Re: FLASH: Movie Clips/Sound files

[Dave Hollinden]

At 10:42 AM 1/1/99 -0800, you wrote:

>To get specific sounds to turn off, you'll need a frame action for each

>sound, in which you specify the particular sound and then set Sync to

>"Stop." Also have a stop action in each of the frames. So if you have three

>sounds, you'll probably want a movie clip with four labeled frames that can

>be targeted.  The first would have an action to stop all sound.  The second

>would stop sound B, stop sound C, and start sound A.  Third would stop A,

>C, and start B.  Etc.  


>If you try this please let us know how it works.  What I have noticed is

>that starting a sound in Flash often involves a slight lag time and,

>sometimes, a tiny crackle as the sound kicks in.  I haven't found a way to

>make this sort of action seamless.

>

>Marc Hoffman


 Hi Marc,  

One way to make it a bit more "seamless-like" is to stagger the Stop and

Start keyframes.  I try to start a new sound file a frame or two before I

stop the current one, and maybe even give the new file a short fade in to

soften any overlap between the two.  You can also make a small "transition"

sound file that you play every time you need to stop/start sound files,

something with a bit of decay that can help mask any gap or overlap between

files.



Dave Hollinden

Audio Engineer

Jet City Studios, Seattle

dhollindenjetcitystudios [dot] com (mailto:dhollindenjetcitystudios [dot] com)

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