{"id":18976,"date":"2021-11-08T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T17:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=18976"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:20:29","slug":"making-beats-video-game-sound-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/making-beats-video-game-sound-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"Making beats with iconic video game sound effects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For many of us, one of the most memorable aspects about video games is the sound effects heard within them.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>From weapons being fired to coins being collected, these sounds often become as iconic as the characters themselves. In the video above, we sample ten standout video game sound effects and flip them into tracks using FL Studio, Bitwig, and Ableton Live. Can you recognize all of the sounds? Let us know in the comments section of the video before we reveal them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are some other classic video game sound effects that we missed? What challenges would you like to see us tackle on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"our YouTube channel? (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCb8xLPa5RP8TnCsU7E5ASKQ\" target=\"_blank\">our YouTube channel<\/a> next? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Design sound effects of your own with Splice&#8217;s Cinematic FX library:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/cinematic-fx\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Explore the sounds<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We sample ten iconic video game sound effects and flip them into tracks in FL Studio, Bitwig, and Ableton Live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":18977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1851,1852,1850,1854,1696,49],"tags":[1646,1254,1626,918],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Making beats with iconic video game sound effects - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We sample ten incredibly iconic video game sound effects and flip them into tracks using FL Studio, Bitwig, and Ableton Live.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/making-beats-video-game-sound-effects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Making beats with iconic video game sound effects - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We sample ten incredibly iconic video game sound effects and flip them into tracks using FL Studio, Bitwig, and Ableton Live.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/making-beats-video-game-sound-effects\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-08T17:15:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-09T17:20:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Video_Game_Effects_Syndication_BlogPost@2x-1024x640.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nick Chen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/making-beats-video-game-sound-effects\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/making-beats-video-game-sound-effects\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nick Chen\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/006da68db2cca36c1730e68e67130d39\"},\"headline\":\"Making beats with iconic video game sound effects\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-08T17:15:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-09T17:20:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/making-beats-video-game-sound-effects\/\"},\"wordCount\":139,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/making-beats-video-game-sound-effects\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Video_Game_Effects_Syndication_BlogPost@2x.png\",\"keywords\":[\"cinematic fx\",\"sounds\",\"video games\",\"youtube\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Ableton Live\",\"Bitwig Studio\",\"DAW\",\"FL Studio\",\"Tips &amp; 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