Sound plays over another sound, How to force that only one sound playes?

[Marek Wach]

Hi

I have two canvas on a screen.  Touching each canvas plays a deferent sound. Bouth sounds have "MinimalInterval" set to 3000ms, which is longer than their playing times.  Both sounds play for no more than two seconds.  If I touch the other canvas while the first canvas's sound is still playing they overlap. The sounds play together.

How to force that only one sound can be played?

Thanks.

[BodyMindPower]

should not be a problem, show your (relevant) blocks ...

Anke

[Marek Wach]

[BodyMindPower]

MinimumIntervall means that further Play() will be ignored an NOT that another sound could not be played:

This means you can't play / start the sound again, before the intervall has elapsed.

So, you have to stop Sound1 before playing Sound2 (or use the Player componten and start playing Sound2 if not.isPlaying.Sound1):

Anke

[Chris Ward]

Hi Marek

It would be better to have just the one Sound component used to play any sound required on demand. You do not need to have a Sound component for each different sound - in most cases, that would be bad practice.

Edit: Changed the names to match your example. Not sure why you are also using vibrate - a little bit OTT don't you think?

[BodyMindPower]

Hi Chris, that is not possible if you are setting the Minimum Interval to 3000, because you can't play another sound with the same sound player within the Interval.

Anke

[ABG]

Check out the Player component too.

Look for events that fire when it has completed a sound,

and a block that tells you if a sound is currently playing.

Using those, you can set up a list as a queue of sound file names

waiting to be played.  Add a sound to the list when touched, and

start the sound at slot 1 of the queue if nothing's playing.

When the Player ends, remove item 1 from the queue and

check if there's more to play.  The next sound will be at the new slot 1,

if the queue isn't empty.

ABG

[BodyMindPower]

As I suggested, of course the player component is the better and more flexible choice for this purpose.

Anke

[Marek Wach]

Thanks, I'm working on it reading your suggestions.

[Chris Ward]

@Anke

.... it is not intended to run the sound for 3 seconds, that is just something Marek tried to stop the sounds overlapping?

[BodyMindPower]

... yes, and that's why your solution does not work.

[Chris Ward]

... and yet it does work :)