Sound Packs

Expand your typing experience with new sound packs from the community.

From the library (Windows and Linux)

1. Find a pack in the sound pack library and click Install in Mechvibes on its page
2. Mechvibes opens and shows the pack's name, author and size. Click Install
3. A pack you already have is updated the same way when the library has a newer version

On Linux with the AppImage, run it once first so the link knows where to find it.

From a .zip file

1. Download the pack's .zip. On a Mac, use Download zip on the pack's page
2. In Mechvibes, open Sound packs, choose the Keyboard or Mouse tab and click Add
3. Click Select file and choose the .zip. Its config.json must be at the top of the zip
4. Pick the new pack on the Home page

From a folder

In Sound packsthenManage, open the custom sound packs folder, copy the pack's folder in, then click Refresh. Packs made for the original Mechvibes are converted when they load, and the old config.json is kept as a backup.

You can build your own sound packs with the Mechvibes editor — assign sounds to keys and export a ready-to-import .zip.

See the Editor guide for a step-by-step walkthrough.

A pack is shared from the zip the editor exports. Sign in first; browsing and downloading need no account.

1. Build the pack in the editor and press Export.
2. In the library, choose Share your pack and select the exported .zip.
3. The name, description and tags fill in from the zip. Check them, choose its type, category and a license, then press Publish pack.

4. The site checks the zip and publishes it right away, or lists what to fix. Once it is live, choose Copy link to copy the pack's short link.

Share the link, not the zip

Every pack has a short link, such as mechvibes.com/sp/ and a seven-character code. You find it on the pack's page under Share this pack too. Post that link on Discord rather than the zip: it unfurls into a card with the pack's icon, name and tags, and everyone who opens it gets your latest revision, with their ratings and downloads counted on your pack.

The sound pack channels on the Mechvibes Discord no longer take zip files. A zip posted there is removed and its author is pointed to this page, so every pack ends up in the library with one page to rate and download it.

To change the sound later, sign in to the editor, open the pack from My packs, edit it and press Update to publish the next revision. You can also upload a new zip on the pack's page. Name, description, tags, type, category and license are edited on the website, from your profile's Sound Packs.

The license tells other people what they may do with your pack. It shows on the pack's page, and the library can be filtered by it.

• CC BY 4.0 (recommended): anyone may use, change and share the pack, as long as they credit you. A good pick when you recorded your own keyboard and want the pack to travel with your name on it.
• MIT: the same freedom, as long as copies keep your name and the MIT license text. Common for software, so pick it if you already share your work under MIT.
• CC0: you give up your rights as far as the law allows, and anyone may use the pack for anything without crediting you. Pick it when you want no strings attached.
• Personal use: people may use the pack themselves, but not share it on, change it or use it commercially. Pick it when you only allow personal use.
• Custom: your own terms, for when none of the above fits.

Personal use and Custom packs need a LICENSE.txt or LICENSE.md file in the zip that spells out the terms. The editor does not add one, so add it to the zip yourself or choose MIT, CC BY 4.0 or CC0.

Only publish sounds you have the right to share: sounds you recorded yourself, or sounds whose own license lets you share them. Choosing a license here does not give you rights to someone else's recordings.