Add Sounds and Music

Take a breath. We will now discuss a very simple feature: sounds. Although playing a sound is very easy With Corona SDK, it’s not always easy to find or create sounds. Here are some tips.

What Is a Sound?

In the game programmer universe, a sound is a file containing some sound data. Corona supports a few different sound file formats, but to have a fully cross-platform game, please use only MP3 and WAV.

A WAV sound is heavy; an MP3 sound is light.

You get the point: MP3 is the better sound format for your games.

On the tool side, there is one must-have: Audacity. This is an audio editor that’s useful for cutting, converting, or tweaking your sounds. It is available for both Windows and Mac, and you can download it for ...

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