FINALE Fireworks User Guide

Chrysanthemum, Kamuro, Diadem, Brocade, Willow, and Dahlia
Shell burst sound
FINALE Fireworks User Guide
The Shell burst sound controls let you select and modify the sound that’s played when the firework’s shell
finishes its trajectory (the sound is played even if the shell doesn’t actually “burst”).
Name
Sound
Attribute
Menu
The Sound menu gives you a choice of sounds that are played when the shell bursts. The names of the
sounds that you can choose from are self-descriptive: Whoosh, Pop, Thud shriek, and so on.
Volume
Slider (Fraction)
Sets the amplitude of the sound as a percentage of its “natural” amplitude. A volume of 1.0 is unattenuated;
a volume of 0.0 is silent. The amplitude isn’t affected by the firework’s caliber or the Shell burst > Burst force
setting; for example, if you increase a firework’s caliber, the shell’s burst sound doesn’t get louder.
Pitch shift
Slider (-1.0 = one octave lower; 1.0 = one octave higher)
Shifts the pitch of the sound by as much as an octave lower (-1.0) to an octave higher (1.0). Pitch shifting is
effected by changing the playback speed of the soundfile. Shifting the sound lower will increase its duration;
shifting it higher will increase the duration.
Random pitch shift
Slider (-1.0 = one octave lower; 1.0 = one octave higher)
Adds a random amount of pitch shift to the sound of each shell burst. You can declare a random pitch shift
from an octave lower to an octave higher than the pitch defined by the Pitch shift attribute. For example, if
you set Pitch shift to -0.5 (half an octave lower than the “natural” pitch of the sound) and set Random pitch
shift to 0.3, the pitch shift for a specific burst will be somewhere between -0.2 (a fifth of an octave below the
natural pitch) and -0.5 (a half an octave lower than natural).
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