How to add your own custom sounds into minecraft | sounds.json tutorial

This video is part of the Complex Texturepacking Series I'm planning on making. I noticed there weren't that many good tutorials about this subject, so I decided to make my own!

Music: Blocks by C418

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Notes:

For subtitles you have to update that in the language files (different tutorial when I'm not lazy, or just look up "how to edit language files minecraft" on google)

Indentation does not matter in JSON. Java literally does not care as long as the syntax is correct.
Youtube does not like the tab character, so unfortunately these are indented with 2 spaces. Sorry.

Replace the directory with whatever; for example, if you have a folder in your sounds folder named "custom" and your sound is in there, then you would do "custom/name". In the video, there is no folder apart from the sounds folder, so there is no directory needed, and it's just "name".

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1 Sound //
{
"category": "master",
"sounds": [
"directory/name"
],
}
}

2+ Sounds //
{
"category": "master",
"sounds": [
"directory/name"
],
},

"category": "master",
"sounds": [
"directory/name"
],
}
}

[Carsian]

After some testing with Lynxdeer, we discovered that *stereo* sound files play globally in Minecraft rather than positionally (Meaning you'll hear the sound everywhere on the server rather than within a distance around the sound source). This is probably how the game plays its music globally.
Consider converting your .ogg files to *mono* instead! There should be converters online, or you can use a DAW like I did (Audacity, Ableton, Logic, etc).

Just leaving this comment here as documentation in case anyone else runs into the same problem.

[myknives...]

guys, whenever you try to play the sound but nothing plays, maybe check this solutions and it may get fixed.
maybe you made an error while typing the .json file .
maybe you wrote "/playsound minecraft.(name) instead of "/playsound minecraft:(name)
maybe you entered the wrong information in the .json file.

but whenever you write "/playsound minecraft:(name), if the name doesnt appear as one of the options, it means you have done something wrong while writing the json file,

[abrar]

Does this still work? The sounds shows up when I do /playsound but then plays nothing at all. I checked the sound files and they're fine, and they're in the minecraft sounds folder like the video shows so the directory isn't the problem since I didn't put it down. I'm really confused...

[UmarHaqimi]

Thanks bro, now i can rickroll my friends

[lydro]

It worked thank you very much. Good tutorial short and understanding

[gamingdevil]

It doesn't work for me, I don't know why. The custom sound shows up when puting it in the playsound command, but the sound doesn't play.

[demontube]

you deserve my susbcirbers! this helped me a lot!

[nemognite]

Thanks, I can't find guid like ur in russian yt and u really help me

[spogati]

hey dude, what should i type if its a damage sound
like this?
{
"damage.sound": {
"category": "master",
"sounds": [
"directory/name"
],
"subtitle": "subtitles.player.hurt"
}
}

[Jasimi]

This helped me a lot! Thanks mate! <333

[NotFlez]

I have a question is that can you make death sfx resource pack without using any command in game?

[tgd]

when i use .json its still .txt
how fix

[jfchannel]

Esse vídeo me ajudou à criar um momento fod* : consegui fazer o Leap Of Faith do Assassins Creed no meu mapa! 🎉

[Sunleans]

i want put 4 sounds into the game, but only 2 works (the first ones)

[Arteryy]

i have a .ogg file that plays normally outside of MC, I hae a correct pack.mcmeta file, sounds.json, and everything in this video but the sound isn't playing despite it saying in the chat that the sound has played and no errors are showing. please can someone help

[syberiusz]

make new video about this but at Minecraft 1.20.1

[MrPotato_]

It works on singleplayer but whenever i try to use the sound on my aternos server it just doesnt work, the sound name doesnt apper in the commands dunno why but maybe someone here knows? Please?

[albizasa]

How do I make it play songs and something else

[justwantaname.]

what is the "directory/name" part for
what do I replace it with?

[merceptoman]

Hello! I used your tutorial to create public announcement in Minecraft but no one cares, I was wondering if you can change the range of a sound in the sound.json file or anywhere?