1) You can use the timer in the playfield category (can change decimal places I believe accurate to milliseconds)
2) Use a "piano roll" and place notes on the roll and have a "needle" move across the roll (or the roll move) and when the "needle" touches the note, it will play that note.
You could have kids play a frequency based on it's y position and have them draw a score. They could also have the note sustain based on its length. You can also change the tempo by moving the needle at different speeds.
Stephen
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Christine Murakami < cmurakami@columbusschoolforgirls.org> wrote:
Hi everyone!
I have been working with students on creating music lessons, and there is a gap in my knowledge of Etoys that is preventing them from going further in their projects.
Many of them would like a song to play (using the play frequency tile). The only way I can think to do this is to either create a variable counter that counts a beat or to use the playfield counter. Either way, it seems like Etoys ought to have a command that does something like "while counter > 5 and counter <10 play frequency 880" or even using a test in a similar way: "test counter > 5 and counter < 10". I just can't figure out how to have a sound play for a specific amount of time - especially a few beats into the song. The first few we can fudge, but after that it gets too complicated. I need to help them find a better solution.
I've looked at both Pling and the chord game for suggestions, which helped with other issues but not this one.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated! I've been struggling with this since early May!
Thanks!
Christine
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