Sonic Adventure 2/Sound Effects

Sound effects are stored differently depending on the version of the game:
On Dreamcast and GameCube, the sound effects are inside MLT files in the root directory.
In the 2012 version, the sound effects are in folders found within the resource\gd_PC\MLT directory.
Event sound effects are in the event\MLT folder in the 2012 version, and as MLT files in the event folder for the Dreamcast/GameCube versions.

The 2012 version uses CSB sound banks to hold sound effects in ADX format. The following list denotes the contents of each CSB file as they're numbered. These numbers correlate to the soundbank IDs found within the MLT files and the names of the MPB files.

The internal order for the banks is different from what is displayed in the files, so extra care is needed when attempting to apply changes to sound effects using the logic found within the game's code.

Filename	Internal Bank ID	Description
0	8	General Sound Effects and Menu SFX
1	1	Object Sound Effects
2	2	Character Sound Effects
3	3	Character Voices
4	4	Common Enemy Sound Effects/Event Sound Effects
5	0	Level-Specific Sound Effects
6	6	Level-Specific Sound Effects 2
7	7	Water Sound Effects
8	6	Chao Voices
9	6	Chao Voices 2
10	6	Chao Voices 3
11	6	Chao Voices 4
12	5	Chao Common Sound Effects
13	4	Chao Instruments

The following filenames are folder names when referring to the 2012 version, otherwise refer to the *.mlt filenames in the Dreamcast/GameCube versions.

Filename	Stage/Level	Notes
chao_chara_kr	Chao World: Knuckles/Rouge
chao_chara_ss	Chao World: Sonic/Shadow
chao_chara_te	Chao World: Tails/Eggman
chao_dark_garden	Chao Dark Garden
chao_hero_garden	Chao Hero Garden
chao_kindergarten	Chao Kindergarten
chao_neutral_garden	Chao Neutral Garden
chao_race_circuit	Chao Race Circuit
chao_race_entrance	Chao Race Entrance
chao_sound_std	Chao Sound Effects	Eating, Sleeping, Crying, etc.
menu	Menu Sounds	Also contains some in-game sound effects (rings/animals/etc.)
se_ac_am	Aquatic Mine
se_ac_bf	F-6t Bigfoot
se_ac_cc_e	Cannon's Core (Eggman)
se_ac_cc_kn	Cannon's Core (Knuckles)
se_ac_cc_ru	Cannon's Core (Rouge)
se_ac_cc_so	Cannon's Core (Sonic)
se_ac_cc_t	Cannon's Core (Tails)
se_ac_ce	City Escape
se_ac_cg	Crazy Gadget
se_ac_cw	Cosmic Wall
se_ac_dc	Death Chamber
se_ac_dl	Dry Lagoon
se_ac_dtr	Downtown Race
se_ac_ee	Eternal Engine
se_ac_egl	Egg Golem (Eggman)
se_ac_eq	Egg Quarters
se_ac_fc	Final Chase
se_ac_fr	Final Rush
se_ac_gf	Green Forest
se_ac_gh	Green Hill
se_ac_hb	Hidden Base
se_ac_ig	Iron Gate
se_ac_kbb	King Boom Boo
se_ac_lb1	Biolizard
se_ac_lb2	Finalhazard
se_ac_lc	Lost Colony
se_ac_meh	Meteor Herd
se_ac_mh	Metal Harbor
se_ac_mp	Mad Space
se_ac_ms	Mission Street
se_ac_pc	Pyramid Cave
se_ac_ph	Pumpkin Hill
se_ac_pl	Prison Lane
se_ac_rh	Radical Highway
se_ac_sgl	Egg Golem (Sonic)
se_ac_sh	Security Hall
se_ac_so	Sand Ocean
se_ac_sr	Sky Rail
se_ac_wb	Weapons Bed
se_ac_wc	Wild Canyon
se_ac_wj	White Jungle
se_ch_kn_BATTLE	Knuckles/Rouge/Tikal/Chaos
se_ch_kr	Knuckles/Rouge
se_ch_sn_BATTLE	Sonic/Shadow/Amy/Metal
se_ch_ss	Sonic/Shadow
se_ch_te	Tails/Eggman
se_ch_wk	Mech Tails/Mech Eggman
se_ch_wk_BATTLE	Mech Tails/Mech Eggman/Chao Walker/Dark C. Walker
se_kart	Kart Racing (Japanese)
se_kart_e	Kart Racing (English)
se_vs_shadow	Shadow Boss
se_vs_sonic	Sonic Boss

General Sounds

The following sounds are found within the banks labeled as 0 within the MLT/CSB data. Almost every sound in this list is used universally, with a few samples being used and referenced in other sound lists.

Internal IDs that are italicized indicate that the ID is listed in a separate sound list, e.g. the sounds for the Lost Chao are used for Bank 1 instead of Bank 0.

Sound IDs that are italicized indicate that the sound may not exist within the MLT archive, but it does exist elsewhere within the game files.

By default, all of the sounds listed in the table are applied to the internal Bank 8 unless otherwise specified.

General Sounds

Sound ID	Internal Bank	Internal ID	Description	Notes
00	8	0	Move menu selection
01	8	1	Confirm menu selection
02	8	2	Pause
03	8	3
04				Sound does not exist in CSB/MLT data.
05	8	4	Score tally/finish
06	8	5	Collect Ring
07	8	6	Emblem
08	8	7
09	8	8	Open Main Menu
10	8	9	Cancel in menus
11	8	10	Select invalid option
12	8	11	Activate Omochao
13	8	12	Hurt Omochao
14	8	13	Open Item Box
15	8	14
16	8	15	Collect small animal
17	8	16
18	8	17	Collect Chaos Drive
19	8	18	Enter Chao World
20	8	19	Hint Monitor
21	8	21	Enemy destruction
22	8	21	Enemy destruction	This is part of sound ID 21
23	8	23	Omochao flutter
24	8	24
25	8	26	Acquire shield
26	8	27
27	8	28	Score/time reveal
28	8	31
29
30
31	8	22
32	1	13	Crying Chao	This sound is tied to the "Common Object Sounds" list, but the audio data is found inside the "General Sounds" archive
33	1	14	Happy Chao	This sound is tied to the "Common Object Sounds" list, but the audio data is found inside the "General Sounds" archive
34	8	25	Level intro
35	8	29	Rank
36	8	30	Event timestamps
37	8	32
38	8	33
39	8	50		This sound exists as DamageRingScatter in the CSB files. Sound is seemingly not stored in the MLT file.

Common Object Sounds

The sounds in this section are found within the banks labeled as 1 in the MLT/CSB data. These sounds are either used for common level objects or menus, depending on which is being loaded at the time. All sounds in this section are loaded into the internal Bank 1.

Stage Objects

Common Object Sounds

Sound ID	Internal ID	Description	Notes
00	0	Spring
01	1	Checkpoint
02	2	Timed switch end
03	3	Dash Panel
04	4
05	5	Rocket/Missile activated
06	6
07	7	Land on rail
08	8	Extra life
09	9	Hunting radar beep
10	10
11	11	Mystic Melody platform summon
12	12
13
14
15	16	Break wooden container
16	17	Break steel container
17	18	Goal Ring
18	19	Touch Goal Ring	Unused
19	20	Touch Back Ring
20	21	Alternate Goal Ring	Unused
21	22	Mystic Melody door open
22	23	Entering Mystic Melody portal
23	24	Exiting Mystic Melody portal
24	27	Grinding (low speed)
25	28	Grinding (high speed)
26
27	32	Open prison door/activate mechanism
28	33	Stop opening prison door/mechanism
29	34
30	35
31	36
32
33
34
35
36		Missile exhaust
37	26	Spike ball rotation
38
39
40	29	Pulley
41	30	Mystic Melody
42	31	Activate Mystic Melody platform
43	60		This sound exists as ROCKET_LAUNCHER in the CSB files. Sound is seemingly not stored in the MLT file.

Menu Object SFX

Extra Menu Sounds

Sound ID	Internal ID	Description	Notes
00	0	Checkpoint
01	1
02	2	Goal Ring	Used when unlocking the Secretary menu theme
03		Extra life
04
05		Buzzer
06
07	3
08	4
09	5
10	6	Kart Racing confirmation (engine roar)

Character Sounds

The sounds in this section are labeled as 2 within the bank data stored in the CSB folder path/MLT data and occupy the internal Bank 2.

For single-player scenarios, the sound packs labeled as SE_CH_[character pair] are used. Multiplayer scenarios use the SE_CH_[character pair]_BATTLE files in SA2B, which does not exist in the Dreamcast version as the multiplayer characters don't utilize different sounds in that version.

The following lists are based on the sound data of the _BATTLE sound packs, which contains all of the data from the single-player variant alongside the added sounds for multiplayer characters.

Speed-type Action Sounds

All sounds in this list are found within the SE_CH_SS/SE_CH_SN_BATTLE sound data within the bank labeled as 2.

Sonic/Shadow/Amy/Metal Sonic Action Sounds

Sound ID	Internal ID	Description	Notes
00	0	Shadow jump
01	1	Sonic jump
02	2	Brake/turn around
03	3	Land on ground
04	4
05	5	Sonic whistle
06	6	Shadow whistle
07	7	Jump dash
08	8	Somersault 1
09	9	Somersault 2
10	10	Bounce Attack
11	11	Spin Dash release
12	12
13	13	2P Chaos Control activation
14	14	Spin Dash charge
15	17	Spin Dash charge (With Light Dash/Light Attack unlocked)
16	18	Light Dash/Light Attack
17	19	Time Stop tick
18
19	15	Sonic Wind	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 versions, replaced with TORNADO_low_volume.
20	16	Chaos Spear	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 versions, replaced with CHAOS_SPEAR.
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30	20	Amy jump	SA2B only
31	21	Amy brake/turn around	SA2B only
32	22	Amy land on ground	SA2B only
33	23	Metal Sonic jump	SA2B only
34	24	Metal Sonic brake/turn around	SA2B only
35	25	Metal Sonic ground movement sound	SA2B only
36	26	Metal Sonic land on ground	SA2B only
37	27	Black Shield	SA2B only
38	28	Metal Sonic jump dash	SA2B only
39
40

Hunting-type Action Sounds

All sounds in this list are found within the SE_CH_KR/SE_CH_KN_BATTLE sound data within the bank labeled as 2.

Knuckles/Rouge/Tikal/Chaos Action Sounds

Sound ID	Internal ID	Description	Notes
00	0	Knuckles jump
01	1	Rouge jump
02	2	Brake/turn around
04	3	Land on ground
04	4
05	5	Knuckles whistle
06	6	Rouge whistle
07	7	Knuckles start glide
08	8	Rouge start glide
09	9	Climb wall
10	10	Dig
11	11	Punch
12	12	Punch finisher
13	13	Kick
14	14	Kick finisher
15	15
16	16	Dig jump
17	21	Glide
18	22	Drill attack
19	17	Level 1 Special Attack	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 version, instead playing a sound ending in 19_1.
20	18	Thunder Arrow	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 version, instead playing a sound ending in 20_1.
21	19	Power Flash	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 version, instead playing a sound ending in 21_1.
22	20	Black Wave	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 version, instead playing a sound ending in 22_1.
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30	23	Chaos jump
31	24	Chaos land on ground
32	25
33	26
34	27	Chaos uppercut
35	28	Chaos Impact
36	29	Chaos Bind
37
38
39
40

Mech-type Action Sounds

All sounds in this list are found within the SE_CH_WK/SE_CH_WK_BATTLE sound data within the bank labeled as 2.

Mech Tails/Mech Eggman/Chao Walker/Dark Chao Walker Action Sounds

Sound ID	Internal ID	Description	Notes
00	0	Mech Eggman jump
01	1	Mech Tails jump
02	2	Brake/turn around
04	3	Land on ground
04	4
05	5	Tails whistle
06	6	Eggman whistle
07	7	Step
08	8
09	9	Start hover
10	9	Hover	Part of sound ID 9
11	10	Boxing Glove
12	11
13	12
14	13	Power Laser
15	16	Homing Missile
16	17	Laser Missile
17	18	Vulcan Cannon shot
18	19	Cannon upgrade shot
19	19	Cannon upgrade shot	Part of sound ID 18
20	19	Cannon upgrade shot	Part of sound ID 18
21	20
22	20		Part of sound ID 21
23	21
24	21		Part of sound ID 23
25	22
26	15	Lock-On
27	14	Lock-On Laser
28	25	Chao Walker jump
29	26	Chao Walker brake/turn around
30	27	Chao Walker step
31	28	Dark Chao Walker jump
32	29	Dark Chao Walker brake/turn around
33	30	Dark Chao Walker step
34
35
36	23	2P Missile Special Attack 1	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 versions, replaced with wk59_ROCKET_LAUNCHER.
37	23	2P Missile Special Attack 2	Part of sound ID 36. Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 versions, replaced with wk59_ROCKET_LAUNCHER.
38	24	Power Laser charging	Original sound. This is unused in the 2012 versions, replaced with SA2_Walker_SFX_wk61_22k.
39
40	31	Zap Laser
41	32	Dark Finish
42
43
44
45
46
47

Mechless-type Action Sounds

All sounds in this list are found within the SE_CH_TE sound data within the bank labeled as 2.

Tails/Eggman Action Sounds

Sound ID	Internal ID	Description	Notes
00	0	Tails jump
01	1	Eggman jump
02	2	Brake/turn around
04	3	Land on ground
04	4
05	5	Tails whistle
06	6	Eggman whistle
07	7	Eggman brake/turn around
08	8	Eggman swipe/kick
09	9	Tails flying
10		Tails tail swipe	Unused?
11

Character Voices

Voices are stored differently depending on the version of the game:
On Dreamcast and GameCube, the sound effects are inside MPB files in the root directory.
In the 2012 version, the sound effects are in folders within the resource\gd_PC\MPB directory.

The 2012 version uses CSB sound banks to hold voices in AAX format.

The following filenames are folder names when referring to the 2012 version, otherwise refer to the *.mpb filenames in the Dreamcast/GameCube versions.

Filename	Description	Notes
b03_ew	Eggman (Japanese)
b03_ewe	Eggman (English)
b03_kn	Knuckles (Japanese)
b03_kne	Knuckles (English)
b03_kn_btl_e	Knuckles/Rouge/Tikal/Chaos (English)
b03_kn_btl_j	Knuckles/Rouge/Tikal/Chaos (Japanese)
b03_rg	Rouge (Japanese)
b03_rge	Rouge (English)
b03_sd	Shadow (Japanese)
b03_sde	Shadow (English)
b03_sn	Sonic (Japanese)
b03_sne	Sonic (English)
b03_sn_btl_e	Sonic/Shadow/Amy/Metal (English)
b03_sn_btl_j	Sonic/Shadow/Amy/Metal (Japanese)
b03_tw	Tails (Japanese)
b03_twe	Tails (English)
b03_wk_btl_e	Tails/Eggman/Chao Walker/Dark C. Walker (English)
b03_wk_btl_j	Tails/Eggman/Chao Walker/Dark C. Walker (Japanese)
bank12_d_garden	Chao: Dark Garden
bank12_h_garden	Chao: Hero Garden
bank12_karate	Chao Karate
bank12_kinder	Chao Kindergarten
bank12_n_garden	Chao: Neutral Garden
bank12_race	Chao Race
bank12_r_ent	Chao Race Entry
c_b03_ew	Chao: Eggman (Japanese)
c_b03_ewe	Chao: Eggman (English)
c_b03_kn	Chao: Knuckles (Japanese)
c_b03_kne	Chao: Knuckles (English)
c_b03_rg	Chao: Rouge (Japanese)
c_b03_rge	Chao: Rouge (English)
c_b03_sd	Chao: Shadow (Japanese)
c_b03_sde	Chao: Shadow (English)
c_b03_sn	Chao: Sonic (Japanese)
c_b03_sne	Chao: Sonic (English)
c_b03_tw	Chao: Tails (Japanese)
c_b03_twe	Chao: Tails (English)

Sonic/Shadow/Amy Voices

b03_sn and b03_sd

The following list pertains to the single-player soundbank used for Sonic and Shadow's voice clips. Both files have the same number of entries, but their counterpart's clips are left blank on their lists. The ID numbers used are based on the last two digits of the extracted filenames.

Speed Character Voice Sounds

ID	Description
00	Sonic Somersault
01
02	Sonic Ledge Balance
03	Sonic Ledge Grab
04	Sonic Pick Up Object
05	Sonic Throw Object
06	Sonic Push
07	Sonic Light Attack Charged
08	Sonic Light Attack Release
09	Sonic Jump Dash
10	Sonic Finish Somersault
11
12
13	Sonic Damage
14	Sonic Hit Wall
15	Sonic Scared
16	Sonic Kart Jump/Dash
17	Sonic Kart Boost
18
19
20	Shadow Somersault
21
22	Shadow Ledge Balance
23	Shadow Ledge Grab
24	Shadow Pick Up Object
25	Shadow Throw Object
26	Shadow Push
27	Shadow Light Attack Charged
28	Shadow Light Attack Release
29	Shadow Jump Dash
30	Shadow Finish Somersault
31
32
33	Shadow Damage
34	Shadow Hit Wall
35
36	Shadow Kart Jump/Dash
37	Shadow Kart Boost
38
39

b03_sn_btl

The following list contains samples used for the Sonic/Shadow multiplayer scenarios.

Speed Character Multiplayer Voice Sounds

ID	Description
00	Sonic Somersault
01
02	Sonic Ledge Balance
03	Sonic Ledge Grab
04	Sonic Pick Up Object
05	Sonic Throw Object
06	Sonic Push
07	Sonic Light Attack Charged
08	Sonic Light Attack Release
09	Sonic Jump Dash
10	Sonic Finish Somersault
11
12
13	Sonic Damage
14	Sonic Hit Wall
15	Sonic Scared
16	Sonic Kart Jump/Dash
17	Sonic Kart Boost
18
19
20	Shadow Somersault
21	Shadow Throw Object
22	Shadow Ledge Balance
23	Shadow Ledge Grab
24	Shadow Pick Up Object
25	Shadow Throw Object
26	Shadow Push
27	Shadow Light Attack Charged
28	Shadow Light Attack Release
29	Shadow Jump Dash
30	Shadow Finish Somersault
31
32
33	Shadow Damage
34	Shadow Hit Wall
35
36	Shadow Kart Jump/Dash
37	Shadow Kart Boost
38
39
40	Amy Somersault/Ledge Balance
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49	Amy Light Attack Charged (Unused)
50	Amy Light Attack Release (Unused)
51	Amy Jump Dash
52
53	Amy Damage
54
55
56
57
58
59

Knuckles/Rouge/Tikal Voices

b03_kn and b03_rg

The following list pertains to the single-player soundbank used for Knuckles and Rouge's voice clips. Both files have the same number of entries, but their counterpart's clips are left blank on their lists. The ID numbers used are based on the last two digits of the extracted filenames.

Hunting Character Voice Sounds

ID	Description
00	Knuckles Jump
01
02	Knuckles Ledge Balance
03	Knuckles Ledge Grab
04	Knuckles Pick Up Object
05
06	Knuckles Push
07	Knuckles Punch Combo
08	Knuckles Spiral Upper
09	Knuckles Water Surfacing
10
11
12
13	Knuckles Damage
14	Knuckles Hit Wall/Knockback
15	Knuckles Scared
16	Knuckles Kart Jump/Dash
17	Knuckles Kart Boost
18
19
20	Rouge Jump
21
22	Rouge Ledge Balance
23	Rouge Ledge Grab
24	Rouge Pick Up Object
25
26	Rouge Push
27
28
29
30	Rouge Kick combo
31	Rouge Screw Kick
32	Rouge Water Surfacing
33	Rouge Damage
34	Rouge Hit Wall/Knockback
35	Rouge Scared
36	Rouge Kart Jump/Dash
37	Rouge Kart Boost
38
39

b03_kn_btl

The following list contains samples used for the Knuckles/Rouge multiplayer scenarios.

Hunting Character Multiplayer Voice Sounds

ID	Description
00	Knuckles Jump
01
02	Knuckles Ledge Balance
03	Knuckles Ledge Grab
04	Knuckles Pick Up Object
05
06	Knuckles Push
07	Knuckles Punch Combo
08	Knuckles Spiral Upper
09	Knuckles Water Surfacing
10
11
12
13	Knuckles Damage
14	Knuckles Hit Wall/Knockback
15	Knuckles Scared
16	Knuckles Kart Jump/Dash
17	Knuckles Kart Boost
18
19
20	Rouge Jump
21
22	Rouge Ledge Balance
23	Rouge Ledge Grab
24	Rouge Pick Up Object
25
26	Rouge Push
27
28
29
30	Rouge Kick combo
31	Rouge Screw Kick
32	Rouge Water Surfacing
33	Rouge Damage
34	Rouge Hit Wall/Knockback
35	Rouge Scared
36	Rouge Kart Jump/Dash
37	Rouge Kart Boost
38
39
40	Tikal Jump
41
42	Tikal Ledge Balance
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53	Tikal Damage
54
55
56
57
58
59

Tails/Eggman/Chao Walker/Dark Chao Walker Voices

b03_tw and b03_ew

The following list pertains to the single-player soundbank used for Tails and Eggman's voice clips. Both files have the same number of entries, but their counterpart's clips are left blank on their lists. The ID numbers used are based on the last two digits of the extracted filenames.

Mech Character Voice Sounds

ID	Description
00	Tails Jump
01	Tails Alternate Jump
02	Tails Ledge Balance
03
04
05
06
07
08	Tails basic combo
09	Tails Propeller Punch
10
11
12
13
14	Tails Damage
15
16
17	Tails Kart Jump/Dash
18	Tails Kart Boost
19
20	Eggman Jump
21	Eggman Alternate Jump
22	Eggman Ledge Balance
23
24
25
26
27	Eggman basic combo
28	Eggman Boxing Glove
29
30
31
32
33	Eggman Damage
34
35
36	Eggman Kart Jump/Dash
37	Eggman Kart Boost
38
39

b03_wk_btl

The following list contains samples used for the Tails/Eggman multiplayer scenarios.

Mech Character Multiplayer Voice Sounds

ID	Description
00	Tails Jump
01	Tails Alternate Jump
02	Tails Ledge Balance
03
04
05
06
07
08	Tails basic combo
09	Tails Propeller Punch
10
11
12
13
14	Tails Damage
15
16
17	Tails Kart Jump/Dash
18	Tails Kart Boost
19
20	Eggman Jump
21	Eggman Alternate Jump
22	Eggman Ledge Balance
23
24
25
26
27	Eggman basic combo
28	Eggman Boxing Glove
29
30
31
32
33	Eggman Damage
34
35
36	Eggman Kart Jump/Dash
37	Eggman Kart Boost
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59

Event Sound Information

Events generally use the sound effects found in slot 4 within the MLT/CSB container. In the Dreamcast and GameCube versions, the sound data and sequence information is stored within the MLT file, with the sequence data sharing similarities with single-bank MIDI data. The 2012 version uses two files to replicate this effect: a CSB file containing all of the audio information, and a .mid file containing the sequence data. The 2012 version only has partial support for MIDI sequence data, so many of the audio manipulation settings will be ignored when set.