how do you handle your audio (soundmanager)?

MoKaLux

how are you all doing ?
I know the basics stuff for sound and sound channel but I wonder how to handle all the audio files?
https://wiki.gideros.rocks/index.php/Playing_Sound_and_Music

Is it good to declare every audio files in init or main?
Is it good to declare them as global?
...

I would also like to control the volume of all the sounds at once (via the option menu).

I have seen this class written in 2012!!! but I am not sure how to handle the management of audio files. Any tips for a sound manager please ?

Thanks!

--[[ Bismillahirahmanirrahim   Audio control class for Gideros by: Edwin Zaniar Putra (zaniar@nightspade.com)   This code is MIT licensed, see <a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php</a> Copyright 2012 Nightspade (<a href="http://nightspade.com" rel="nofollow">http://nightspade.com</a>)   gideros_audio ============= Audio control class for Gideros This class provides: * easy way to mute/unmute * easy way to manage and play BGM * easy way to manage and play SFX ```Audio.new()``` Creates a new Audio object ```Audio:setBgms(bgms)``` Sets BGMs table with ```bgms``` table ```Audio:setSfxs(sfxs)``` Sets SFXs table with ```sfxs``` table ```Audio:clearBgms()``` Clears BGMs table ```Audio:clearSfxs()```Clears SFXs table ```Audio:addBgm(name, path)``` Adds new BGM to BGM table ```Audio:addSfx(name, path)``` Adds new SFX to SFX table ```Audio:removeBgm(name)``` Removes a BGM identified by ```name``` ```Audio:removeSfx(name)``` Removes a SFX identified by ```name``` ```Audio:playBgm(name, force)``` Plays a BGM identified by ```name```. Allow to replay currently playing BGM by setting ```force``` to ```true``` ```Audio:playSfx(name)``` Plays a SFX identified by ```name``` ```Audio:mute(mode)``` Mutes audio. Available ```mode```s are "bgm", "sfx". To mute all audio set ```mode``` to ```nil``` ```Audio:unmute(mode)``` Unmutes audio. Available ```mode```s are "bgm", "sfx". To unmute all audio set ```mode``` to ```nil```   Simple example: ``` audio = Audio.new() audio:setBgms{ ["mainmenu"] = "path/to/mainmenu.mp3", ["gameplay"] = "path/to/gameplay.mp3" } audio:setSfx{ ["explosion"] = "path/to/explosion.mp3", ["ding"] = "path/to/ding.mp3" } audio:playBgm("mainmenu") audio:playSfx("explosion") ``` ]]     Audio = Core.class()   function Audio:init() self.bgmChannel = nil self.bgmCurrentName = nil self.bgmCurrent = nil self.bgmPos = 0   self.bgmMute = false self.sfxMute = false   self.bgms = {} self.sfxs = {} end   function Audio:setBgms(bgms) self.bgms = bgms end function Audio:setSfxs(sfxs) for name, path in pairs(sfxs) do self.sfxs[name] = Sound.new(path) end end   function Audio:clearBgms() self.bgms = {} end function Audio:clearSfxs() self.sfxs = {} end   function Audio:addBgm(name, path) self.bgms[name] = path end function Audio:addSfx(name, path) self.sfxs[name] = Sound.new(path) end   function Audio:removeBgm(name) self.bgms[name] = nil end function Audio:removeSfx(name) self.sfxs[name] = nil end   function Audio:playBgm(name, force) if name ~= self.bgmCurrentName or force then if self.bgmChannel then self.bgmChannel:stop() self.bgmChannel = nil self.bgmCurrentName = nil self.bgmCurrent = nil self.bgmPos = 0 end if not self.bgmMute and not self.bgmChannel then self.bgmCurrentName = name self.bgmCurrent = Sound.new(self.bgms[name]) self.bgmChannel = self.bgmCurrent:play(self.bgmPos, math.huge) end end end function Audio:playSfx(name) if not self.sfxMute then return self.sfxs[name]:play() end end   function Audio:mute(mode) if mode == "bgm" then self.bgmMute = true if self.bgmChannel then self.bgmPos = self.bgmChannel:getPosition() self.bgmChannel:stop() self.bgmChannel = nil end elseif mode == "sfx" then self.sfxMute = true else self.bgmMute = true if self.bgmChannel then self.bgmPos = self.bgmChannel:getPosition() self.bgmChannel:stop() self.bgmChannel = nil end self.sfxMute = true end end function Audio:unmute(mode) if mode == "bgm" then self.bgmMute = false self.bgmChannel = self.bgmCurrent:play(self.bgmPos, math.huge) elseif mode == "sfx" then self.sfxMute = false else self.bgmMute = false self.bgmChannel = self.bgmCurrent:play(self.bgmPos, math.huge) self.sfxMute = false end end

MoKaLux

to add to my question: I have different levels, in each level I have various monsters with various sound... how do I do?

EDIT: I ended up using the class in the previous post for the main scenes (menu, options, ...) and vanilla Sound and SoundChannel for the various monsters. It is a bit messy to be honest, I need to rethink how to organise my sounds