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Fading Audio Out
Hi everyone,
I know that Storyline doesn't have a feature to fade out audio and that people tend to do it externally and then bring the audio file back in. However, if you want the learner to freely explore a slide before continuing then this doesn't make sense as an option.
Storyline has a feature where you can use background audio over an entire project and that audio can be faded in and out using certain triggers. See the article here:
https://access.articulate.com/support/article/Storyline-360-Background-Audio
This method isn't suitable to my project either, so my question is...is it possible to use triggers to fade individual audio files, given the capability does exist? Has anyone experimented with this?
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I haven't tried to fade the audio as you describe, but I have seen and used triggers to play different clips on the same slide; so it seems that you could make a faded clip and then reuse it several times...
I have had success with using both cue points on the timeline and selected objects, most often. So with cue points, when the timeline reaches the cue point, the audio stops/starts/fades. And with selected objects, the audio stops/starts/fades.
Good luck!
I was running into a situation where I wanted to use the super cool background audio feature only on certain slides in my course (in between sections), but wanted it to fade out after my student clicks a "continue" button to resume the training. Using the "Stop media" trigger made it abruptly cut off, which was not what I was going for. So I used triggers to turn the volume of the background audio down in increments on my "transition" layer which helped me accomplish a pretty nice "fade out" effect I think! I attached a screenshot of the triggers I used and an example story file to see it in action! You could create even more cue points and triggers to turn the volume down in smaller increments to really get a more precise fade, but I was satisfied with the outcome the way I did it. I know you asked about fading an individual audio file, and my example is controlling the background audio file which is totally different, but just thought it might spark some ideas. Maybe try uploading your audio file in the Background Audio list and only playing it when it gets to the slide you want the student to explore. Goodluck!
Thank you for sharing this! It worked brilliantly in my project and allowed me to micro-manage my fades in and out to the levels I wanted. Appreciate the share.
