Re: FLASH: Secret to sound sync?

[Wayne Townsend]

Nigel, you genius.


#1 is it.


#2 no because this must be Flash.

#3 no.  cauz it's a real song, not midi



Thanks mucho, bro.  I'll give it a go.


/w



>As you know frame rate in Flash is cpu dependent, so trying to sync song

>with lyrics is a job Penelope would gladly take on.

>My own experience tells me of three answers, one is in Flash the other

>two are not. The one I recommend is the third but your mileage may vary

>depending on the projects reqs.

>Answer 1 - You have the sound on a layer by it's own. Subdivide the

>lyrics in units, these could be words or phrases or other type of units

>and should be directly tied into the music. Create a movie clip where

>each keyframe holds a lyric unit and do whatever transition you want

>between keyframes. Locate the starting points for each lyric unit and

>place a tell target on the sound layer or on a separate action layer

>that commands the lyric movie clip to goto the proper lyric unit.

>Answer 2 - Use QuickTime4. I won't go into much detail here because I

>have not experimented enough with this type of solution. First

>impressions work but they do consume a lot of time in getting it just

>right.

>Answer 3 - Similar to 1 in that you have a movie clip for the lyrics

>built the same way. Get the song in midi format and use metaevents to

>signal the lyric unit start points. Use Beatnik to trigger the Flash

>movie clip of the lyrics via a metaevent handler that passes telltarget

>to the Flash movie. This is my recommended solution because it takes

>about the same amount of work as 1 and the sound quality is much better,

>plus you gain a lightweight way to add other types of sonification to

>your Flash movie.

>

>

>Nigel

>

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