Volume control :: Sound Slider in Flash!! - Flash Tutorial

[Liberaisnumber1]

how do you refrain it from moving up and down

[iScaper1]

Nice video other than when I went to test movie in cs5 it threw a number of compiler errors. Two were Error 1120:Access of undefined property _root and _newPoint. Also undefined method of stopAllSounds. Shouldn't this be SoundMixer.stopAll(); Do you have code that will run in cs5?

[NK691128210]

thank you very much xD

[aspirin777]

thanks man! It really work, u saving my ass with my teacher of multimeadia :)

[joeygart]

Good Sound slider, I love this tutorial.

[vrshowdown]

To those who are wondering why the volume doesn't go all the way down. for me, it seems like I have to place the reference point literally on the left side of the canvas in order to work correctly. A way of solving this so that I can place the volume controls anywhere on the screen, I put it in a symbol, made sure my instance paths are changed for it, and placed the main symbol reference point on the far left end of the canvas. then i positioned the volume controls within that symbol.

[braykbeat]

this is not working for me :/

slider_1.onRelease = function(){

this.stopDrag();

}

help?

[boerhaha]

@braykbeat

you have slider_1.onRelease = function(){

this.stopDrag();

}

it must be

slider_1.onRelease = function();

{

this.stopDrag();

}

[ivanhoeescobar3004]

@braykbeat

Try this:

slider_1.onReleaseOutside = function(){ this.stopDrag();

}

Let me know if that works.

[blairbooth]

Has anyone got their sound to go soft and loud on this?

[IDPProductionI]

@blairbooth

Yeah i just tried this tutorial and it never got completely silent, It either got rather soft or loud. just as you said,..

Did you ever figure out what was the problem?

[ruinsatiable2]

I figured it out. When I made my groove vertical, I assigned my registration incorrectly. I should have chosen bottom-center.

[ruinsatiable2]

I still can't get my slider centered on the groove. I've tried the instructed method, many times and I still can't align it properly. It's dead center on the stage, but still veers right, when playing back. Even when I've tried off-setting it to the left on the stage, it still takes that far right position upon clicking, in the preview. Any solutions?

[hustage]

I don't know why, my slider doesn't stay attached to the bar, I can move it all around screen, and it doesn't seem to chage de volume value, Im trying to use this on a flash project I already had, can some one help? I actually did it on a blank project and it worked, but if I paste it to the orher project it all goes wrong. Hope someone can help, Thanks!

[janizcullen]

Thank you so much! you're a life saver! but what if i want the sound to start automatically ? and on a bit louder volume ? how am i going to do that ? please please please help me. I would really appreciate it. Thank you. :)

[Tutmastersphotoshop]

geat...

[Morcains]

Can you make this slider vertical and create a search slider for the audio?

[monk333]

Does anyone know how to add the ability to scrub the playhead to jump anywhere you want during audio play?

[JamDCrazy]

1. does this work with a whole animation with different sounds and music

2.  can you paste the script in the description

[angstrommcduff74]

Thank you - this is exactly what I've been looking for.

I'm a beginner coding Flash, but I have to say, I 'd much rather learn from you - someone who has discovered something important to share and NOT FROM MachineMalfunction who seems to have no social skills. MachineMalfunction - your comment is an embarrassment to humankind.

[angstrommcduff74]

A RECAP from all these great comments:

- This appears to only work in ActionScript 2.0. (You can change your ActionScript settings in the upper left corner of the Actions window)

- The added code after mySong.start(o,1);.... _root.mySong.setVolume(50);

...seemed to help.

- Adding the word "this" in newPoint = new Object(this);

...worked for me.

I changed the code //mySong.start(o,50);// to //mySong.start(o,1);// to only play one cycle instead of 50 loops.

[angstrommcduff74]

I'm trying to make a flash page with multiple sound files all with their own volume sliders. So far, I have copied and pasted the buttons, slider and groove, then renamed the instances of each symbol.

(i.e. groove_1, groove_2, groove_3, slider_1, slider_2, etc...)

It all works well with the exception of volume control. Play and Stop works on each of my sound files independently, but the volume for everything is controlled only by the first slider.

Any thoughts?

[angstrommcduff74]

slider_1_smlapplause.onMouseMo­ve = function()

{

This is the code I assume I need to individualize.  newPoint = new Object(this); newPoint.x = this._x; newPoint.y = this._y; _root.groove_2.globalToLocal(n­ewPoint); _root.mySong.setVolume(-1 * newPoint.x);

[JonasR001]

hey dude, I've got a question. Whenever I hear volume I need to raise until maximum the sound. Is there any option to download more sound so I can hear it louder?

[ultimateshadowyt]

i needed only to know how to bind the drag to a specific area but this tutorial was so intresting i watched it all! xD

thank you!

[rathcpranxz]

_root.mySong.setVolume(-1*newP­oint.x);

why thats doesn't work? how to make it work, please...?! Something wrong???

[2nekos]

this doesnt work on adobe flash cs4!!!!

it marks a lot of errors on the programing

[arhaisme]

how can i do so the music starts automaticly?please someone pm me

[dakon11]

_root.groove._y + 0 Will fix that it goes down

[philjo1005]

This doesn't work in conjunction with your actionscript 2.0 preloader... to do with the fact that its loading the sound file before it starts the preloader. I have the preloader on frame one and this project on frame 2, with a stop(); on frame 2 actionscript too. (I replaced the sound file with some pictures just to test, and the preloader functions perfectly. Just doesn work with the sound file in the library)

is there another way to bring in the sound file so that the loader works? thanks!!

[FanaticCassiopeia]

hi can somebody help me? i am using flash CS4 and I can't see the linkage if I right click on the sound. Thanks a lot

[philjo1005]

@FanaticCassiopeia once you have opened the properties window for the file, click the advanced button to show linkage options. hope this helped!

[German727]

Thanks you !

[DurbanAccomodation]

This is boring and your voice is iritating

[papayoshi16]

That's just it, it's a variable name. You can name that whatever you want as long as its consistent with every place the guy put mySong

[FlashFireEX]

@disturbanite80 Good point.

[santiagodecadi]

if you make all that inside a movieclip instead of right into scene, it doesn't work... how could i change the code: slider_1.onMouseMove = function() { newPoint = new Object(); newPoint.x = this._x newPoint.y = this._y _root.reproductor.groove_1.glo­balToLocal(newPoint); _root.reproductor.mySong.setVo­lume(-1*newPoint.x); } ????? So i think that the problem is there...

[santiagodecadi]

i didn't forget to introduce the name of the instance of "reproductor" movieclip after "_root." and play and stop button works...

however, slider of volume doesn't it. I guess that is for the last fragment of code...

[TheRuneOblivion]

If your video is only 19 Seconds long then go to a couple of videos in the desc and then come back to this one and it should be 19minutes again.. worked for me :)

Also great tutorial :) Thank you, i will copy the AS so i can re use it some other time :D

[abcdefpaul]

thanks!!! :D :D :D

[acpet83]

Good Job. Its AS2 guys, so select the proper settings in your IDE.

Whether it works for u or not it's irrelevant as this guy put some time into teaching something cool.

What I'd like better explained though is the globalToLocal and that (-1*newPoint.x). Will a simple var x:Number = w/e; approach work here?

Anyway, a good amount of not just basics are taught here for FREE so tutvid deserves at least the community's appreciation.

Thx tutvid, gj.

[khortonworld]

WTF !?!?! CUTS OF AT 0:19 !!!!

[FibreFilms]

if ur using cs4, when you link the sound you have to right click it in the library, slect properties, and in the bottom right hand corner of the properties window click on "ADVANCED" and the Linkage panel will pop up below.

[camdaddy09]

yea i have cs4, and the script didnt work and i assume thats why, so if you get on your youtube account and read this please help a fellow nerd out.

[Apapilootoe]

I just got a glitch when I'm double click the slider and then I cant go back.

[iMoviesTV]

Where can i download that files?^^

[sunleoest]

Could I know what the use of snapping??

from philippines

[sunleoest]

2:47 XD

[wrdeboise]

This is good. I'm trying to use AS3.0 as much as possible, so I'd probably create the eventListeners in lieu of onRelease for the functions.

[SEspider]

Thanks tons.

Questions.

I want my video (separate from audio) AND my audio to play at start of the Flash. How do I get the audio to start and still control it?

Thanks in advance. ;)

[cuchu192]

"and what key did you use for times on the set volume part ?"

yo me estoy preguntando lo mismo! que símbolo usas cuando haces el "setVolume"?? Después del -1 y antes de newPoint_x

Por favor contestame que me vuelvo loco!!

[diademmaster45]

and what key did you use for times on the set volume part

[FibreFilms]

the asterix key *

[diademmaster45]

um is it posible to maek 4 songs playing at once

[FlashEpics]

don't make yourself too hard.

[sendono]

Thank you!!

[gai1700]

How You'r vid is 19 mintues?!

[3hraad]

he is a partner, enables longer vids

he has videos a lot longer

ALOT LONGER :)

[gai1700]

So How Can I Get Longer Videos Too>?

[thithimimi]

make really good videos that alot of people watch and youtube will make you a partner

[duncanjwebster]

Actionscript sucks ass. I really like Flash, aside from having to use actionscript. I used to work with Authorware, and the code was so much more intuitive and efficient. Actionscript is ridiculously counter-intuitive and inefficient. WTF?

[daguyhuluvsvids]

HEY there. how on earth did ya get macromedia flash? it wun let me download it =(

[thithimimi]

it's out of date you can't get it anymore you must get cs3 or cs4.

[HaLO3gamer91]

why is this video 19 seconds long? (YES IT SAYS 19 SECONDS)

[gelvispro]

because you are idiot ...

when video starts you can see : "youtube shortened clip ! check description for detals" ...

in description you can read : "FULL VIDEO: /adress/ " ...

[LickandNuke]

it says 19 minutes to me O_o

[rexxar666666]

hahahahha"beacuse you are idiot" ;DD

[LORDBIGDOGGIE]

I'm trying to create a lip synced flash with one song, but it's really irritating because I can only hear the sound if I start from to very beginning of the flash. I want to be able to hear it if I press play on the frame I'm working on...

[sweetzarah]

wa ko ksabut lagi...mao ray ato:-??

[SAINTsoldi]

2 questions: 1 - how can u add a video 19 minutes? 2 - how do i increase a sound volume without that bar

[rotteneggy]

can this be made with the music start playing by itself right after it loads instead of pressing the play button .. everything else works fine for me...

[arronhunt]

hm.....near the beginning I made the slider slide. However it could also move along the Y axis as well, and wasn't following the slider bar. help? :S

[ilkut]

thank you very much,

[ZiWrath]

4:27

[ZiWrath]

5:00

[AstroFalcon]

slider_1.onMouseMove = function () {

newPoint = new Object ();

newPoint.x = this._x

newPoint.y = this._y

_root.groove_1.globalToLocal(n­ewPoint);

_root.mySong.setVolume(-1*newP­oint.x);

}

lol! Ops, I named my song cloud14, but just set the name of whatever you named your song.

[prelar]

thnx for the tutorial.. it seems quite easy thow i've been having probs with this peace of code for a few days... i just love youtube! anything can be found here :p if i have questions i hope you dont mind answering...

[mrwong23]

Oops this is the second part of the script.

}

stop_btn.onPress = function () { stopAllSounds ();

}

slider_1.onMouseMove = function (){ newPoint = new Object ();

newPoint.x = this._x

newPoint.y = this._y

_root.groove_1.globalToLocal(n­ewPoint);

_root.mySong.setVolume(-1"newP­oint.x);

}

[mrwong23]

Hi everybody,

this is a nice little AS, but it doesn't work on my computer?! >:(

I only got the error message **Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=as, frame=1:Line 21: ')' or ',' expected }

Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2

??

What can be that problem?

Thx, from germany

[mrwong23]

slider_1.onPress = function (){

this.startDrag(true, _root.groove_1._x, _root.groove_1._y, _root.groove_1._x + 560, _root.groove_1._y);

}

slider_1.onRelease = function (){

this.stopDrag ();

}

play_btn.onRelease = function (){

mySong = new Sound ();

mySong.attachSound("bouncesong­");

mySong.start (0, 50);

[TowerSL]

Thanks this helped this helped! 5 stars. Stop by my page.

[mafurion1]

Thank you very much man. +5 *****

[mafurion1]

2:15

[wintakengen]

Hallo, any one know or maybe can help, why I can't inport mp3 to flsh pro 8. Tkns

[djfunkshowkid]

stream the .mp3 using

var soundToLoad:Sound = new Sound();

{  soundToLoad.loadSound("rgirl.m­p3", true);

}

soundToLoad.onLoad = function () { this.start(0, 1);

}

[boiGeniusbeats]

where would u insert this code:

var soundToLoad:Sound = new Sound();

{ soundToLoad.loadSound("rgirl.m p3", true);

}

soundToLoad.onLoad = function () { this.start(0, 1);

}

[MasterChiefgame3]

in da actions panel dumbass

[thithimimi]

hmmm i need your help in something similar get back to me plz

[Breakdowncon]

Hello, just a quick question.

My slider graphic will not stop at hte width I have set it at, which is 138.0. It instead ends at the boarder of my test window, which is

150. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[killuacaper]

can any one tell me how to do this on ActionScript 3.0

i have the scroller moving

but it will only move for a split second and stop

message me the code plz

[YouMockMe]

I'm in the same seat as you and I'm goin crazy. I cannot get this to work in as3. I can holy hope its not a PEBKAC.

[jparker3119]

Very well done!!! Thanks!! If it doesn't work, check your spelling, your instance names, your coding for mistypes..... This will work!

[animation7king]

thanks i sed this for hwlp with school flash project.. we had to show our teacher what we could do in flash

[okreset]

I mean this is good, but you have to improve your teaching skills a bit.

[SinOfBlooD1]

omg you saved my life xD

thx

[Dhamphy]

dude it's na nice tutorial but the code doesn'y work for me.. i'm using flash cs3..

I always got this error 1120: Access of undefined property _root.

hope u can help me

[animation7king]

make sure ur using action script 2.0

[animation7king]

i used CS3 it worked...

[mionicle]

@Dhamphy r u using ac3.0?

[mionicle]

@Dhamphy it should be 2.0

[badmonkeyballplayer]

@Dhamphy You are using AS 3.0

To get no error, use as2.0

[NoYoN9s]

Thank you very Much

[shannon5118]

can u attach the source file in the info area where we can download it,please? thanks

[BarefootRadio]

you're the man....great tutorials

[kule06]

Useless! Spent Last 2 Hours Of My Life And It Didnt Even Work!

[Radmanlive]

The script for making the slider move won't work for me

[valentionella]

for autoplay add this in the actionscript ... no curly brackets ...

var mySong:Sound = new Sound();

mySong.attachSound("instanceNa­me");

mySong.start(0,100);

[surfertide]

where do I insert this code?

[valentionella]

the sound somehow changes (tones down) when I mouse over the file, not when I leave it alone, but there is no mouse over function in the script ???

[prophetizm7]

what code would i use so that the sound automatically starts playing?

[TZD333]

Hi guys! I need your help, when I check this one, the button play doesn´t do anything... somebody can explain it to me?

In fact I had check few times the code, at its ok... but the music don´t start... plz! I really need youre help... Tnx!!!

[iswhiti]

i've 2 little problems, hope some of you guys can help me:

1.: how can i attach the sound without export it into the first frame in the linkage window? because the preloader gets loaded after the sound if i do - so it loads about a minute before the preloader is showed.

2.: somehow the newPoint part wont work - could somebody post the code please?

[sPa12kViDz]

before i say this, tutvid you're sick, i learned a lot of what i know from flash by you, it really got me interested in flash, thanks for all these tutorials..

also..

slider_1.onReleaseOutside=func­tion(){

this.stopDrag();

}

that should do it, i do that with my movie clip buttons now to do the same as the onRollOut does so the user can't make all the buttons stay on rollOver states by dragging outside of it, thats just my personal preference though..

[ivozolla]

Great tutorial. Easy to follow thanks to pause button ;). Just one problem:

as I press Play button music start, but as soon as I move the mouse the music stop, and won't start again in any way. Any idea?

[chriscook1981]

Thanks, almost all the code worked perfectly for me. I have one question/issue tho. If I take my mouse off the slider whilst I have hold of it (either by sliding it too far left or right or by moving mouse up or down the screen) the mouse does not release the slider when you let go, my pointer must be over the slider to let go of it. Any ideas?

[NicholasSta]

You forgot to add

slider_1.onRelease = function(){ this.stopDrag();

}

[xxNIGGORILLAxx]

No because I have the same problem I have the stopDrag code but if ou move the mouse offscreen or move it fa above or below he volume bar even when I let go of the mouse the slider still follows it.

[buzzpeppermint]

i also have the same problem as xxxxNIGGORILLAxx . The code for

//slider_1.onRelease = function(){

this.stopDrag()// is there but when i let go of the mouse the slider still follows it.

any ideas guy?

[xxNIGGORILLAxx]

If you change the onPress and onRelease codes to onRollOver and onRollOut it solves this problem.

[MachineMalfunction]

Dude, use onReleaseOutside as well as onRelease. Create an onReleaseOutside functions and put all the same code as the onRelease function in it.

Might I say that this video (from a flash actionscripter's point of view) is extremely uninformative and he fails to explain everything properly. He doesn't even touch on what globalToLocal is.

He clearly put an effort in, which is good, but he should spend more time learning before he teaches, and more time explaining why things work how they do.

[samhauns420]

how im gonna put this on site

[Hazzard0]

Thanks!

[zymurg2007]

Great vid, and the codes works perfectly. However, when I tried using two buttons from the Library for start and stop (and I had to creat a mocie clip layer to put them in because I hid one when you clicked the other and vice versa) I can no longer get the slider to control the sound. The button loads the sound from the movie clip layer and the slider layer no longer controls it.

Everything works fine by itself, but they do not work together. Any ideas?

Any easy solutions.

[zymurg2007]

You can see how I used the slider on my website (check my profile). I made the slider verticle instead of horizontal and I started the music to play on load rather than have to press the play button first.

I wanted a single button that changed back and forth between the play state and the stop state which is what I had before I put in the slider vol control but the movie clip would not work with the slider. I don't know why. Check it out on my homepage from my profile. I had 2 use 2 buttons.

[Azoth33]

how did you get the music to play on load rather than have to press the play button first?

thanks!

[UFOENGINE]

Great Tutorial!!!

[DragoonKain19]

errrr

if you press the play button more then once, it plays multiple copies of the same song.

To fix this problem, all you need to do is hide the play button after you press it, and show the stop button. Then vice-versa. Nice tutorial.

[tutvid]

You can also just add a stopAllSounds(); to the play_btn function.

play_btn.onRelease = function(){  stopAllSounds(); mysong = new Sound(); etc...etc...etc...

}

Have fun!

[robcarass]

hey man, thanx for this, it saved my butt xD

[dlindo55]

This is a magnificent idea for flash/as ignorants such as myself!

I did everything down to the T on this video. Read all the comments in search of an error I cant fix. Video works great ALONE, BUT...I have imported it as a movie (loadMovie) from another SWF file and the sound wont play, buttons don't work and the slider handle goes ANYWHERE you want to take it to. hehehe

Any suggestions or ideas? I have looked EVERYWHERE and cant find anything. Thank you for your time!

[loombaron]

i did this tut and it works, you did something wrong, check the code again

[loombaron]

slider_1.onPress = function(){ this.startDrag(true, _root.groove_1._x, _root.groove_1._y, _root.groove_1._x * 520, _root.groove_1._y);

}

slider_1.onRelease = function(){ this.stopDrag();

}

play_btn.onRelease = function(){ mysong = new Sound(); mysong.attachSound("thenameofy­ourfile"); mysong.start(0, 30);

}

stop_btn.onRelease = function(){ stopAllSounds();

}

[loombaron]

slider_1.onMouseMove = function(){ newPoint = new Object(); newPoint.x = this._x newPoint.y = this._y _root.groove_1.globalToLocal(n­ewPoint); _root.mysong.setVolume(-1*newP­oint.x)

}

[loombaron]

copy and paste that code in your AS window, rename the sound with the one you choose so delete where i wrote ¨thenameofyourfile" and write yours, then it should work.

[dlindo55]

This is a magnificent idea for flash/as ignorants such as myself!

I did everything down to the T on this video. Read all the comments in search of an error I cant fix. Video works great ALONE, BUT...I have imported it as a movie (loadMovie) from another SWF file and the sound wont play, buttons don't work and the slider handle goes ANYWHERE you want to take it to. hehehe

Any suggestions or ideas? I have looked EVERYWHERE and cant find anything. Thank you for your time!

[Monkeystick]

tutorials like this are what youtube was designed for. thanks!

[HorrorAddict23]

So helpfull!! Thank you so much!! ^_^

[denise33345]

Oh nevermind, I already got it. You were able to explain it clearly. Thanks for sharing this video. =]

[denise33345]

Can you also put how to make the pause button? Where am I going to put the music?

[denise33345]

How did you place the music??

[rastamon77]

hey i cant import any music? can u please tell me y?

[cobinfire]

or is it because im using Actionscript 3.0?

[elliotnkesy]

Thank you so much for your flash tutorial videos! I have been looking all over the net for some decent vids and all of them are non-video (text) or poorly commented vids and I cannot follow them, Thanks again TutVid!

[jerrime1213]

what if I want the stop button to pause the sound, instead of stopping it.

Thanks

[warlord90210]

Simple! I will explain with code

var sound:Sound = new Sound();

sound.pause();

In pause you can pass in either TRUE or FALSE

If its FALSE then you just pause the video, if its TRUE then you play the video when its paused. If you leave it without a TRUE or FALSE, then you will get a toggle button.

[AndrewG4d]

I found this extremely useful, but there are a few flaws in your code. Ie. you should include the stopAllSounds(); function before starting the music in the play button. That way you won't get overlap in the sounds.

[...]

[AndrewG4d]

As well, I don't know if Flash Pro 8 has this, but x is registered on a document-size scale. Meaning, x is the initial start point for the slider. The width is property of the size of the slider. X is not the property of the size. My slider is at a position of -320, so the product of the setVolume() function becomes 320. Yikes. Really loud. It then decreases in volume as one slides it. Kinda opposite of what I want, but that's alright, I'll figure it out.

[AndrewG4d]

erm, I apologize, the "x" co-ordinate property is determined by relation of the object to the center of the screen. I've noticed this when dealing with it... trying to get it to work properly...

[AndrewG4d]

now, there is an issue with the snapping of the volume bar to the mouse, after being released on the slider. I have solved this.

include this condition in the vol_slide.onMouseMove function before everything else:

[code]

if (_xmouse > -69) { vol_slide.stopDrag(true); // don't apply the volume idea, and don't track the cursor } else {

// volume code as described

[/code]

[AndrewG4d]

replace the -69 with the sum of your track bar's x co-ordinate plus (+) the width. Since my x co-ordinate was -320, and width was 251, the result was -69. Viola, it stops it from moving and sticking to the cursor.

[noukyrast]

How can I make a fwd or rew button work for this player??

[emirpasic]

I feel that he is not going too fast, just perfect. You can always use the pause button on YouTube, if it was too fast... I wouldn't like to sit here and listen to him for 40 minutes, if it can be done in 20 minutes. Thanks tutvid... great video!

[MovieNutGal]

I know you are doing this for free, which is sweet, but if you ever want to make money, which I would pay for, you seriously need to go 50% slower and say EVERY damn thing you click and type.

[chordchart]

don't be mean

[MovieNutGal]

Great voice, but you go WAY too fast, and assume people know what you are doing. If you want to make tutorals, you have to assume someone knows NOTHING and go STEP by STEP, S-L-O-W-L-Y.

[MovieNutGal]

Ok, I am going nutso. I JUST got Flash 8 pro like you are using in the video here.

First off when I make the initial bar it is blue and a SOLID color. NOT grey and gradiated like yours.

Second, you say grab the fill transform tool. Are you maiking up your OWN names for tools?

It is called the GRADIENT transform tool.

Anyway I click on it and it DOES NOT do whatever you chose to move the bar around.

What the heck is going on?

[MovieNutGal]

I have Flash MX and am trying to keep up with you, lol. WHy when I make the initial slider bar it does not open colored in like yours does?

[MovieNutGal]

Very nice of you to do this, but you go WAY TOO FAST. You need to go ALOT slower.

[MrFunk1503]

once again i aced this in the first try =) .. u rule man.

one thing and i hate to bother you but. how can i make the slider move as the song plays along?

[circuscat200]

Hey thanks for this! Really helpful with my assignment!