ZzFX - Zuper Zmall Zound Zynth
ZzFX Features
- Tiny sound generator with 20 controllable parameters
- Play audio via code, no need for sound asset files
- Compatible with nearly all web browsers
- Small code footprint, the micro version is under 1 kilobyte uncompressed
- Can produce a large variety of sound effect types
- Sounds can be played with a short function call
- No additional libraries or dependencies are required
- Open source with MIT license, you can use this for anything!
Why Use ZzFX?
- You can quickly add or change sound effects with just one line of code
- Without sound asset files your game is smaller and faster for users to download
- While prototyping you can use ZzFX for placeholder sound effects
- For size limited game jams like JS13K, ZzFX uses very minimal overhead
- ZzFX is not just for games, you can use it to easily add sounds to any website
How to Use
- Download from github or use
npm install zzfx
- Import ZZFX as a module with using
import {ZZFX, zzfx} from './ZzFX.js'
- Or paste the code from ZzFXMicro.min.js
- To play a sound just call zzfx(), something like
zzfx(...[,,,,.1,,,,9])
- Use the ZzFX sound designer web app to create new sounds
ZzFX Music
- Both the player and songs are super tiny and compress well
- NoteCraft can also export to ZzFXM
ZzFX Micro Code
Here's all the code you need to play ZzFX sounds with JavaScript!
```javascript
// ZzFXMicro - Zuper Zmall Zound Zynth - v1.2.1 by Frank Force ~ 880 bytes
zzfxV=.3 // volume
zzfx= // play sound
(p=1,k=.05,b=220,e=0,r=0,t=.1,q=0,D=1,u=0,y=0,v=0,z=0,l=0,E=0,A=0,F=0,c=0,w=1,m=
0,B=0,M=Math,R=44100,d=2M.PI,G=u=500d/R/R,C=b=(1-k+2kM.random(k=))d/R,g
=0,H=0,a=0,n=1,I=0,J=0,f=0,x,h)=>{e=Re+9;m=R;r=R;t=R;c=R;y=500d/R3;A=d
/R;v=d/R;z=R;l=Rl|0;for(h=e+m+r+t+c|0;aa++=f)++J%(100F|0)||(f=q?13):M.max(M.min(M.tan(g),1),-1):1-(2g/d%2+2)%2:1-4M.abs(M.
round(g/d)-g/d):M.sin(g),f=(l?1-B+BM.sin(da/l):1)(0M.abs(f)DzzfxV
p(a(1-w):aw:0),f=c?f/2+(c>a?0:
(aka-c|0/2):f),x=(b+=u+=y)M.cos(AH++),g+=x-xE(1-1E9(M.sin
(a)+1)%2),n&&++n>z&&(b+=v,C+=v,n=0),!l||++I%l||(b=C,u=G,n=n||1);p=zzfxX.
createBuffer(1,h,R);p.getChannelData(0).set(k);b=zzfxX.createBufferSource();b.
buffer=p;b.connect(zzfxX.destination);b.start();return b};zzfxX=new AudioContext;
```
ZzFX UI Features
- Generates random sounds from presets
- Sound list is automatically saved
- Each parameter can be modified with constraints
- Lock and mutate buttons for each parameter
- Sounds can be renamed
- Shortens code for zzfx sound calls
- Displays image of sound wave when played
- Sounds can be marked as favorites to prevent removal
- Sounds can be loaded by pasting zzfx code for easy sharing
- List of sounds can be exported and imported
- Supports drag-and-drop of exported files into sound list
- Supports saving sounds as wav files for offline playback
Games Using ZzFX
