Adding Sound Effects

In this lesson, you'll learn how to add exciting sound effects to your Scratch projects. You'll choose sounds from the Scratch sound library and create code to play these sounds at the right moments in your fairy tale game. By the end of this lesson, your game characters will not only move and interact, but they will also make sounds that fit their actions and personalities.

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1 Accessing Scratch
2 Selecting Sounds
3 Adding Sound to an Event
4 Testing Your Sound
5 Adding Another Sound
Quiz

1 - Accessing Scratch

Go to the Scratch website by clicking here. Click on 'Create' to start a new project.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

+5 XP

2 - Selecting Sounds

Click on your sprite and select the 'Sounds' tab. Click on the 'Choose a Sound' button and explore the sound library. Choose a sound that you like by clicking on it, and then click 'OK' to add it to your sprite.

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

+10 XP

3 - Adding Sound to an Event

Go to the 'Code' tab of your sprite. From the 'Events' category, drag the 'when green flag clicked' block to your script area. Next, from the 'Sound' category, drag the 'start sound [sound v]' block under your event block. Make sure to select the sound you added from the dropdown menu in the sound block.

when green flag clicked
start sound [sound v]

+20 XP

4 - Testing Your Sound

Click the green flag above the stage to start your project. You should hear your sound play. If you don't hear anything, make sure your volume is turned up and check your code to make sure it's correct.

+15 XP

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