What's the beep??

[dunbarx]

This:

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on mouseUp
   beep
   beep
   beep
   beep
end mouseUp

Only beeps once. Why do I never understand how things work?

Craig

[glenn9]

Hi Craig,

I get separate bleeps with this:

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on mouseUp
   beep
   wait 0.5 seconds
   beep
   wait 0.5 seconds
   beep
   wait 0.5 seconds
   beep
   wait 0.5 seconds
end mouseUp

Regards,

Glenn

[richmond62]

Yup: when they are close together they fall over each other and get conflated.

[dunbarx]

See? I really don't know how things work. I actually tried inserting "wait" statements in-line, but randomly and lazily simply chose "wait 2".

Not very long, i know. Perhaps I was led astray since I use "wait 0 with messages" a whole lot to give the engine some breathing room. Apparently the "beep" command requires a richer atmosphere.

Craig

[dunbarx]

Ah, I knew there was some playfulness hidden in here somewhere. The following in a button script:

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on mouseUp
   beep
   wait 6
   beep
   wait 6
   beep
end mouseUp

Is just about the limit on the "beep" command on my machine, an iMac 27, 3.5 GHz quad core Intel I5. More than 6, three beeps. Put a "5" in, and I get a mash of beeps and little staccato sounds. 4 and below, one beep.

Craig