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 <[email protected]>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 > > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
