[casual_games] Res: Res: Tools for creating sound effects

[Marty Plumbo]

Hey Jose,

My sounds workflow goes something like this:

1.  Step One.  Find a sound or snippet of a sound that is interesting  
or close to a preconceived idea I have for the sound I want to  
create.  This can be as easy as finding an existing sound file (ie.  
from FLASHKIT.COM or a like site, a "found" sound file, etc.).  Or,  
as almost-easy as making/recording the sound myself with voice or  
objects at hand.  Or, as not-quite-as-easy as isolating a small part  
of an existing or recorded sound file.  Or, as kind-of-demanding as  
building a rough of the sound with a waveform generator.  There's a  
little bit of serendipity and luck in this step, especially when  
using the latter two methods.  I do all of this stuff on the Mac, so  
I can't recommend any Windows apps, but I'm sure you can find something.

2.  Step Two.  Edit and add effects to get it just right.  This step  
can be easy to hard, depending on the sound editing software you use  
and your facility in using it.  On the Windows side, I like  
SoundForge and on the Mac side, I like Audacity.

This is what's worked for me.  Hope it helps.