The Sound FX Generator tool can be used to create basic 8-bit/chip style sound effects for your game and is accessed from the main toolbar along the top of the application. It is based on the sfxr tool created by Tomas Pettersson.

To create a sound effect, click one of the preset buttons along the left, for example “Pickup/Coin”. The tool will generate a random sound effect based on that preset type. You can click the same button again to continue randomly generating a sound, or you can tweak the manual settings in the center to fine tune the sound to your liking. The “Mutate” button will make slight changes to the most recent sound effect that was generated. The “History” list allows you to return to a sound that was previously generated within that particular session. Experiment and have fun!

The button along the right allow certain actions to be taken on the current sound effect. Refer to the table below for descriptions of each function.