Sound effects and music can make a good game extraordinary.
Sound effectively contributes to the environment and atmosphere of your game, and can guide the game player to feel a certain way.
You can compose or license songs specifically for your game.
Well-crafted and well-chosen sounds are not usually noticed; that is the mark of a good sound track. Sounds that stand out are often sounds that do not belong.
You can place a sound directly on a frame in the timeline, or you can attach and play a sound using ActionScript. Each of these techniques provides different advantages.
Keeping all of your sounds in one movie clip makes it easy to manage them and to add sound effects to your game whenever necessary.
A sound on/off toggle is a feature that users will appreciate.
You can change the volume of a sound in a game based on dynamic values, such as the speed of an object or the change in momentum of an object (during a collision).
With very little equipment (which you probably have already), you can make the majority of sound effects you need by yourself.
When recording digital sound, don't go over 0 dB.
Record more takes of a sound than you think are necessary, and keep them in the same file until you begin editing.
Consider beefing up real-world sounds in a creative or dramatic manner to help convey a stronger image of the event.
Try to match a sound's environment acoustic to the kind of environment or room in which the action is supposed to be taking place.
An audio loop is an economical means of creating a larger sound or musical idea from a smaller one.
Run your file against a checklist before you import it into Flash to make sure it's properly compressed, has the right specs, and is as seamless as you want it to be.
