Trouble with sound effect
Oct 31, 2012
I would like to use a sound effect (wav file) in a slide. The learner would click on an object to trigger the sound effect. It does not work. I then tried staging it where the learner clicks on a graphic, it advances to the next slide for the sound effect to launch - yet now the sound byte only screeches for a few seconds. During PPT Slide Show, it works beautifully, but not in Articulate. Thanks for your help!
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Good morning Charlene! Welcome to E-Learning Heroes!
I can see how that would be a concern with a project. However, there are a few things we can check to ensure your sound file plays properly when a user clicks the button.
First, you'll want to check the trigger for the sound effect. Make sure that it's set to advance when the audio completes. Also, if you are using the sound for multiple triggers, you'll want to add it as a separate object.
I found a very helpful tutorial that may resolve this problem for you. This is the original tutorial.
Here's a video that walks you through the process and also explains why it's best to add multiple instances of an audio file as a separate object.
If you want your button to perform another action in addition to playing a sound effect, such as jumping to a different slide or displaying a lightbox, perform the steps above to add the sound effect. Then create a second trigger to perform a different action when the sound effect completes. Here’s how:
Note: If you want to add the same sound effect to more than one button on the same slide, you'll need to import the same sound file for each button.
Take a look at the tutorial and video above. If you're still having problems with the audio file, please let us know!
Have a great day,
Christine
Christine, Thanks so much for the reply --- I could not figture out why I could not locate the "trigger panel" until I realized you were referring to Storyline., I have Presenter ---- Do you have a solution for Articulate Presenter? Thanks again --
Hi Charlene!
Thanks for getting back to me. I'm sorry about the misunderstanding. When you mentioned triggers, I automatically thought of Storyline.
Unfortunately, Presenter doesn't support sound as an "on click" effect. You can see a list of actions that are supported and not supported in this article.
Action Settings Not Supported
However, there is a work around for this. You can simulate on click triggers using Articulate Presenter.
There's a very helpful tutorial that will walk you through simulating the effect you want to create on buttons.
Take a look at the tutorial and let me know if this helps!
Thanks,
Christine
Thanks again, Christine. I did see this tutorial yesterday and tried it. My slide seems to advance, but the sound effect is three seconds of static. I think I followed it the way it was presented, but I will keep working on it. Thank again.
Hello -
I currently have AS '13 and having the same problem as Charlene. I tried to click the link above and it is no longer available. I know this forum is three years old but I'm wondering if anyone has the work around to adding a "click" sound effect in presenter.
In PPT 13, there is an "action" icon in the ribbon that allows a sound to be played. This only work in PPT presentation mode and not when previewing in Presenter. Hyperlinking works in Presenter when action is created in PPT but not the sound.
Hopefully, there is a work around out there.
Thanks NL
Hi Neil,
It looks like the blog post that linked to is no longer accessible - so I can't say if there is a particular way to access it or recreate it. You can add audio as described here.
Hi Ashley,
Thank you for the response and link.
I was wondering if there is a work around in Articulate Presenter for creating a "click" sound effect that would trigger when an object created in PowerPoint would be selected by a learner.
Thanks much.
NL
Hi Neil,
Not within Presenter that I'm aware of - as there isn't an "on click" action associated with sound. Hopefully if someone in the community has done similar they'll be able to share with you here.
Hello,
Has there been a work around for this yet? Currently working with Studio '13.
Thanks,
Hi Jeff,
I haven't seen any additional workarounds shared here, and as mentioned earlier since you can't associate specific sounds with actions/clicks in Studio there isn't a built in way to do this.
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