Delay in pressing key to playing sound

[zigzagger]

Hi everyone! I'm making a music based game in which pressing a key generates a short sound. The game requires pressing of the key in rapid succession, so there must not be much delay in generating the sound.

Unfortunately, the delay from pressing the key to generating the sound is noticeable enough to affect rhythm. Below is my code in the Step.

if keyboard_check_pressed(ord('A')){
audio_play_sound(snd_battle_key_a, 10, false);
}

Does anyone know how to decrease or eliminate the delay? thanks

 

[whale_cancer]

Does your sound itself have a delay at the beginning? You might need to edit your sound. That;s the only problem I can see.

 

[zigzagger]

Hey I made sure that it does not have a delay in the beginning.
What a quick reply!

 

[whale_cancer]

Hmmm, I don't know then. If you send me the sound I can take a look (no point in me testing the code with a different sound than you are using).

Edit: Oh, and roughly how long would you say the delay is?

 

[zigzagger]

Sure I just sent you a link for the sound. I'm not sure about the delay, maybe 200 milliseconds?

 

[whale_cancer]

Sure I just sent you a link for the sound. I'm not sure about the delay, maybe 200 milliseconds?

I didn't hear any delay when making a blank project and using your code and sound. When editing in audacity, I see there are 28 milliseconds of silence at the beginning. If you are hearing the 28 milliseconds, you have a better ear than I. If it is longer than that, your problem is elsewhere.

EDIT: I checked for the keypress in the anykey keyboard event. I assume you put yours somewhere similar like step.

 

[zigzagger]

yes mine is the step event. thanks for your input! i'll see if I can figure it out