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## Step 2 - My Sounds @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ This open a new Chrome tab called **My Sounds**, where you can upload and manage
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## Step 3 - SoundPool Menu @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Leave the My Sounds tab open, and return to the first Chrome tab. Open a Blocks
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## Step 4 - Initialize SoundPool @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ It's best to do this before `waitForStart`, to save time later.
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## Step 5 - Preload Sound @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ For safety and convenience, add a secondary condition to the Repeat Until loop:
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## Step 6 - Play Sound @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Windows Explorer gives a handy estimate of playback duration, rounded to the nea Right-click on any column heading, and choose "Length" (not "Duration"). This helps when starting to determine the exact amount of timed pause needed by a sound clip. -[
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## Use in Development @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Even simple counting values can be indicated with a number of beeps, or with rec Sounds are most practical in a test environment, without the extreme noise of a tournament. -[
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## SoundPool Options @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Review the **optional** green Blocks to adjust volume, rate and looping. Hover t Make these settings **before** playing the audio file. -[
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## Other Notes @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ For spoken audio that plays only on the Driver Hub or DS phone, see this FTC Wik Special note... you may find that Android does not load or play the audio files instantly, especially the first time. It takes some practice to determine a file's response characteristics; still there can be unpredictable system-related variation. Consider pre-playing key sounds, for instant response later. -[
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## Longer Playbacks @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ Some [forums](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43060791/android-soundpool-can One FTC team wanted a theme song for autonomous. If the playing time can't be stretched enough, a last resort might be to break up the recording into **several sections** and play them in order. With great care this could be overlaid onto a completed/fine-tuned Linear OpMode autonomous. Or the autonomous could be re-written as a **state machine** in an Iterative OpMode, with the audio clips played in a **timed sequence**. Not so easy but maybe a good programming project! Learn about Blocks timers at [this FTC Wiki tutorial](https://github.com/FIRST-Tech-Challenge/FtcRobotController/wiki/Timers-in-FTC-Blocks). -[
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