Pano2VR - Adding Sound
From Garden Gnome Software
In the sound editor, you can add two types of sound. A background sound that will play continuously and a panoramic sound that can be modified.
Click here to watch the video tutorial.
Download some sounds (a song and a button sound) to practice with.
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A note about audio files
Only MP3 files can be used. We suggest encoding your audio with a sample rate of 44.1 kHz and a bit rate of at least 192 kbps.
However, a bit rate of 192 kbps may produce too large of a file for your project. If your audio file has a large dynamic range, e.g. music, and you want to keep the integrity of the sound, it's best to keep the 44.1 kHz sample rate. If you wish to knock the file size down a bit, try lowering the bit rate to 160 kbps, and then to 128 kbps if needed (and then to 96 kbps).
The other option is to externalize your sound file instead of embedding the sound. (Select Don't embed.)
If your sound file is not dynamically wide, e.g. a button click sound, you could use a lower sample rate. Flash supports 11 kHz, 22 kHz, and 44.1 kHz. You could then lower the bit rate.
Adding a Panoramic Sound
- In the Project Window, choose Modify in the Sound section. This will open the Sound Editor.
- Next, in the preview window, rotate your panorama to the area where you would like to place your sound. Double-click on the image in the preview window. This will add a sound indicator or mode - a visual representation of how the sound will be heard.
Note: To learn more about modes, please read this article.
- In the Panoramic Sound section, choose your sound file to be added by clicking on Open. Locate your music file and choose OK.
- Use the settings to the right of the preview window to modify the sound. This tutorial will use the rectangle directional mode.
- Give the sound a unique ID.
- Choose a mode. This tutorial will use the directional rectangular mode.
- For this sound, lower the level to 80% or 0.80.
- Set the ambient level to 10% or .10. This will allow the sound to be audible outside of the defined field.
- Decrease the field size to 75°.
- For more information on all the settings, please read this article.
- Finally, choose OK, output your project, and listen to it.
Note: With the directional mode, when you rotate your project, the sound should not play when out of the sound field range and vice versa. If you wish to hear the sound after leaving the defined field, raise the ambient level.
Click here to see the example.
Adding a Background Sound
A background sound will add a sound that will play and loop as long as the panorama is open.
- Choose Open in the the Background Sound section and locate your sound file.
- Adjust the level of the sound file.
Tip: If you want this sound to play as background sound, consider lowering the audio level below 100%.
- Click OK and test the panorama. Done!
See the example. The background level was set to 10% (0.10)
Adding Multiple Panoramic Sounds
You are not limited to one panoramic sound in Pano2VR. Nope, you can certainly add more than one and here's how you do it:
In the preview window, rotate your panorama to the area where you would like to place your additional sound. Double-click on the image in the preview window.
- If your sound needs to be placed close to a Directional Rectangular or Directional Circular mode, you may need to double-click first, to de-select the first sound. Now, double-click again and your new sound is added.
- Once the sounds are placed, you can move between the two, buy clicking on them one time.
You can see this done here:
This page was last modified on
14.7.2010