LabChirp

Sound effect generator

A program for creating sound effects for games, music, videos - whatever you want!
A manual and some example sounds are included to get you started.

Works on Windows (requires .NET Framework 2.0) and other platforms (Linux, Mac) through Mono.

Features

  • Multiple channels: Up to eight individual channels. All or any element of a channel can be copied to another.
  • Modulation: For vibrato and tremolo (pulsating variation in pitch and volume).
  • Envelopes: To shape everything the way you want it.
  • Waveforms: Make your own custom waveforms, or use any of the standard ones (sine, triangle, sawtooth, square, noise).
  • Effects: Add cool post-effects to your sound.
  • Customizable randomizer: For the lazy sound designer.
  • Customizable mutator: To randomize your sound slightly.
  • Batch save: If you are in a hurry and need a lot of sounds fast.
Here is a demo in mp3 format showing all of the example sounds and some randomly generated sounds using different presets.

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Screenshots

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Changelog

Version 1.60

  • Improved mutator!
    Batch save has been added to Mutator, and the option to randomly change waveform.
  • Higher precision!
    A second decimal place has been added to frequency and volume/amplitude of all waves.
  • Higher frequencies!
    All waves' frequencies can now go up to 9999.99 Hz.
  • Better Mac compatibility!
    Mac users should now be able to hear the sound when pressing play.
  • Better visuals for envelopes!
    Envelopes are now filled (with configurable opacity).
  • Bug fixes!
    • Changing sample rate while sound is playing caused the playback indicator to appear at an incorrect position.
    • Trying to save a Randomizer preset caused another preset to load for some people, making it impossible to save.

Version 1.50

  • Effects!
    Apply cool sound filters/effects such as Reverb and Flanger to your sound!
  • Trim silence!
    Automatically trim silence at the beginning and/or end of your sound.
  • Various bug-fixes and smaller layout/convenience adjustments:
    • Clickable stop button.
    • Playback indicator.
    • Envelope preview in the Randomizer.
    • Splash screen.
    • Wave frequency accuracy correction (was 0.05 % off before).
    • Loud sounds could overflow and "loop" instead of being clipped.
    • Small Mono compatibility fixes.
    • Probably some other bug fixes that I forgot about.

Version 1.25

  • More quality options!
    You can now apply dither and oversampling.
  • A more intuitive way of editing envelopes!
    Simply click anywhere to add a point, and move a point by dragging it.
  • Curves for the envelopes!
    To create some really smooth envelopes without having to add many points.
  • Mutator!
    To randomly tweak a sound.
  • Back/forward buttons for the randomizer!
    If you accidentally skipped a cool random sound you can restore it.
  • Batch save random sounds!
    Select a preset in the randomizer and save a whole bunch of sounds at once!
  • Faster sound generation!
    Taking advantage of multiple cores.
  • Copy/paste for envelopes!
    Copy one envelope and paste it into another!
  • Added shortcuts to switch channels.
    Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+1-8.
  • More customization.
    You can choose your own colors for the envelopes, among other things!
  • Save/export split!
    Before, both a WAV and LCH file was created when you saved. Now you can choose to save only one of these, if you want.
  • General UI fixes.
    Such as grayed out buttons for muted channels, double buffered panels and DPI compatibility.

Version 1.00

  • Higher quality sound!
    You can now choose between 22050/44100 Hz and 8-bit/16-bit.
  • More envelopes!
    Modulation waves also have envelopes now.
  • New waveform!
    Noise2! Which is like Noise with a linear interpolation. Also, modulations have the Custom Wave too now.
  • Randomizer!
    To generate random sounds!
  • General interface redesigns.
    Some things has been moved to a more logical position and some other stuff has been added or removed.
  • More wave accuracy.
    There were some problems with offset and Noise but it should be fixed now. Also, most values now have one decimal.
  • Easier value edit!
    You can now click on the number next to a slider to edit its value.
  • Undo!
    You can now undo and redo.
  • Other not very interesting stuff.
    Like settings, bugfixes, an about box, menubar and more!

Version 0.85

  • Initial release.