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Audio over multiple slides in Storyline
I know that in Articulate Storyline you have to break up your audio by slide. I have some music I'd like to play over multiple slides. When I break up the music by slide though there seems to be a half second delay between slides which makes the music sound choppy, Is there any fix for this? I welcome any and all ideas 
Hi everyone!
I have some great news to share. We just released another update for Storyline 360. In Update 74, we've included important fixes and new features.
One of the new features we've included is:
- Create immersive experiences with continuous background audio that sets the tone and keeps learners engaged.
Launch the Articulate 360 desktop app on your computer to take advantage of this update, and click the Update button next to Storyline 360. You'll find our step-by-step instructions here.
Please let me know if you have questions!
You'd need to leverage something at the HTML level to make this happen but this API could be helpful. Might be complicated if you're not comfortable with JS and HTML:
Thank you so much, Steve! I am very comfortable coding JavaScript and HTML so I think this option should work
One of the cool things about this setup, you can control the audio (starts, stops, volume, loads) through a JavaScript trigger.
If you're able to place the js library files somewhere central (yourURL.com/js/soundmanager.js) you can add the JS include line to every publish by editing your player template (in Storyline's install directory). Once you've done this you don't need to do any surgery after publish. Everything can be added / done through JavaScript, provided you've added your media files to the package or can reference them somehow.
I've had some luck adding media files to the resources before publish. Files retain their name under story_content/external_files.
Steve,
This sounds like a great way to navigate around an issue that surely should be a standard feature.
I have followed your link and make out some understanding between your posts and the link provided - however I don't know much about JS and HTML - I'm very much a GUI person.
Is there a "guide for dummies" that exists to make this work?
I have an audio file (elevator music) that I'm trying to get to play over the first 5 slides of my course.
At the moment, I have had to slice and dice the audio file for each slide to make it "sound like" a continuous audio file - but as you can imagine, the results come off quite amateurish.
Any additional assistance would be greatly appreciated.
I agree! I've been trying to do the same. Has anyone found any other ways to go about this? I can't understand those directions at all...
It would be great if this were built into the program. I have not tried the work around suggested by Steve yet but from what I am reading it sounds complicated.
starting the file works well, the problem is with pausing or stopping the file, the storyline elements won't talk to the javascript elements.
we are testing a few options now.
Are there any more works arounds to this yet?
Any updates on this topic?
I am also interested in any updates for this feature. I want my 37 second audio (background music) to loop continuously throughout the course (42 slides, self-paced).
Hi Kendra,
There is solution for this. Either you place the audio by using it as a source in html using the <audio> tag or you can insert the audio in all the slides. I hope this will work for you.
