FLASH: Clarification: Sound looping question

[Allen Shorter]

Yesterday I wrote and got the following reply...


>Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:02:03 -0700

>

From: Marc Hoffman <marcdartfrogmedia [dot] com>

>Subject: Re: FLASH: Sound looping question.

>

>At 03:42 PM 5/11/99 -0400, you wrote:

>>Please excuse what may be an obvious question to some.

>>

>>I have been looking for a way to put different music on different pages of

>>my site. I have several 6 sec. AIFF files that I import into my flash

>>movie, I can't get the looping to match up well though. No matter how much

>>I mess with frame lengths and stuff, there is still about a half second

>>delay before the loop.

>

>Looping is set in the sound dialogue, which is a tab in frame properties.

>That's where you set the number of loops, and can edit (although crudely)

>the portion of the sound that's actually played. Do not attempt to loop the

>sound by placing several instances of the sound in the timeline, Flash just

>does not synchronize that way.

>

>To make a sound loop smoothly, you have to start with a sample whose end

>blends seamlessly into the beginning. Unless you acquire a sound that was

>designed to loop, you need a sound editor to do this well, one that lets

>you playback in loop mode while you make precision cuts at either end of

>the sample. Otherwise you'll have a noticeable silence or pop at the end of

>every loop. It's also possible that by having two sounds of different

>lengths looping at the same time, you can camouflage the pops or silences.

>Really though you need sound editing software.

>

>I work on PC, but SndSampler 3.6, available at

>http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/Archive/gst/snd/snd-sampler.hqx

>, has been recommended to me as a very inexpensive Mac-based sound editor

>with loop-point editing options.

>

>

>

>Marc Hoffman



I guess I wasn't clear on what I was asking. How do I get something to loop

continuously for as long as the movie is on the screen or FOREVER?


Like, what if I have a short animation that stops, stays on the screen and

navigation buttons appear. The user has as much time as they want to hit a

button. I want sound to be present the whole time. From frame 1 scene 1 to

the point that a user commits an action by clicking somewhere on the

navigation.


The piece I am trying to loop is very loop friendly. There is no excessive

space at either end. How can I get this to loop FOREVER?


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