There are things I've had to do that require pausing a sound, and in scratch currently, that is impossible. Hey Scratch Team, how about you put new sound blocks into Scratch 3.0! It's a good idea, and it would make doing some things with sounds a lot easier and not impossible.

Example:

pause all sounds :: sound
continue all sounds :: sound

(yeah it's a duplicate, I don't care. I thought it was an original idea, also I'm keeping it so that the part below would make sense)

There should be sound blocks for individual sounds too!

pause sound [pop v] :: sound
continue sound [pop v] :: sound
stop sound [pop v] :: sound
set volume of sound [pop v] to (100) % :: sound
change volume of sound [pop v] by (-10) :: sound

Maybe a new variable could be added!

(current time position of sound [name v] :: sound )

and there could be this block to go along with it!

play sound [pop v] from time (1) :: sound

Please take this into consideration!
If you are not the ST and you think this is a good idea. Then support this forum thread because I really want this idea to be a reality.
Thanks you for viewing, have a nice day!

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Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

This is a very confusing suggestion. What if there's more than one type of “pop” playing? Would it pause all of the “pop” sounds or just one type? And would the volume of the sound change for all the pop noises?

No support overall, all you need are clones to create a decent sound engine to do all this stuff in.

For example, look at this project's sound engine: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/119965457/

UtopiaAnimeDC wrote:

This is a very confusing suggestion. What if there's more than one type of “pop” playing? Would it pause all of the “pop” sounds or just one type? And would the volume of the sound change for all the pop noises?

No support overall, all you need are clones to create a decent sound engine to do all this stuff in.

For example, look at this project's sound engine: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/119965457/

The sound would only be per sprite, a sprite would stop the pop sound if another pop sound is played in the same sprite. Same goes fore all other sounds.

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DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

ok

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enderawesomeness wrote:

set volume of sound [pop v] to (100) % :: sound
change volume of sound [pop v] by (-10) :: sound

I'll just note that the (volume) is sprite/clone/stage-specific.

That means changing it will only affect sounds/notes that are playing in the same sprite/clone/stage.

Also, if you have a clone playing sounds/notes, you can stop everything playing in that clone just by deleting it.


If you make use of the above capabilities then it's possible to do some quite decent things, even with the built-in Scratch note-blocks.

Here's a demo project to show what's possible:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/140694370/


Still, it'd be nice to have the capability to pause a sound (and then continue playing it from where it paused).

But, I think an even more generally useful capability would be a reporter block to get the current ‘time position’ for a sound, and a block that allows you to start playing from a specific time:

(current time position for sound [name v] :: sound ) // could do with better wording
play sound [name v] from time (1) secs :: sound // also, have another block with "until done"...?

Having the above would allow you to effectively pause and restart a sound (along with *many* other things…) – though I think it'd be somewhat more intuitive if there was also a "stop playing sound [name v]" block (rather than having to delete a clone to stop it, after keeping track of the sound's time position in a global variable, etc., so you can restart it from that point).

I forgot to also add that it *is* possible to use a broadcast to ‘target’ a particular sound to be stopped in a sprite/clone/stage, even if that sprite/clone/stage has other sounds playing at the same time:

when GF clicked
set [playing SomeSound v] to [no]
when I receive [start/stop playing SomeSound v]
if <(playing SomeSound)=[no]> then
set [playing SomeSound v] to [yes] // keep a record to note the sound is being played
play sound [SomeSound v] until done // *must* use "until done" for this to work...
end
set [playing SomeSound v] to [no] // no longer playing the sound

The first time you send the broadcast it will start playing the sound.

If you send the broadcast again *after* it has finished playing then it will play it again.

But if you send it while it is still playing then it will stop that particular sound!

(Note that it will also stop it playing if you use the “stop other scripts in sprite” block. In that case you should also switch the value of variable “playing SomeSound” back to “no”, to ensure it starts it again the next time you send the broadcast.)

Please remove the pause/continue blocks as they are duplicates. You can keep set/change volume. Thank you.

TheLogFather wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

set volume of sound [pop v] to (100) % :: sound
change volume of sound [pop v] by (-10) :: sound

I'll just note that the (volume) is sprite/clone/stage-specific.

That means changing it will only affect sounds/notes that are playing in the same sprite/clone/stage.

Also, if you have a clone playing sounds/notes, you can stop everything playing in that clone just by deleting it.


If you make use of the above capabilities then it's possible to do some quite decent things, even with the built-in Scratch note-blocks.

Here's a demo project to show what's possible:

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/140694370/


Still, it'd be nice to have the capability to pause a sound (and then continue playing it from where it paused).

But, I think an even more generally useful capability would be a reporter block to get the current ‘time position’ for a sound, and a block that allows you to start playing from a specific time:

(current time position for sound [name v] :: sound ) // could do with better wording
play sound [name v] from time (1) secs :: sound // also, have another block with "until done"...?

Having the above would allow you to effectively pause and restart a sound (along with *many* other things…) – though I think it'd be somewhat more intuitive if there was also a "stop playing sound [name v]" block (rather than having to delete a clone to stop it, after keeping track of the sound's time position in a global variable, etc., so you can restart it from that point).

Uh the "stop playing sound " block is there:

stop sound [pop v]

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DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

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enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

Isn't this whole thing about sounds???

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

Isn't this whole thing about sounds???

actually, It's directed towards the want for a pause button that pauses everything in the project.

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enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

Isn't this whole thing about sounds???

actually, It's directed towards the want for a pause button that pauses everything in the project.

And the other blocks mentioned…
You said “stop/start all sounds”.

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

Isn't this whole thing about sounds???

actually, It's directed towards the want for a pause button that pauses everything in the project.

And the other blocks mentioned…
You said “stop/start all sounds”.

Well, I see only about 10% of this forum thread (the we are on right now) being duplicate of that one.

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enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

Isn't this whole thing about sounds???

actually, It's directed towards the want for a pause button that pauses everything in the project.

And the other blocks mentioned…
You said “stop/start all sounds”.

Well, I see only about 10% of this forum thread (the we are on right now) being duplicate of that one.

It's still a partial duplicate…

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

Isn't this whole thing about sounds???

actually, It's directed towards the want for a pause button that pauses everything in the project.

And the other blocks mentioned…
You said “stop/start all sounds”.

Well, I see only about 10% of this forum thread (the we are on right now) being duplicate of that one.

It's still a partial duplicate…

sooooooo, I can keep my stuf?

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enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

enderawesomeness wrote:

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Most, if not all, have been suggested already. Let me find a link. Thanks!

Edit: Link for pause/play.
Edit2: maybe there isn't one made already for changing the volume of a single sound clip.

actually, it's not directed towards sounds

Isn't this whole thing about sounds???

actually, It's directed towards the want for a pause button that pauses everything in the project.

And the other blocks mentioned…
You said “stop/start all sounds”.

Well, I see only about 10% of this forum thread (the we are on right now) being duplicate of that one.

It's still a partial duplicate…

sooooooo, I can keep my stuf?

Yeah, of course. Maybe edit the first post, and get rid of those blocks, but definitely keep the topic.

DominoDragon1 wrote:

Wow, I have 1000110110 posts! In binary, of course!

wow man.

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I think just a simple “stop all sounds in this sprite” would suffice.

SpongyGames wrote:

I think just a simple “stop all sounds in this sprite” would suffice.

please elaborate on that thought so I can better understand what you are trying to say.

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