diff --git a/annotations/src/main/java/io/anuke/annotations/AssetsAnnotationProcessor.java b/annotations/src/main/java/io/anuke/annotations/AssetsAnnotationProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..314940c76f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/annotations/src/main/java/io/anuke/annotations/AssetsAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package io.anuke.annotations;
+
+import com.squareup.javapoet.*;
+
+import javax.annotation.processing.*;
+import javax.lang.model.*;
+import javax.lang.model.element.*;
+import javax.tools.Diagnostic.*;
+import java.nio.file.*;
+import java.util.*;
+
+@SupportedSourceVersion(SourceVersion.RELEASE_8)
+public class AssetsAnnotationProcessor extends AbstractProcessor{
+    /** Name of the base package to put all the generated classes. */
+    private static final String packageName = "io.anuke.mindustry.gen";
+    private int round;
+
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void init(ProcessingEnvironment processingEnv){
+        super.init(processingEnv);
+        //put all relevant utils into utils class
+        Utils.typeUtils = processingEnv.getTypeUtils();
+        Utils.elementUtils = processingEnv.getElementUtils();
+        Utils.filer = processingEnv.getFiler();
+        Utils.messager = processingEnv.getMessager();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean process(Set<? extends TypeElement> annotations, RoundEnvironment roundEnv){
+        if(round++ != 0) return false; //only process 1 round
+
+        try{
+            TypeSpec.Builder type = TypeSpec.classBuilder("Sounds").addModifiers(Modifier.PUBLIC);
+            HashSet<String> names = new HashSet<>();
+            Files.list(Paths.get("core/assets/sounds/")).forEach(p -> {
+                String name = p.getFileName().toString();
+                name = name.substring(0, name.indexOf("."));
+                if(names.contains(name)){
+                    Utils.messager.printMessage(Kind.ERROR, "Duplicate sound file name: " + p.toString() + "!");
+                }else{
+                    names.add(name);
+                }
+            });
+
+            Files.list(Paths.get("core/assets/sounds/")).forEach(p -> {
+                String fname = p.getFileName().toString();
+                String name = p.getFileName().toString();
+                name = name.substring(0, name.indexOf("."));
+                if(SourceVersion.isKeyword(name)){
+                    name = name + "s";
+                }
+                type.addField(FieldSpec.builder(ClassName.bestGuess("io.anuke.arc.audio.Sound"), name, Modifier.STATIC, Modifier.PUBLIC, Modifier.FINAL)
+                    .initializer(CodeBlock.builder().add("io.anuke.arc.Core.audio.newSound(io.anuke.arc.Core.files.internal($S))", "sounds/" + fname).build()).build());
+            });
+
+
+            JavaFile.builder(packageName, type.build()).build().writeTo(Utils.filer);
+            return true;
+        }catch(Exception e){
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Set<String> getSupportedAnnotationTypes() {
+        return Collections.singleton("*");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor b/annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
index 5954bfccb9..0094bb0b52 100644
--- a/annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
+++ b/annotations/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/javax.annotation.processing.Processor
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 io.anuke.annotations.RemoteMethodAnnotationProcessor
 io.anuke.annotations.SerializeAnnotationProcessor
 io.anuke.annotations.StructAnnotationProcessor
-io.anuke.annotations.CallSuperAnnotationProcessor
\ No newline at end of file
+io.anuke.annotations.CallSuperAnnotationProcessor
+io.anuke.annotations.AssetsAnnotationProcessor
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/assets/sounds/shoot.mp3 b/core/assets/sounds/shoot.mp3
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a826fdfdd..0000000000
Binary files a/core/assets/sounds/shoot.mp3 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/type/Weapon.java b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/type/Weapon.java
index d26c9213b0..0f2177bcf8 100644
--- a/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/type/Weapon.java
+++ b/core/src/io/anuke/mindustry/type/Weapon.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import io.anuke.mindustry.entities.bullet.*;
 import io.anuke.mindustry.entities.traits.*;
 import io.anuke.mindustry.entities.type.*;
 import io.anuke.mindustry.gen.*;
+import io.anuke.mindustry.gen.Sounds;
 import io.anuke.mindustry.net.Net;
 
 public class Weapon{
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public class Weapon{
     /** whether shooter rotation is ignored when shooting. */
     public boolean ignoreRotation = false;
 
-    public Sound shootSound = Core.audio.newSound(Core.files.internal("sounds/shoot.ogg"));
+    public Sound shootSound = Sounds.die;
 
     public TextureRegion region;