Adobe Director Basics

ADOBE DIRECTOR BASICS
Audio mixers and sound objects
mixer.toChannels
mixer.useMatrix
Currently, panMatrix, toChannels and useMatrix share a single entry in the Scripting Dictionary. In the
alphabetical Scripting Dictionary, these will need to be divided into separate entries.
The following properties can only be set while the mixer has a status of #stopped. Attempts to change the value of
these properties will fail silently if the mixer is not stopped.
mixer.bufferSize
mixer.numBuffersToPreload
mixer.sampleRate
mixer.bitDepth
You can set the volume of a mixer at any time using mixer.volume.
The Audio Mixer Inspector does not give you access to the following properties; You need to use Lingo or JavaScript
syntax with these properties:
Read-write properties:
mixer.panMatrix
mixer.useMatrix
Read-only properties:
mixer.channel
mixer.elapsedTime
mixer.isSaving
mixer.status
Sound objects
A sound object defines the audio data that is added to a mixer. Sound objects contain the actual sound data that is to
be played. Sound data may come from a variety of sources:
An audio file (either stored locally or retrieved over a network connection)
An audio cast member
A streaming cast member
A byteArray
You can add audio filters to a sound object to create a range of effects. These effects are applied before the sound data
is transferred to the mixer for playback. Additional audio filters can be added to the mixer.
A sound object cannot exist independently of a mixer. If you delete a sound object from its parent mixer, any variables
that refer to the sound object will be set to VOID. You can, however, transfer a sound object from one mixer to another.
When you save your movie, the current settings for all the sound objects will be saved in their parent mixers.
Last updated 8/26/2011
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