Saving sounds

[jessamy99]

Hi everyone,

I need help with sounds.
You are always so good at solving my problems!

I want to have different notes in individual buttons.
I want the user to be able to move them around into any order.
Then save and play the melody.

Can you help?

I have searched and can't find what I need.

Thanking you all in advance!
Best wishes,
Jessamy

[endernafi]

Hi Jessamy,

I'm attaching an old stack which I've made some time ago.
It's a drum-playing app.
Well, not an *app* per se, since it's far from being completed

I've coded it for a musician friend of mine who wanted to learn LiveCode.
So, just the basics.

I know that it's not exactly what you want but hey, it's a start

Fiddle with it by changing the mp3 files within the content folder: *app folder*/theContent/soundAssets
That's, of course, if you want to use pre-recorded files.
But, to produce sounds on-the-fly, midi or something; it's a very different story.

Like I said, it's a start.
Play with it, then head back here so we can help you more.

P.S.: Sounds included are heavily cropped and then encoded in 64kbps to fit the forums' file size limits.


Best,

~ Ender

[jessamy99]

Dear Ender,

You are an angel!
I will look at it tomorrow!

(Currently on my back with sciatica - it is particularly bad this evening!)

I will get back to you when I have played with it.

All the best,
Jessamy

[jessamy99]

Dear Ender,

I like the drum app, and the fact two or more sounds can play at once!

I think I have an idea how to do mine!

I have made a box to push the buttons into, in a row.
Then the names of the buttons can be saved in a text array.
(As they go into the box...)
Then, if you call up that array...
Hopefully the names of the buttons/sounds will be able to play consecutively!

I will get back to you if I need more help!

It is good to see you though!
Thankyou for all the help, it is really appreciated!

All the best!
Jessamy

[endernafi]

Hi there Jessamy,


Your idea was interesting and I had some spare time.
So, I wanted to play a little with Livecode after a long time.
Here it is:

playerJessamy.zip

(187.91 KiB) Downloaded 319 times

There is still much work to do, of course.
But I assume, this one is more suitable to your needs than the *drum* stack.
That was horrible, I know


To-Do :

• Change play order of notes by drag&drop
• Snap & align the notes if moved
• Set the layer of the grabbed note to top
• Remove individual notes
• Play multiple notes at the same time (harmony / chords)
• Change duration of individual notes by resizing the graphics representing them
  {Resize code is already there, just commented-out}
• Give an option to pick different instruments and/or techniques
• Eye-candy : Actual note symbols as icons?
• Eye-candy : Music sheet background for canvas & auto-align to bars/lines?

Hope it helps with your project...


Cheers,

~ Ender

[jessamy99]

Dear Ender,

Thankyou so much for the trouble you have gone to!

It is much appreciated!

Four lines of code are worth four pages of explanations!!

I will look at it now.

Wishing you and all the team a very Merry Xmas and a brill 2015!!

Best wishes,
Jessamy