@stanislas69 @feneur @Itms Thanks for the warm welcome and information guys. I'm really looking forward to getting involved. I will get the source code set up and get stuck this weekend, hopefully i'll have some examples ready for you guys by early next week.
Just out of interest have you guys heard of FMOD Studio? Its a free Audio API for games, it has a load of functionality for manipulating sounds in real time and it can drastically reduce the amount of audio files needed, which obviously helps reduce the size of the game.
Here's a good example of some of functionality:
I'm not sure if it could be of benefit, but could be worth a look :)!