How do you use the key press to play sounds from the library?

[kevthedrummer]

Action Script 2.0

I've been making soundboards for a couple of years, but in my opinion I do it in a rather hacky inefficient way.

Previously I have been creating a movie clip with the sound on frame 2, and a simple stop on frame 1. I then add code to the movie clip basically saying onkeypress ("Y") gotoandplay frame 2.

This method takes forever. I am an AS novice, I have wrestled with it on many occasions. I just don't have the brain for it. Was wondering if there's a basic code that you guys could help me with to tell it that when this key is pressed, play this sound in my library.

Any help appreciated, thanks

[kevthedrummer]

I'd have thought this would be an easy one to answer, has no one got anything on this?

[steveljohn8]

Its very simple as you do in your house same thing i do in library in order to URL=http://www.funrocker.com/song-pk.htmlplay song.

[Frets]

Sj

You'll find your time here very short if you continue to yank up old threads for the sake of a post count.

[Phix]

*edit*

Didn't see you're using AS2. Perhaps this can still push you in the right direction.

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This could get you started. In main.fla I just have a sound with the Linkage identifier as "Sound1", and this .as file is the DocumentClass.

package {
    import flash.events.KeyboardEvent
    import flash.display.MovieClip
    
    import flash.media.Sound
    import flash.media.SoundChannel
    
    public class VirtualDJ extends MovieClip {
        private var sChannel:SoundChannel;
        
        public function VirtualDJ():void {
            stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyPress)
            sChannel = new SoundChannel();
        }
        private function onKeyPress(ke:KeyboardEvent):void {
            //trace(ke.keyCode)
            var s1:Sound1 = new Sound1();
            sChannel = s1.play()
        }
    }
} 

You can check to see which keycode was pressed, play different sounds, etc.