I asked the use-revolution list the following question (Mon, 7 Jan 2002): >In Revolutionn on a Mac, with or without help from external commands, >how can I play an arbitrary list of several different, brief (<250 >ms) sounds so they are presented as a rapid (at least 4/second), >regular SEQUENCE.
I tried, without success, suggestions offered by Scott Rossi and Geoff Canyon. The problem is apparently NOT with the general method (whether one uses the 'send', the "playstopped" message, the "wait until done", or "wait x milliseconds). If Revolution cannot buffer at least one sound, so that it can load and queue one sound while another is playing, then I don't think it can play a sequence of different sounds at a consistent and reliable rate. Whenever the play command is issued, there's a variable and unpredictable delay before the sound actually begins playing, so timings are always more or less irregular. This pause is worse on slower computers and maybe on Macs, but it is always a problem in my work. Evidently, Revolution/Metacard cannot accomplish what I've been doing in my memory research.for more than 12 years using HyperCard and SuperCard. I am very disappointed and frustrated at how crippled the audio capabilities of Revolution are. Scott Rossi mentioned (in use-revolution ) that he had "argued over the years that having the MetaCard folks maintain control over sound within MC would be much better than handing off audio support to QuickTime. QT does have some advantages for playback, but seamless playback of multiple clips is not one of them." Does Revolution/MetaCard have any plans to improve its audio, or am I just wasting my time? Regards, Scott Saults _______________________________________________ improve-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/improve-revolution
