretty awesome. I hit randomize and got this http://goo.gl/EuMtA http://goo.gl/EuMtA , I can totally see it as a warp engine, or something like that. I'm going to play with it for a while...
- gegenschall 15y ago
  Did same thing and got this: http://bit.ly/vjDZDG http://bit.ly/vjDZDG This is so awesome. Woah!
- qw 15y ago
  This is what "transporters" should have sounded like: http://bit.ly/svTHFI http://bit.ly/svTHFI
watmough 15y ago
Wow, that is just incredible. Just randomly hitting a few of the buttons, it produced really excellent 2 x Atari 8-bit style explosions, and as near as damn it, a perfect Defender gunfire effect. I haven't looked to see if it can do musical notes, but if it can, surely this would be excellent for chiptunes.
headbiznatch 15y ago
I just set up a cache of sounds to use in place of verbal responses today - mostly Coins, Lasers and Jumps. They just seem to say so many things better than I can. It has already gotten me into trouble. In other words, it's awesome. Thanks.
reissbaker 15y ago
Really neat extension of sfxr, but man I wish there wasn't that inner scrollbar.
jcromartie 15y ago
The one problem with the *fxr family is that it is a cliche already. It's like the official soundtrack to Ludum Dare...
anigbrowl 15y ago
Those of you who are simply enjoying the bleeps and bloops should drop by a music store and buy yourselves a Monotron (or two!) for Christmas. $60 each and you can download the circuit diagrams from Korg, who has designed them to be hackable. http://www.korg.com/monotron http://www.korg.com/monotron

339 points by llambda 15y ago

This is the most awesome thing I've seen here in a while. I'm in serious danger of blowing off the rest of my day to make a video game to stick these into.

nixxle 15y ago
I'm right ahead of you on that one
dpcan 15y ago
It really opens some doors doesn't it :) This looks like a great implementation of the sfxr tool that's been around for a long time. I've seen it in Flash and there's an EXE version too. This one has some nice new add-ons I haven't seen yet, and a GREAT interface. If you REALLY want to go nuts, here is a massive list of indie game development tools that can keep you busy for a while: http://www.mangatutorials.com/forum/showthread.php?742-The-Ultimate-Indie-Game-Developer-Resource-List http://www.mangatutorials.com/forum/showthread.php?742-The-U...
- anigbrowl 15y ago
  If this is your idea of a great interface then you need help :-) Seriously, as someone that works with sound and software synths a lot, it looks awful to me. What is it that you like about this?

lawn 15y ago

Wait what just in time for Ludum Dare 22? Sweet!

jamesgeck0 15y ago
You're twelve LDs late to the party. ;-)
jsvaughan 15y ago
I've been finding the LD entry posts all quite interesting; they often have stuff (like bfxr) that I didn't know about, or at least, didn't know was that popular: http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/ http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/

kennywinker 15y ago

Related: http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr http://thirdcog.eu/apps/cfxr (aka Cocoa sfxr) better UI than sfxr and bfxr, but simpler than bfxr. Original project: http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html

benbeltran 15y ago
SFXR and CFXR have been two of the most useful tools I've had while developing games. So simple yet so flexible. I really recommend them for any game developer.
- dylanrw 15y ago
  SFXR/CFXR are so much fun to play with. I'm glad this dev listed them as inspiration.

minikomi 15y ago

Wow cool! Reminds me of this standalone I used to use to make a ton of simple drum sounds and blips to put in trackers... http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/drumsynth.shtml http://www.threechords.com/hammerhead/drumsynth.shtml

fuzzix 15y ago
Have you seen Sunvox? Tracker/synth/sequencer all in one: http://www.warmplace.ru/ http://www.warmplace.ru/ Lots of fun.

gren 15y ago

And this is the javascript one http://www.egonelbre.com/js/jsfx/ http://www.egonelbre.com/js/jsfx/ :)

Roritharr 15y ago

Well... was there ever a shortage of 8-bit sounds you can put into your games? These creators have been around years, i remember fiddeling with one 10 years ago when i was playing with RPG Maker 2000... A High Def Sound Creation Tool would be nice...

gravitronic 15y ago
... like, say, any synthesizer? For free, I suggest: Synth1 - www.kvraudio.com/get/214.html You'll need a VST host, for which I suggest www.reaper.fm
nitrogen 15y ago
ZynAddSubFX is a very nice sounding, open source synthesizer. The UI is a bit awkward, but it can make some very diverse sounds.

missing_cipher 15y ago

Whoo! They finally added history so you can keep track of a few sfx that interest you, very cool. :)

learc83 15y ago

This has been around for a while, it's pretty cool nonetheless. I used it for sond effects on a pong game I made while learning C++. On a side note that's the best way to learn to make games (or a new language for that matter), recreate old games from scratch. You'll also learn some trig and calculus while you're at it.

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pefavre 15y ago

Truly awesome, but could need some interface improvements.

mrcharles 15y ago

I am going to use the hell out of this site. I kept hitting randomize and got this: http://t.co/Av3WNjzB http://t.co/Av3WNjzB Now I want to make a game around it.

eru 15y ago
Interesting. By the way, no need for URL shorteners: http://www.bfxr.net/?s=4%2C0.5%2C0.7518%2C0.0237%2C0.1582%2C0.4515%2C0.8135%2C0.5157%2C%2C%2C0.0403%2C0.2709%2C0.0128%2C0.2663%2C0.8745%2C0.3809%2C-0.8757%2C0.8916%2C-0.4377%2C0.5863%2C0.1847%2C0.0447%2C0.4012%2C-0.8036%2C-0.9988%2C0.7131%2C-0.3451%2C0.6465%2C0.8841%2C0.0155%2C0.6218%2C0.0079%2CmasterVolume http://www.bfxr.net/?s=4%2C0.5%2C0.7518%2C0.0237%2C0.1582%2C... (People avoid URL shorteners here. Keeps the Rick Rolling low.)

theon144 15y ago

This is pretty awesome. I hit randomize and got this http://goo.gl/EuMtA http://goo.gl/EuMtA , I can totally see it as a warp engine, or something like that. I'm going to play with it for a while...

gegenschall 15y ago
Did same thing and got this: http://bit.ly/vjDZDG http://bit.ly/vjDZDG This is so awesome. Woah!
qw 15y ago
This is what "transporters" should have sounded like: http://bit.ly/svTHFI http://bit.ly/svTHFI

watmough 15y ago

Wow, that is just incredible. Just randomly hitting a few of the buttons, it produced really excellent 2 x Atari 8-bit style explosions, and as near as damn it, a perfect Defender gunfire effect. I haven't looked to see if it can do musical notes, but if it can, surely this would be excellent for chiptunes.

headbiznatch 15y ago

I just set up a cache of sounds to use in place of verbal responses today - mostly Coins, Lasers and Jumps. They just seem to say so many things better than I can. It has already gotten me into trouble. In other words, it's awesome. Thanks.

reissbaker 15y ago

Really neat extension of sfxr, but man I wish there wasn't that inner scrollbar.

jcromartie 15y ago

The one problem with the *fxr family is that it is a cliche already. It's like the official soundtrack to Ludum Dare...

anigbrowl 15y ago

Those of you who are simply enjoying the bleeps and bloops should drop by a music store and buy yourselves a Monotron (or two!) for Christmas. $60 each and you can download the circuit diagrams from Korg, who has designed them to be hackable. http://www.korg.com/monotron http://www.korg.com/monotron