Have audio play on trigger only?
Aug 20, 2020
I wanted to make sure I'm not missing something very obvious...
I've imported 3 audio clips to my storyline project, so they're all showing on the timeline, let's call them clips 1, 2 and 3
I want to have audio clip 1 play when the timeline starts is a variable is TRUE, or alternatively , if the variable is FALSE at the start of the timeline, I want audio clip 2 to play. The value of TRUE/FALSE is dependent on an interaction in the previous slide.
I then want audio clip 3 to play at the end of whichever audio clip played at the start, be it clip 1 or clip 2.
Is there anyway to get it behave thusly without having layers at the start of the timeline?
If it were different shapes that I wanted to be different depending on the value of a variable, I would use states to have them show as visible or invisible....but I can't think of an equivalent for audio clips.
Thanks in advance,
Michelle
3 Replies
To decide between audio clip 1/2 could you use a condition on the variable:
On timeline start
Play Audio clip 1
If Variable = True
On timeline start
Play Audio clip 2
if Variable = False
Then two triggers for Audio clip 3
When Audio 1/2 completes
Play Audio Clip 3
I've just tested with two audio files and it seemed to pick 1 or the other based on the variable.
See, I knew I was overthinking something. :) I tried your solution and it works perfectly.
For some reason I had it in my head that if audio clips were all showing at the same place on the timeline, they would all play at once regardless of triggers, but I see now their playing behavior can be controlled by triggers just as for shapes.
Thank you very much Euan!
My pleasure :)
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