Play sounds all at once - raidho36

sounds2.lua

local _channels = { }
local _sounds = { }
_sounds.sound1 = love.audio.newSoundData ( "sound1.ogg" )
_sounds.sound2 = love.audio.newSoundData ( "sound2.ogg" )
-- etc.

function playSound ( sound )
   if not _channels[ sound ] then _channels[ sound ] = { } end
   local chan = _channels[ sound ]
   
   local free = 0
   for num, src in pairs ( chan ) do
      if src:isStopped ( ) then free = num; break end
   end
   if free == 0 then
      free = #chan + 1
      chan[ free ] = love.audio.newSource ( _sounds[ sound ] )
   end
   chan[ free ]:play ( )
end

playSound ( "sound1" )
playSound ( "sound1" )
playSound ( "sound1" )