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  A browser generator for short retro sound effects and a JavaScript library
  based on sfxr. Useful for prototypes and distinct jump, hit and pickup cues.
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  authors: Eric Fredricksen and Chris McCormick; based on Tomas Pettersson’s sfxr
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  Original editorial recommendation. The external material retains its author’s
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# jsfxr

id: jsfxr
type: resource
key: resource/jsfxr
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/resources/#resource-jsfxr

A browser generator for short retro sound effects and a JavaScript library based on sfxr. Useful for prototypes and distinct jump, hit and pickup cues.

## When to use it

A browser generator for short retro sound effects and a JavaScript library based on sfxr. Useful for prototypes and distinct jump, hit and pickup cues.

## Access

The Unlicense repository contains the library and links to the sfxr.me web generator. The library can be used in a browser or Node.js.

## Try it

Create distinct jump, hit and pickup sounds. Save their parameters and compare the cues in a prototype at matched loudness.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial recommendation. The external material retains its author’s rights.

- [jsfxr](https://github.com/chr15m/jsfxr) (id: source-3dbffdf509db8ed6)

CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors