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stupid looping sound
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 1:32 pm
by billowillo
well im trying to make some sounds for my game but theres a problem... ok ill start from the begining. So i made a engine sound for my car in the game but when it loops it makes this realy bad off key sound
this is a bad example but i dont have much time
http://www.4shared.com/file/32474795/4a ... ample.html
so im asking how can i remove this or cover it up so it doesnt sound so bad and offkey?
Re: stupid looping sound
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 4:19 pm
by steve
That doesn't sound like it's just a loop playing - the pitch is changing.
The usual problem that people have with loops are a) the end and begining of the loop do not match. and b) the sample is too short so that the rapid repeating creates a low tone that modulates with the original waveform.
Re: stupid looping sound
Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:24 pm
by billowillo
Hmmm, I am gonna say its problem "A" what is a simple solution to this?
Re: stupid looping sound
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 1:04 pm
by steve
I've just had a quick look on Google for a tutorial for you, but not found much.
You could have a look at the "Looping" section in this article - The article is about using some other software, but the general points about choosing loop positions will hopefully give you some ideas.
http://www.ethanwiner.com/vienna.html
Oh one other thing - don't use mp3's for looping, it doesn't work because mp3's always add a bit of silence at the end of the file, which messes up loops - use wav files instead.