Guest Symatic Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 How To Make A Looper With Macromedia Flash - by DJ Symatic This tutorial assumes you have a basic knowledge of Macromedia Flash. It does not cover creating and editing images, but I tend to do that in Photoshop and import everything into Flash once I'm done. 1: start a new document. 2: import a background image. 3: import your sounds to library as .WAV or .AIFF. (file > import > import to library) 4: right-click on individual sound in the library window. select "linkage" Select "export for actionscript" and "export in first frame". Give the sound an ID (eg: if your sound is called "mysound3" then give it an ID as "mysound3ID") 5: create a button. (draw a shape or import an image, then right-click on it, select "convert to symbol", select "button" and give it a name. TIP: you can make invisible buttons, which are useful if you just have a background image and you don't want to add other images all over it. (eg, your image is a picture of lots of people, and you want to click on each of their faces to start each audio loop.) To make a button invisible you click on the button once, and in its properties panel (at the bottom of the screen) you select the drop down menu called "colour", select "alpha" and set it to zero. 6: right-click your button, and select "actions". a window will open and you can paste the following bit of code into it. on (press) { looperSound.stop()looperSound = new Sound(this);looperSound.attachSound("xxxxxxxx");looperSound.start(0, 9999); } 7: replace the bit of code that says "xxxxxxxx" with the ID tag of the audio loop you want to play with this button. (eg: mysoundID) 8: make a stop button. all you need to do is make another button just like the others, except the code you put in looks like this: on (press) { looperSound.stop() } 9: Go to file>publish settings. click on the "flash" tab, and click on "set" right next to "audio stream". Set bitrate to maximum and quality to "best". You can convert stereo to mono to save you space when you upload the file.Click on "set" next to "audio event" and put the same settings in. 10: Click on publish and you're done! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vekked Posted September 16, 2011 Share Posted September 16, 2011 good lookin out! I'll see if I can throw one together this week or summin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Think i'm gonna have a go at making a looper, nothing too advanced though. What's the best program to use for this? Just Macromedia Flash MX or something? Thanks for the thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 yeah i use flash. theres . its a bit more in depth and i think they use a different program. i use the one posted in this thread to make all the DV loopers like this one: http://www.digitalvertigo.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=31881 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 8: make a stop button. all you need to do is make another button just like the others, except the code you put in looks like this: on (press) { looperSound.stop() } do you know how to make a stop button stop the playing loop but also play a 'one-off' sound at the same time? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 not sure i'm afraid. i just googled stuff and gradually figured it out. i know sweet FA about actionscript coding! I'm guessing here, but you may be able to write this : on (press) { looperSound.stop()looperSound = new Sound(this);looperSound.attachSound("xxxxxxxx");looperSound.start(); } and replace 'xxxxxxxx' with the ID of your stop sound. i just removed the numbers after the 'loopersound.start(0,9999)' so it wont loop, it should just play a sound once. as i said i dont know though, i'd check on google. good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 thanks Sy, i checked on google but i kept arriving a page with a load waffle on it and gave up. i'll try what you've got there and see if that does it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 yeah its a bit of a nightmare to be honest. it took me ages just to get those two bits of code! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 not sure i'm afraid. i just googled stuff and gradually figured it out. i know sweet FA about actionscript coding! I'm guessing here, but you may be able to write this : on (press) { looperSound.stop()looperSound = new Sound(this);looperSound.attachSound("xxxxxxxx");looperSound.start(); } and replace 'xxxxxxxx' with the ID of your stop sound. i just removed the numbers after the 'loopersound.start(0,9999)' so it wont loop, it should just play a sound once. as i said i dont know though, i'd check on google. good luck! that did it Sy, simple when you think about it. it's just playing a .wav but not looping it over and over. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 how can i convert the looper from .swf to .exe now? just rename the file extension? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 i just use this : http://swf-to-exe.com/ just make sure your swf isnt huge. i think 20-30 mb should be ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frost Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 yeah that worked, nearly doubled the file size from 6MB to 10MB for whatever reason. Also made the hyperlink work properly (not sure why though.) The hyperlink was pretty easy to make, just enter the following script in the action properties for a button or image or whatever: on (release) {getURL("http://www.digitalvertigo.co.uk");} Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freshcuts Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Now that Macromedia flash is no longer available on the mac. Is there any mac tool for making loopers? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Thats why i use 10 years out of date everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Now that Macromedia flash is no longer available on the mac. Is there any mac tool for making loopers? Thanks!You could make it in HTML5 and use Hype3No experience with Hype3, but i was looking at it about 5 minutes ago for other reasons hahaha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutis Mayfield Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Tumult Hype is the flash killer! xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexinoodle Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I just always struggle with HTML and CSS and Flash, but that damn thing looks and works exactly like a video editor, I really need to buy it i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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