Tutorials

Short lessons that each make a real sound: a coin, an explosion, a laser, a power-up, a heavy slam. Every step has a link that opens the sound as it stands at that point, so you can hear it get better, then do the step yourself. No audio experience needed. Take them in order the first time.

Make your first sound
Start from a generated sound, play it, change it and undo, in five minutes.
About 5 minutes
Build a coin pickup, layer by layer
Two notes and a sparkle: how layers, start times, pitch and fades fit together.
About 10 minutes
Build an explosion
Noise that closes down, a thud that falls, a crack on top and a rumble behind.
About 10 minutes
Build a laser zap
A fast pitch slide, then a harsher wave and FM for bite, then a tail.
About 8 minutes
Make a power-up shine
Vibrato, detune, tremolo and a bell: four ways to make a plain tone sound alive.
About 10 minutes
Add grit, ring and echo
Distortion for crunch, resonance for a whistle and echo for size, on a heavy slam.
About 8 minutes
Put a sound in a place
Deeper noise, a room around it and left and right: make a sound feel like somewhere.
About 8 minutes
Shape the wave itself
A pulse width, a wave drawn from its harmonics and a straight slide: new tone colours.
About 8 minutes
Make a setting move
Let a rise or a wobble open a filter or bend a pitch, so a sound changes as it plays.
About 9 minutes
Save, share and put it in your game
Keep sounds in the browser, send a link, download WAV, MP3 or FLAC, or copy code.
About 7 minutes