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title: Install sfxr on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of sfxr for on Debian - Create sound effects
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/sfxr/debian
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# Install sfxr on **Debian**

# sfxr

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/sfxr/debian#install)

#### Create sound effects

This is a little tool DrPetter made in connection with the 10th Ludum Dare competition held in December 2007. Its original purpose was to provide a simple means of getting basic sound effects into a game for those people who were working hard to get their entries done within the 48 hours and didn't have time to spend looking for suitable ways of doing this.

The idea was that they could just hit a few buttons in this application and get some largely randomized effects that were custom in the sense that the user could accept/reject each proposed sound.

It turned out to work rather well and a lot of the entrants used it, which is cool. Anyone else in the same situation (need some basic sound effects, don't really care about top quality, have no idea where to get them) should find it pretty useful, if nothing else then just as placeholder sounds to kill the silence until final content has been produced.

Basic usage involves hitting the randomize button (or one of the other buttons to your left if you need a specific standard sound), listen to the generated sound, then deciding if it sounds ok or not. If it does, then export it to .WAV and you're done, if not - just hit the button again and get something different.

All the parameters used to create each sound are manually tweakable to allow fine-tuning if you feel like getting your hands dirty. Space is a useful shortcut to play the current sound.

### Package name

* sfxr

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 14 September 2023 - latest/stable
* 30 October 2023 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [www.drpetter.se](http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html "http://www.drpetter.se/project_sfxr.html")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/sfxr/debian#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Debian and install sfxr

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install sfxr

To install sfxr, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install sfxr
```

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