Ascendara 12.2.2: sound effects, sound packs and Big Picture sounds
Ascendara can now play a sound when a notification appears or an achievement unlocks. Pick from four built-in profiles, upload your own sounds or import sound packs made by the community. Big Picture also gets soft interface sounds as you move around with a controller or keyboard.
Until now, Ascendara was silent. In 12.2.2 it plays a sound when a notification appears or an achievement unlocks, and Big Picture gets its own set of interface sounds. Everything can be tuned, swapped out or turned off in Settings.
Sound effects for notifications and achievements
The new Sound Effects section in Settings has one switch to turn sounds on or off and a volume slider. Notifications and achievements each have their own sound, so an unlock never sounds like a finished download.
Four built-in profiles
A profile sets both sounds at once. Each profile card has preview buttons, so you can hear a profile before you pick it.
- Classic: warm, soft bell chimes
- Crystal: bright, airy glass pings
- Arcade: retro chiptune blips
- Simple: a single soft beat
Use your own sounds
Prefer something else? Upload any WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC or M4A file up to 10 MB as your notification sound, your achievement sound, or both. A custom sound replaces only the sound you uploaded it for, and the profile covers the other one.
Sound packs
Once you've uploaded both an achievement and a notification sound, Share as pack saves them as a single .zip file that anyone can import. Import pack adds someone else's pack next to the built-in profiles, with the author's name shown on its card. Packs you no longer want can be removed with one click.
Looking for packs? The Ascendara community shares them on Discord, and the sound settings link straight to it.
COMMUNITYFind community sound packsBrowse sound packs made by other Ascendara users, or share your own.Join the DiscordInterface sounds in Big Picture
Big Picture now plays soft, glassy sounds as you move between items, select something and switch pages, with a light reverb that gives it a console feel. They work with a controller or a keyboard, and quick movements don't stack into noise. The sounds are generated on the fly, so they play the moment you press a button.
Big Picture sounds are on by default. Turn them off under Interface sounds in Big Picture's preferences, or with Big Picture Interface Sounds in Settings.