Hi guys,

apologies if this sounds like the most stupid question yet asked on the board. 

I'm a developer who needs to make some sounds for a game (think lasers, pops, clicks etc.). I've got the majority of them already from freesound.org (any other recommendations for suitable sites) but I need to make some adjustments to them (they're .wav files) - think volume levels / clipping some of them. 

I don't need to do anything more advanced than that (maybe import a .mp3 file and export as a .wav file). 

Suggestions? I'm PC based FWIW

Thanks

Steve

What's your budget? I'm a newbie music composer (more of a hobbyist), but I've been using Audacity for some minor tweaks and whatnot. Might be worth checking out since it's free. There is an extension you need to download so you can import/export from/to mp3 if you need to, but it does what it needs to!

@BitsNPiecesMusic thanks. I'll check it out. 

You could use FMOD Studio, drop the sounds into simple events and tweak the instrument volumes to suit. Integrating FMOD into your game is pretty simple and if/when your audio requirements become more ambitious you'll have a good basis for expansion.

WWise is another good option, I'm not familiar with it but I'm sure it would be easy to do a similar thing there.

(Full disclosure: I work at Firelight, the makers of FMOD.)

Thanks @nsmadsen, I've downloaded Audacity and it does precisely what I needed.

Thanks @DerekB, that does look very powerful, but it's overkill for what I need right now.

For beginners audacity is the way to go and it's free.

You could actually try and make your own music with Fruity loops. That's the program that most electronic music producers start from. There are a lot of tutorials as well.

Thanks @waipowrectdeapr1976. I used Audacity to modify (and record one) the sounds that I need.

The main takeaways that I have from this project:

1. The hard part of game programming isn't the programming
2. Don't leave the graphics / audio until after the coding is complete - things can and should be done in parallel
3. Get 3rd parties to do the sound and graphics rather than using programmer art 

So I guess the project hasn't been a complete disaster ?