Seamlessly loop audio

[ome6a1717]

I've made a looped audio wav file that loops seamlessly until I play it in GMS2. I will always get a pop for some reason - is there any extra data inserted in the file once I import it into GMS2?

 

[Slow Fingers]

Before we blame the engine, are you 100% sure your actual audio file starts AND ends at zero-crossing? If not, you WILL have a "pop" with 100% certainty.
You could also manually use mini-fades (a couple milliseconds is more than enough) at the start and end of it if you're not comfortable messing in DAWs.

 

[ome6a1717]

Before we blame the engine, are you 100% sure your actual audio file starts AND ends at zero-crossing? If not, you WILL have a "pop" with 100% certainty.
You could also manually use mini-fades (a couple milliseconds is more than enough) at the start and end of it if you're not comfortable messing in DAWs.

Yes, I think you're right. Normally the way I do loops is a bit more advanced than that (which I've never had a problem with before), but this should work fine - thanks!

 

[Jabbers]

Would you care to post the audio file anyway so we can try it?

 

[ome6a1717]

Would you care to post the audio file anyway so we can try it?

Ah, actually it'd be of no use. I just realized that after exporting it from my DAW, re-importing it gave the pop, as well. It had to do with the EQ I had on the track. I disabled that and it seemed to work just fine when re-importing.

 

[ome6a1717]

Also, followup question - how do I get the sound to play as stereo? Everything is seemingly mono (even though the output target is set to stereo on the files themselves) - is this just because the game hasn't been exported?

 

[Slow Fingers]

Double click on the sound asset in the resource tree, you can choose the settings there. The game doesn't automatically extract the metadata, you have to set it manually.

 

[ome6a1717]

Double click on the sound asset in the resource tree, you can choose the settings there. The game doesn't automatically extract the metadata, you have to set it manually.

Right - it's already set to stereo, but it sounds mono.

 

[TsukaYuriko]

Does the audio file actually contain two non-identical channels? Any amount of times the same channel will sound mono either way.

If so, you may want to try clearing the asset cache (Ctrl+F7) after changing the audio resource settings.

 

[ome6a1717]

Does the audio file actually contain two non-identical channels? Any amount of times the same channel will sound mono either way.

If so, you may want to try clearing the asset cache (Ctrl+F7) after changing the audio resource settings.

Perfect! Clearing the asset cache fixed it - thank you!