ForNeVeR/overtone

Load sounds only once and reuse in `SoundManager`

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#106 opened on Feb 9, 2026

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Currently, we have this line: https://github.com/ForNeVeR/overtone/blob/156c60d9336b14c7464b36c5adc1db614980811d/Overtone.Game/UI/Controls.fs#L26

It will load the same sound again and again for each loaded control.

We should reuse the loaded sound somehow.

I propose to introduce a separate class, SoundManager, that would manage the loading of sounds — either load everything at once before running the game (for ultimate performance), or load it lazily on the fly. For our amount of data, probably both would work fine.

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Implement a SoundManager class that loads and caches sound effects to avoid reloading for each control. Consider eager loading at game start or lazy loading on first use.
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