I came accross this very comprehensive webpage about sound objects in flash mx about a month ago. Since there has been 2 or 3 threads started about working with sound just today, thought i'd share it [URL]..
View 5 RepliesIs there any AS3 library or code-snippet that can create altered versions of a Sound object on-the-fly (at runtime)? Either based on:
An existing Sound object; A ByteArray object;
For example, say you have a "dry" sound of a gun-shot. You could:
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Is it possible to take two Sound objects and combine them into one Sound object so that one Sound plays, and then the second plays right after it? I can just play the first Sound and then the next right after it, but it would be much cleaner to combine them before playing the audio.
View 1 RepliesWhy do we need to create objects like Sound Objects, Date Objects and Text Objects before we load them? And what are the advantages of using objects?
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I'm doing a project that I have to use scenes in, I have a sound object that i want to be able to control in all scenes. I set up global variables for the sound object and a boolean to check if the sounds currently playing like this :
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_global.sound1= new Sound();
_global.sound1.attachSound("song");
_global.soundplaying = 0;
In each scene I have two buttons a stop and a play button, Heres my code for play:
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if(!_global.soundplaying){
_global.sound1.start();
_global.soundplaying = 1;
}
And stop:
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_global.stewielaugh.stop();
_global.soundplaying = 0;
Doesn't seem to work, if I press play in scene one and go to scene 2 and then return to scene one the sound can be played again on top of the already playing sound object.
Is it possible to take two Sound objects and combine them into one Sound object so that one Sound plays, and then the second plays right after it? I can just play the first Sound and then the next right after it, but it would be much cleaner to combine them before playing the audio.
View 2 RepliesI have some sounds in movie clips, this is because that is the only way to be able to select SYNC Stream mode (to keep the movie in sync with the narration). Thus I don't want to use Sound Objects because they can get out of sync...
Is there any way to control volume (so I can mute) with out using Sound Objects ?
I have 4 buttons. Each are a movie clip that has 2 frames (the down and over).the rollover has a click sound to it. Is it worth my while to do that with AS? or just put it up in the timeline (the sound)
View 1 RepliesI have a main application that plays two different sounds, a background music and a SFX. I have added a button that, when pressed, loads another swf called options.swf onto a higher level. This swf contains two volume sliders for each of these sounds so that I can control their volumes. Each volume slider is an instance of a movie clip I have created which contains a sound object called 'activeSound.' On options.swf I have the following code:
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My problem however is that when I slide either slider both music and SFX get affected. They are supposed to act independently but they don't. I've had this problem before with sound objects and I don't know a solution to it.
In my .fla Library are 10 audio files named "Beep0",
var btnSnd:Array = new Array();
for(var d:Number=0;d<10;d++){
btnSnd.push(d);
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Part of a larger presentation I've made, there is some background music. What happens is an XML file is read to get a file to play. It plays. When it finishes, it reads the XML again to get the new file. It can also stop when a video plays elsewhere in the presentation then I pick it up where it left off and start the process again. Trouble is, the presentation randomly stops. The music stops and the slides in the presentation stop. The music and slides come from a single XML file. There's also a third part of the presentation (a text crawler) that never stops.
This comes from a totally separate XML file. I never get an error, the presentation just stops on a slide and no more music plays, but the crawler keeps crawling. I've removed all the code for the music and it runs perfectly so it's obviously related to how the music is managed. So, finally, my question is how do I manage sound objects? If I need to create new objects for each sound I load and play, I'll need to do manage the sound from a single function, right? Something like:
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function whatever():void {
if song is not loaded {
read xml, load and play song;
} else if video is playing {
pause the song;
} else if video has stopped playing {
resume song;
}}
i have a problem manipulating multiple sound objects in MX. i have a main background loop object and a button rollover object (which plays on specific buttons). i then have a volume slider which will set the volume of only the main bg loop object. but when i tested it, it seems that the volume of the button rollover object is also the same with the main bg loop object's volume. meaning, if my main bg loop's volume is down to 50, the button rollover sound volume is also 50.
here're my codes:
//code on 1st frame
mainLoop = new Sound();
mainLoop.attachSound("mainLoop");
mainLoop.start();
mainLoop.onSoundComplete = function(){
mainLoop.start();
}
hoverSound = new Sound();
hoverSound.attachSound("hoverSound");
//code on slider MC
onClipEvent(enterFrame){
if(drag){
_root.mainLoop.setVolume(this._x); //this._x is between 0-100
}
}
//code on sample button
on(rollOver){
hoverSound.start();
}
thanks!
Here is the code I've got so far:
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campFireSound_mc.onEnterFrame = function(){
xdist = Math.round(this._x-fenris_mc._x);
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I have some sounds in movie clips, this is because that is the only way to be able to select SYNC Stream mode (to keep the movie in sync with the narration). Thus I don't want to use Sound Objects because they can get out of sync... Is there any way to control volume (so I can mute) without using Sound Objects?
View 2 Repliesi have a problem manipulating multiple sound objects in MX. i have a main background loop object and a button rollover object (which plays on specific buttons). i then have a volume slider which will set the volume of only the main bg loop object. but when i tested it, it seems that the volume of the button rollover object is also the same with the main bg loop object's volume. meaning, if my main bg loop's volume is down to 50, the button rollover sound volume is also 50.
here're my codes:
//code on 1st frame
mainLoop = new Sound();
mainLoop.attachSound("mainLoop");
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i'm making a game with tanks at the moment, and there will be explosions happening from side to side on the screen. i was thinking that it would be good to pan the sounds, so explosions on the right of the stage would play on the right speaker etc.
i tried to do this by creating new sound objects for each explosion and then setting the pan for each, individually, but it seems that when i set the pan for one sound object, it sets that for all of them. is there a way around is?
I have several flash games and quizzes that I now want to put together as a collection on a CD ROM as a bumper pack to buy. I wasn't sure of the best way to do that but I figured that I can create a flash file with individuals buttons on that when pressed loads that SWF's into the main page and plays which I'll export as a standalone player.
Sound good that's just what I wanted, only problem now is that the sound objects that are in the various games no longer play What do I need to do so that they will play as they do when I play each SWF on their own? (Hopefully without too much re-programming of the original games as there are quite a few)
I'm working in ActionScript 2. I have a series of swfs with Sound objects. Works just fine when I play the swf. However, when I load them into a loader, no sound.
View 3 RepliesI have a griddle_mc, bacon_mc, and BaconCooking.wav. I want to play the wav when the bacon is moved onto the griddle. If I move the bacon until it just touches the griddle the wav plays fine, but if I continue to drag the bacon_mc across the griddle the wav becomes loud and distorted, almost like it's playing multiple instances of the wav at the same time.
private function __handleSliceDown($evt:MouseEvent):void {
slice1_mc.startDrag(true);
}
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I am having problems controlling my sound objects. When the user clicks on a mc on the stage a sound (voice over) starts to play. But if she decides to listen to another sound, she can click on another movie clip...Problem is that when the user clicks on the second movie clip the first sound is still playing while sound number two starts playing as well. I would like the second sound object to replace the first...shouldn't this be possible by using the mySound.stop(); before initiating the new sound object.
Here is part of my code:
Movie Clip one:
on (press) {
mySound=new Sound(this)
mySound.attachSound("voice_one")
mySound.start(0,1);
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I'm working in ActionScript 2. I have a series of swfs with Sound objects. Works just fine when I play the swf. However, when I load them into a loader, no sound.
View 3 RepliesI am preparing a navigation (using panning) movie in Flash. There is very big (6000x4000) image (area photo from top) on the stage and it's position moves once user moves his mouse. Thus, user can navigate on the area.But flash really drives me insane while working on this movie. It usually suddenly stops and quits with error.I'd like to ask what can i do? should i use a different method???It seems, Adobe becomes stupid on large files and there are bugs in somewhere Flash. For example; how can i use a method like Google Maps (it loads an another image when you move another position. Not loads all images together and doesnt consumpt large amount of resources.)?
View 1 RepliesWhen I click on any of the chairs, the appropriate text loads in the textfields. But when I try a different items like tables. It shows up undefined.
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if (images == "chairs" && loadStat == "finished")
{
picLoading("MI_Products/Chairs/chair" + chairInt + ".jpg");
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I have all the info in 1 txt file seperated appropriately with the &. As I said, all the chairs load up each part of the text file as it should but every other item comes up as undefined in the textbox. I tried giving each loaderTxt a number to differenciate as seperate variables, yet no avail.
I have been trying to deal with sound attachment. Attached is the source file that i am dealing with(I deleted the sound files because the size is too big): Simply, i have to click on the objects first before clicking on the play button. Each objects i clicked represents a different sound and will be stored in the array. So i will be clicking the objects in sequence and when i click on the play button, the music will play. Now comes the problem with my coding, I was unable to let my music coming out one by one at the time in sequence.
View 10 RepliesI'm streaming an external SWF into another movieclip, the external SWF has a timeline animation and sound (voice speech) as well on the timeline, it also has a preloader on it which it's set up that when 30% loaded is completed to start playing the animation.But when I run the main movieclip the streaming of the external SWF works fine for the animation but the sound does not play until the preloader is 100% completed.
View 1 RepliesI was trying to import sound file in mp3 format to my flash.It is working fine but after I testing the movie the sound doesn't work.
View 2 RepliesI am trying to use the id3 tags from second table, output display undefined..
var sound:Sound = new Sound; var url:URLRequest = new URLRequest("1.mp3"); sound.load(url); var player:SoundChannel = sound.play(); sound.addEventListener(Event.ID3, id3Listener); function id3Listener(event:Event) { var info:ID3Info = sound.id3; trace(info.TIME);
trace(info.TRDA);
i did this
package{
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;[code]...
it works but only one time i wanna the sound keep working after finished
This is what I have as far as code, it is in the first frame of the movie.
nature = new Sound(this);
nature.attachSound("sound_naturally");
nature.setVolume(50);
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I have the sound exporting to ActionScript with the link identifier 'sound_naturally', not exported to the first frame. I don't understand why it's not working. I did like the exact same thing like 3 hours ago and it worked fine, but I lost the file so I had to redo it and now it won't work at all.
I have the following problem. I have a attachSound for three wav files in the library. This is the code:
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song1 = new Sound();
song1.attachSound("song1");
song2 = new Sound();
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This is also working.When I press the button the music stops. When I press the song1 button, song1 start playing again. But when I press on of the othet two buttons nothing happens. This is the code for the buttons:
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on (release){
_root.mc_menu.song1.start();
_root.mc_menu.song2.stop();
_root.mc_menu.song3.stop();
}