Sound demo app introducing the Spinner widget

Of course, with all this talk of sound effects, we need some actual sound files. You can make you own with BFXR (as explained in the next section) or use the ones supplied. The sound effects for this app are in the download bundle, and can be found in the assets folder of the Chapter23/Sound Demo folder.

Making sound effects

There is an open source app called BFXR that allows us to make our own sound effects. Here is a very fast guide to making your own sound effects using BFXR. Grab a free copy from www.bfxr.net.

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Note that the sound effects for the Sound demo app are supplied to you in the Chapter23/assets folder. You don't have to create your own sound effects unless you want to, but it is still worth getting this free software and learning how to use it.

Follow the simple instructions on the website to set it up. Try out a few of these things to make cool sound effects:

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This is a seriously condensed tutorial. You can do so much with...