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Skinnable sounds

.wav, .mp3, and/or .ogg are valid formats for sounds.

Interface

Filename Usage
heartbeat.wav When the cursor hovers over the osu! cookie in the main menu
seeya.wav Closing the osu! client
welcome.wav Starting the osu! client

Notes:

  • For seeya.wav and welcome.wav:
    • osu!supporter is required to modify.
    • This can be disabled by unchecking osu! music theme in the options.

Keys

Filename Usage
key-confirm.wav Sending a message in chat
key-delete.wav Deleting text in chat
key-movement.wav Changing the text cursor position
key-press-{n}.wav (n = 1/2/3/4) Pressing a key for chat, search, edit, etc.

Clicks

Filename Usage
back-button-click.wav Clicking on the back button
check-on.wav Enabling a checkbox or a mod
check-off.wav Disabling a checkbox or a mod
click-close.wav Closing a chat tab
click-short-confirm.wav Clicking to confirm a button or dropdown option, opening or closing chat, switching between chat tabs, or switching groups
menuback.wav Clicking on menu-back or returning to the previous screen
menuhit.wav Confirming a selection that switches screens
menu-back-click.wav Clicking on Back in the main menu
menu-direct-click.wav Clicking on osu!direct in the main menu
menu-edit-click.wav Clicking on Edit in the main menu
menu-exit-click.wav Clicking on Exit in the main menu
menu-freeplay-click.wav Clicking on Solo in the main menu
menu-multiplayer-click.wav Clicking on Multiplayer in the main menu
menu-options-click.wav Clicking on Options in the main menu
menu-play-click.wav Clicking on Play in the main menu
pause-back-click.wav Clicking Back to Menu in the pause menu
pause-continue-click.wav Clicking Continue in the pause menu
pause-retry-click.wav Clicking Retry in the pause menu
select-expand.wav Switching into song selection, selecting a beatmap, opening dropdown boxes, opening chat tabs
select-difficulty.wav Selecting a difficulty of a beatmap
shutter.wav Taking a screenshot

Hover

Filename Usage
back-button-hover.wav Hovering above the back button
click-short.wav Hovering above all selectable boxes except beatmaps or main screen buttons
menuclick.wav Hovering above difficulties
menu-back-hover.wav Hovering above Back in the main menu
menu-direct-hover.wav Hovering above osu!direct in the main menu
menu-edit-hover.wav Hovering above Edit in the main menu
menu-exit-hover.wav Hovering above Exit in the main menu
menu-freeplay-hover.wav Hovering above Solo in the main menu
menu-multiplayer-hover.wav Hovering above Multiplayer in the main menu
menu-options-hover.wav Hovering above Options in the main menu
menu-play-hover.wav Hovering above Play in the main menu
pause-hover.wav
pause-back-hover.wav Hovering over Back to Menu in pause menu
pause-continue-hover.wav Hovering over Continue in pause menu
pause-retry-hover.wav Hovering over Retry in pause menu

Drag

Filename Usage
sliderbar.wav Changing the options via a slider
whoosh.wav Disabled as of now

Multi

Filename Usage
match-confirm.wav All players are ready
match-join.wav A player joins a room
match-leave.wav A player leaves a room
match-notready.wav A player revoked his ready signal
match-ready.wav A player is ready to start
match-start.wav The match is starting. Also the chat highlight sound

Metronome

metronomelow.wav

Notes:

  • In the beatmap editor, this plays for the small white ticks; however, the beatmap editor will only use the default sounds.
  • Despite the above, this can be skinned for the offset wizard and the bananas in osu!catch (pitch goes up per caught banana).

Gameplay

The following gameplay sounds are all beatmap skinnable.

Countdown

  • count.wav:
    • This replaces the | count{n}s sounds (if one sound is wanted).
    • This is also the metronome for the target practice mod.
  • count1s.wav
  • count2s.wav
  • count3s.wav
  • gos.wav
  • readys.wav

Playfield

Filename Usage
comboburst.wav Achieving a combo milestone
combobreak.wav Breaking a combo of 20 or more
failsound.wav Failing a map at any point
sectionpass.wav Halfway through a break with high HP remaining
sectionfail.wav Halfway through a break with low HP remaining

Notes:

  • comboburst.wav:
    • For multiple sounds, use comboburst-{n}.wav.
    • In the skin.ini, if CustomComboBurstSounds is set to 1, comboburst-{n}.wav must be used.
  • failsound.wav
    • Not intended to last longer than the fail animation (about 5 seconds).
    • Using a long audio track will impact the game client’s performance, as it is loaded each time you play a beatmap, even if you never fail. It isn’t supposed to be bigger than a few kilobytes.

Game screens

These sounds are not supposed to be bigger than a few kilobytes, as using a long audio track will impact the game client’s performance.

applause.wav:

  • The sound is played on the ranking screen after clearing a map.
  • Should be formatted as .mp3 or .ogg in beatmaps aiming for rank.

pause-loop.wav:

  • The sound is played when the game is paused.
  • This sound is looped.
  • Fades out when the client loses focus.

Hitsounds

Hitsounds should not have any more than a 5 millisecond delay, unless it has a special purpose.

Drum set

These sounds are mapped as D:C1 on beatmap skins:

  • drum-hitnormal.wav
  • drum-hitclap.wav
  • drum-hitfinish.wav
  • drum-hitwhistle.wav
  • drum-slidertick.wav
  • drum-sliderslide.wav (Looped)
  • drum-sliderwhistle.wav (Looped)

Normal set

These sounds are mapped as N:C1 on beatmap skins:

  • normal-hitnormal.wav
  • normal-hitclap.wav
  • normal-hitfinish.wav
  • normal-hitwhistle.wav
  • normal-slidertick.wav
  • normal-sliderslide.wav (Looped)
  • normal-sliderwhistle.wav (Looped)

Soft set

These sounds are mapped as S:C1 on beatmap skins:

  • soft-hitnormal.wav
  • soft-hitclap.wav
  • soft-hitfinish.wav
  • soft-hitwhistle.wav
  • soft-slidertick.wav
  • soft-sliderslide.wav (Looped)
  • soft-sliderwhistle.wav (Looped)

Spinner set

spinnerspin.wav:

  • This sound is looped.
  • This sound could modulate from ~500 hz to 80000 hz.
    • To disable this, set SpinnerFrequencyModulate to 0.

spinnerbonus.wav:

  • Plays everytime you get 1000 bonus points from spinning.

spinnerbonus-max.wav:

  • In the Lazer client, this sound plays instead of spinnerbonus.wav if the maximum score has already been achieved on the spinner. It has no effect in osu!stable.

Nightcore mod

Note: The files are sourced from your skin, but not the beatmap skin.

These sounds play on top of the song when the Nightcore mod is enabled. In 4/4 time:

  • nightcore-kick.wav is played on beats 1 and 3
  • nightcore-clap.wav is played on beats 2 and 4
  • nightcore-hat.wav is played on every odd quaver, but only if the slider tick rate of the beatmap is a multiple of 2
  • nightcore-finish.wav is played on the first beat of every 4 measures, unless that barline is omitted by a timing point

osu!taiko specific

Normal set

These sounds are mapped as N:C1 on beatmap skins:

  • taiko-normal-hitnormal.wav
  • taiko-normal-hitclap.wav
  • taiko-normal-hitfinish.wav
  • taiko-normal-hitwhistle.wav
Soft set

These sounds are mapped as S:C1 on beatmap skins:

  • taiko-soft-hitnormal.wav
  • taiko-soft-hitclap.wav
  • taiko-soft-hitfinish.wav
  • taiko-soft-hitwhistle.wav
Drum set

These sounds are mapped as D:C1 on beatmap skins, and they are only played when mapped and included:

  • taiko-drum-hitnormal.wav
  • taiko-drum-hitclap.wav
  • taiko-drum-hitfinish.wav
  • taiko-drum-hitwhistle.wav