Problem with the "Sounds" in the loop.

[Patryk F]

I have a problem with the "Player" element. I have a .wav file with a length of 250ms with no silence at the beginning and end. I want to use a loop to create a uniform longer sound with different lengths. Unfortunately, there is silence and the sound is not homogenous.

[TimAI2]

a search on the forum for "loop sound" would have returned this:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mitappinventortest/loop$20sound%7Csort:date/mitappinventortest/LtDmQ6PMIZI/A0S0jEe4BQAJ

the best it is going to be....

[BodyMindPower]

If you want to loop a sound / music seamlessly (gaplessly), you can currently only use the TaifunPlayer extension.

In addition, there are only two audio formats that support this: wav or ogg. The Player component of AI2 basically does not support gapless looping since Android 6 (neither in uncompressed nor in compressed formats).

Anke

[Patryk F]

I used the TaifunPlayer extension. I have a .wav file. It is much better, but it does not finish well. There is no clear silence but there is gentle downing. What's more, the android has different limitations.

[BodyMindPower]

Please be more specific ... what is the issue?

Try the attached, perfectly loop-able sounds with a duration of 250 ms. Recently, some devices from Chinese manufacturers (known: Xiaomi, OnePlus) have problems with the TaifunPlayer (so, I must try it with the ExoPlayer).

Which devices do you use? Attach your sound file.

The TaifunPlayer works on all non-Chinese devices.

[Patryk F]

My file is attached. I use Samsung S8 from Android9. The problem is my file. It is not completely looped. I have to look for a sound imitating the car horn or somehow change my own.

[TimAI2]

You may need to experiment with a longer sound, i attach one that run for @ 3 seconds, instead of 0.2 seconds for yours

[BodyMindPower]

The mp3 format is basically not loopable, as it adds silence to the beginning and end of an audio track:

see e.g. here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_looping.html

Use a longer sound (≥ 1sec, wav or ogg format) and create a perfect loop. I was able to loop a 1-second sound 1000 times without any issues with the TaifunPlayer (on all tested, non-Chinese devices).

As I said, some Chinese devices may experience looping issues ... for whatever reason.

[Patryk F]

Your sound loops well so the problem is my sound. To be the perfect loop, the sound level must be the same at the end?

[BodyMindPower]

This is not really the place for an Audacity tutorial ...

Cut off a short part from the beginning of the track and add it at the end. Make a short cross-fade between them.

Anke