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I have a class that creates the sound objects. Then I create an instance of the class in my main.

Here is the module that creates the sound objects:

ig.module(
    'game.note-sounds'
)
.defines(function(){

ig.NoteSounds = ig.Class.extend({
    guitar: null,
    trumpet: null,
    xylo: null,
    piano: null,

    fileNames: [
        '_a1.*','_a2.*','_a3.*','_a4.*','_as1.*','_as2.*','_as3.*','_as4.*',
        '_b1.*','_b2.*','_b3.*','_b4.*',
        '_c1.*','_c2.*', '_c3.*','_c4.*','_c5.*','_cs1.*','_cs2.*', '_cs3.*','_cs4.*',
        '_d1.*','_d2.*','_d3.*', '_d4.*','_ds1.*','_ds2.*','_ds3.*','_ds4.*',
        '_e1.*','_e2.*','_e3.*','_e4.*',
        '_f1.*','_f2.*','_f3.*','_f4.*','_fs1.*','_fs2.*','_fs3.*','_fs4.*',
        '_g1.*','_g2.*','_g3.*','_g4.*','_gs1.*','_gs2.*','_gs3.*','_gs4.*',
    ],

    init: function(){
        this.guitar = this.createArray("guitar", "g");
        this.trumpet = this.createArray("trumpet", "t");
        this.xylo = this.createArray("xylophone", "x");
        this.piano = this.createArray("piano", "p");
    },

    createArray: function(name, letter){
        var array = [];
        var path = "media/sounds/" + name + "/" + letter;

        for(i = 0; i < this.fileNames.length; i++){
            array[i] = new ig.Sound(path + this.fileNames[i]);
        }
        return array;
    },

});
    
});

And here is the beginning of my main:

ig.module( 
	'game.main' 
)
.requires(
	'impact.game',
	'impact.font',
	
	'game.levels.wave1',
	'game.levels.wave2',
	'game.levels.wave3',
	
	'game.note-sounds',
	'game.song-handler'
)
.defines(function(){

GameScreen = ig.Game.extend({

	noteBank: new ig.NoteSounds(), 

I believe I am pre-loading the sounds since I can add a print statement to the end of 'init' in the 'note-sounds' module and it will print during the loading screen.

No, they are not being pre-loaded.
init is called after all resources have been loaded.
You are loading the audio "on the fly" so to speak.

So they're not being preloaded even though I create the NoteSounds object before the init function in my main?

Hmm. On second thought, I'm not so sure.

The way you&039;re creating an instance of #ig.NoteSounds implies that its init will be called during the pre-loader. Therefore the sounds will at least start loading.

Hmmm... If I had to guess, I&039;d say you found a neat way to pre-load via the #init function.

Confirmation would be nice though...