Sound pan, rate shift

 

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Copy the code into a Movie type script. To play a sound just type: playSound("soundName", {optional property list values}). If you use this then give me credit, at least inside the code somewhere.

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on playSound whichSound, soundSettings   -- plays puppetsounds, handles stereo panning, pitch changes, and more.   -- copyright 2001, Andy Purviance   -- andy@purviance.com      -- whichSound (required), string member name, ex:"boomFx"   -- soundSettings (optional), property list may contain any or all of the following...   -- example: [#locH:200,#type:#FX,#rate:0]      -- #channel: integer sound channel (1-8), ex:2   -- #type: symbol, ex:#VO or #FX, (ignored if #channel value given)   -- #Priority: TRUE or FALSE, cut off any playing sounds if needed   -- #pan: integer (-100 to 100), ex:-50, 0 is centerd   -- #locH: integer spriteNum, ex:12, (ignored if #Pan value given)   -- #rate: integer, ex:-3, <0 = higher pitch, >0 = lower pitch      -- Example:   -- playSound("help", [#type:#VO,#Priority:TRUE,#locH:sprite(2).locH])      -- This example would trigger the sound "help" and stop any other sounds playing   -- with #type:#VO (voiceover). #LocH means that if sprite 2 is on the left   -- side of the stage then the sound would play mostly in the left speaker.      if voidP(whichSound) then EXIT -- requires an sound name      -- set defaults   if voidP(soundSettings) OR not ilk(soundSettings, #proplist) then soundSettings = [:]   if soundSettings.findPos(#Priority) = VOID then addProp soundSettings, #Priority, FALSE      -- set sound channel   if soundSettings.findPos(#Channel) = VOID then     addProp soundSettings, #Channel, 3 -- default channel     if soundSettings.findPos(#Type) <> VOID then       voChan1 = 2       voChan2 = voChan1+1       fxChan1 = voChan1+2       fxChan2 = voChan1+3       fxChan3 = voChan1+4       case soundSettings.type of         #VO:           if not soundBusy(voChan1) then soundSettings.channel = voChan1           else if not soundBusy(voChan2) then soundSettings.channel = voChan2           else if soundSettings.priority then soundSettings.channel = voChan2           else EXIT         #FX:           if      not soundBusy(fxChan1) then soundSettings.channel = fxChan1           else if not soundBusy(fxChan2) then soundSettings.channel = fxChan2           else if not soundBusy(fxChan3) then soundSettings.channel = fxChan3           else if soundSettings.priority then soundSettings.channel = fxChan1           else EXIT       end case     end if   end if      -- set stereo pan   if soundSettings.findPos(#Pan) = VOID then     addProp soundSettings, #pan, 0 -- default pan centered     if soundSettings.findPos(#LocH) <> VOID then       case 1 of         1: -- pan based on location within STAGE           totalWidth = the stage.rect.width         2: -- pan based on location within MONITOR           totalWidth = the deskTopRectList[1].width           soundSettings.locH = (the stage.rect.left) + soundSettings.locH       end case       soundSettings.pan = ((200*soundSettings.locH)/totalWidth)-100     end if   end if      -- set rate   if soundSettings.findPos(#Rate) = VOID then     addProp soundSettings, #Rate, 0 -- default rate normal   end if      sound(soundSettings.channel).pan = soundSettings.pan   sound(soundSettings.channel).play([#member: member(whichSound), #rateShift:soundSettings.rate]) end ------