Play from a random library of sound clips

It's been a long while since I last used MMF2.

A work college wanted a button on his desktop at work that he can click on to play a sound clip so I made a very basic one that just plays the sound clip
over and over again when the button is clicked on.

There are variations of the same sound so I'd like to try and have them play too. So by clicking the button, rather then just play that one sound, it randomly picks from a sound object (Direct Show object..?) and plays any one of those, and also only plays one at at time instead of overlapping multiple clips.

How do I do that? Keep it simple please, like I said - it's been a while since I last used MMF2.

Just going off the top of my head, this is the easiest way I can think of.

Condition: Upon Button Clicked:
Event: Direct Show Object > Stop
Event: Direct Show Object > Load
Choose use expression and you can do something like this:

appdrive$+appdir$+Str$( Random(5 ) ) + ".wav"

Event: Play

(Where Appdrive is the Drive your application is stored on plus, the apps' directory. Then you're converting a number (in this case random(5) into a string so it can be understood by direct show, and then you're adding the file extension to the end...)

If you put in your applications folder 5 different wav files and title them like this (1.wav, 2.wav, etc), it should load a random wav file each time you click your play button.

Thanks but can I also do this without the need for a folder with the sounds in? I'd like to have everything built into the .exe.

This is probably how I'd do it.

Condition:
- Play Button is Clicked
- Global Value A=1

Event: Play Sample (You're internally chosen sample) on Channel 1 (Uninteruptable)
Event: Set Global Value A=Random(5)

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Condition:
- Play Button is Clicked
- Global Value A=2

Event: Play Sample (You're internally chosen sample) on Channel 1 (Uninteruptable)
Event: Set Global Value A=Random(5)

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Etc and Repeat for each sound effect... replace Random(5) with however samples you have and make sure to create a condition for each possible value.

I'm sure there is an easier way to do this too but it's worth a shot.

Edit: Also by doing it this way, you won't need the Direct Show Extension and it should store all the clips internally. Also... you may need to make an even for When Global Value A=0... I don't remember if Random(5) can randomize to zero. ^_^;

I must be doing something wrong. I don't don't get any sound clip play when I click the button.

This is what I have:

CONDITION........................EVENTS
1 - Button [] clicked.............Set Global Value A to Random(5)............Play sample "1" (uninteruptable)
+ Global Value A = 1

1 - Button [] clicked.............Set Global Value A to Random(5)............Play sample "2" (uninteruptable)
+ Global Value A = 2

1 - Button [] clicked.............Set Global Value A to Random(5)............Play sample "3" (uninteruptable)
+ Global Value A = 3

1 - Button [] clicked.............Set Global Value A to Random(5)............Play sample "4" (uninteruptable)
+ Global Value A = 4

1 - Button [] clicked.............Set Global Value A to Random(5)............Play sample "" (uninteruptable)
+ Global Value A = 5

Try making an event for when global value a is zero... since the default value is usually starts a zero. I forgot about that.

Or you can make an extra event for when Global Value A = 0, you can add this:

Condition: Global Value A = 0
Event: Set Global Value A to Random(5)

That should also randomize the first sound it plays. I hope this helps. Otherwise if you want to upload it here, I can take a look to make sure I didn't overlook anything. Won't be able to check it until tomorrow though. :)

Thanks Maverick, but I think you might have to take a look. The button is playing clips now but playing multiple clips at the same time so they're overlapping.

The app is bare bones at the moment and I've only got placeholder sound clips in use for the time being. It's just a big red button that should play either a "one", "two", "three", "four" or "five". Also I don't ever hear "five".

I've put the .mfw on my Dropbox here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/82bg5a3i3j...utton.mfw?dl=0

Please have a look when you have a moment and tell me where I've gone wrong!

Looks like you sent me the MFW Workspace instead of the MFA Application. I'll need the nonsense2.mfa file to look at when you get a chance.

Sorry, don't know what happened there:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/al9e8mlujt...sense.mfa?dl=0

Not sure if you can open it, but try this and see if this is doing what you're wanting. (See Attachment, I did edit it in Click Fusion so if you're using an older version you may not be able to open it)

Attachment 16468

If Not, This is the events I used:

- Button Clicked
- Global Value A = 0
*Play Sample 1 on Chanel # 1

- Button Clicked
- Global Value A = 1
*Play Sample 2 on Chanel # 1

- Button Clicked
- Global Value A = 2
*Play Sample 3 on Chanel # 1

- Button Clicked
- Global Value A = 3
*Play Sample 4 on Chanel # 1

- Button Clicked
- Global Value A = 4
*Play Sample 5 on Chanel # 1

-No Sample is Playing
* Show Windows Mouse Pointer
* Enable Button
* Set Global Value A = Random(5)

- Button Clicked
* Hide Windows Mouse Pointer
* Disable Button

I added a string to see what the value was randomizing too on the fly in the edited example I sent back... but it's not needed and can be deleted.

Hope this helps!