playing multi-sounds

[Judy Perry]

Scott,

Was that really the case for 2.4?

I have a vague recollection of a SNDChannel external but don't recall coming
across it in HC 2.4.  But I could be wrong.

I wouldn't mind the goofy syntax for the very reasons you indicate below.
(and, is it really substantially goofier than the non-standard syntax for
TTS and unknown vis-a-vis the always needed lock/unlock cursor and screen
properties?)

Are there any differences in latency between imported and external
referenced sounds?  I would think that there should be (and not in favor of
the player object).

Just curious...

Judy
http://revined.blogspot.com

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:09 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com>wrote:

> Recently, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
> >> I'd vastly prefer HC's 8 sound channels.
> >
> > Given the limitations of the old Mac sound architecture, and the
> > flexibility of player objects, what's the upside to HC's method?
>
> I might be wrong but I don't think HC had 8 sound channels natively.  There
> was an external called SNDChannel that allowed multiple channels of
> asynchronous sound (I think).  Using the external was not really different
> than using 8 players in a Rev stack, but I supposed the benefits of the
> external were 1) it didn't rely on QuickTime (using a player object does)
> and 2) it used imported sounds (sound resources).  AFAIK, a player's
> filename can only be set to external sounds.
>
> It would be much more convenient to have multi-channel sound built into Rev
> capable of playing both internal and external sounds, and being able to
> control multiple sounds simultaneously.  Almost the like the lock moves
> command that operates on multiple objects, lock sounds could work on
> multiple sounds.  Goofy syntax, but it would be consistent.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>
>
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