hello,

what i would like to do: whenever an element reaches the bottom of the window, the same sound should start playing, but it should only play as long, until the next element triggers the next (same) sound.

when i just use play() the sound is not stopped whenever it is played again in the same channel. when i try to use stop() just before, then the animation is really slowed down by this.

is there any solution to this ?

lia.-

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import krister.Ess.*;
AudioChannel myChannel;

int num = 20;
Elements[] el = new Elements[num];

void setup(){
 size(400,300);
 background(255);
 // Ess
 Ess.start(this);
 myChannel=new AudioChannel("fips.aif");

 for(int i=0; i<num; i++){
   el[i] = new Elements();
 }
}

void draw(){
 background(255);
 for(int i=0; i<num; i++){
   el[i].updateElements();
 }
}

class Elements{
 float x = random(width);
 float y = random(height);

 void updateElements(){
   ellipse(x,y, 3, 3);
   if(y<height){
     y += random(0.1,1);
   }
   else{
     y = 0;
     myChannel.play();
   }
 }
}