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veni · 01-03-2006, 19:19

is that even possible?!

like a record player arm. draggable over to the vinyl. when you click it lifts up.
but how would you restrain the cursor to only a certain arc. and how about dragging
an object that can only rotate?

i feel like a miserable failure...

i made a 3D interactive record player instead but i still want to figure this out!
you can check it out here...
http://www.okb52.com/images/aquaticjam.swf

(excuse the text at the bottom of the page i left the .fla at work)

noggin · 06-03-2006, 11:59

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ooh naughty!

veni · 07-03-2006, 22:02

yea tell me about it. it's god awful that that's what they decide to show the world.
i'm refusing to pay until they fix my access to ftp i've been having major issues.
anyway that's awesome.
thank you to no end.
veni.

noggin · 08-03-2006, 05:19

ha! they're making you look bad

no problem for the flash - would like to see how you use it

dAN

veni · 08-03-2006, 12:07

hey dan do you think there's a way to turn the listen on only on the drag and not on the click?
because the drag works fine. but when you click on the arm it rotates it like 90 degrees each time.
which makes the whole thing look sloppy naturally.
here are links to the new swf and fla. i use flash 8 but i guess you use mx so i saved it in mx format...hopefully you can open it.lp_player.swf
lp_player.fla

veni · 08-03-2006, 12:11

3d lp player

and there's a link to the 3d version i made a few months ago

noggin · 08-03-2006, 13:28

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which makes the whole thing look sloppy naturally

yeah that's not really what you want...

for the trigonometry to work properly the needle movieclip has to be horizontal when its rotation is zero, so all I did was went into the needle_mc and rotated the graphics until they were horizontal, then went back to the main timeline and rotated the needle_mc back to where you had it originally.

hope that makes sense....

dAN

veni · 14-03-2006, 00:14

alright my man one last problem...i've got everything else pumpin along but since the rotation was trig and not a startDrag stopDrag...how am i going to do a _droptarget to loadSound...oh the many issues...i've tried extending the this.onRelease jazz and just including a droptarget anyway but it's not happnin. you've been a huge help so far when noone else has been...wonder if you can bag this one too

cheers mate
veni.

veni · 14-03-2006, 04:01

alright so i've got everything here for an interactive record player...just can't get the song to only play when the record arm is released above the ring on the record that corresponds to the song...it just plays when you release anywhere.

and i've added the zip.

noggin · 14-03-2006, 06:37

i'll take any excuse to procrastinate on my own work...

there are some comments in the code that should explain what i've done

see ya
dAN

veni · 14-03-2006, 10:28

aha! good job mate! you never cease to amaze. this lp player has been a helluva learning experience.
i've almost got it completely done...adding volume knobs and play/stop functions and also a drag and drop of which lp the user wants to listen to. when it's done i'll post it in here. what's your last name so i can thank you when i ever use it. and do you have a link to your own stuff?

noggin · 14-03-2006, 10:31

no problem veni

if you could just put "thanks to dAN" and a link to my portfolio site www.squarebracket.net (currently "Coming Soon" - and has been for about 2 years) that'd be cool

dAN

veni · 14-03-2006, 12:06

sweet. will do.

veni · 16-03-2006, 00:06

here's what i have so far

PlayList

noggin · 16-03-2006, 06:37

cool

you will definitely learn a lot about flash doing a project like this

veni · 16-03-2006, 20:02

oh totally!

updated to full [beta]

http://www.thisisarbitrary.com/image...t_external.swf

noggin · 17-03-2006, 05:12

it's looking good - feels nice when you drop the record on the platter it starts to spin

there's a problem with the mp3s - they sound like they're playing at the wrong speed (slooooowww) - it might be that they've been encoded at 48kHz, but they're playing back at 44kHz...

might be safer to re-encode them at 44kHz if you can

it's getting there!
dAN

veni · 17-03-2006, 06:18

ohh really?
nobody else has complained.
but that doesnt mean it's not an issue by any means.
consider it done!
everybody is totally diggin it.
your link's not working for some reason
i'll fix it when i get back down to the studio.

01-03-2006, 19:19	#1 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	click and drag on an axis?!??! is that even possible?! like a record player arm. draggable over to the vinyl. when you click it lifts up. but how would you restrain the cursor to only a certain arc. and how about dragging an object that can only rotate? i feel like a miserable failure... i made a 3D interactive record player instead but i still want to figure this out! you can check it out here... http://www.okb52.com/images/aquaticjam.swf (excuse the text at the bottom of the page i left the .fla at work)

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07-03-2006, 22:02	#3 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	yea tell me about it. it's god awful that that's what they decide to show the world. i'm refusing to pay until they fix my access to ftp i've been having major issues. anyway that's awesome. thank you to no end. veni.

08-03-2006, 05:19	#4 (permalink)
noggin chevette Join Date: May 2004 Location: london Posts: 415	ha! they're making you look bad no problem for the flash - would like to see how you use it dAN

08-03-2006, 12:07	#5 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	hey dan do you think there's a way to turn the listen on only on the drag and not on the click? because the drag works fine. but when you click on the arm it rotates it like 90 degrees each time. which makes the whole thing look sloppy naturally. here are links to the new swf and fla. i use flash 8 but i guess you use mx so i saved it in mx format...hopefully you can open it.lp_player.swf lp_player.fla

08-03-2006, 12:11	#6 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	3d lp player and there's a link to the 3d version i made a few months ago

14-03-2006, 00:14	#8 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	alright my man one last problem...i've got everything else pumpin along but since the rotation was trig and not a startDrag stopDrag...how am i going to do a _droptarget to loadSound...oh the many issues...i've tried extending the this.onRelease jazz and just including a droptarget anyway but it's not happnin. you've been a huge help so far when noone else has been...wonder if you can bag this one too cheers mate veni.

14-03-2006, 10:28	#11 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	aha! good job mate! you never cease to amaze. this lp player has been a helluva learning experience. i've almost got it completely done...adding volume knobs and play/stop functions and also a drag and drop of which lp the user wants to listen to. when it's done i'll post it in here. what's your last name so i can thank you when i ever use it. and do you have a link to your own stuff?

14-03-2006, 10:31	#12 (permalink)
noggin chevette Join Date: May 2004 Location: london Posts: 415	no problem veni if you could just put "thanks to dAN" and a link to my portfolio site www.squarebracket.net (currently "Coming Soon" - and has been for about 2 years) that'd be cool dAN

14-03-2006, 12:06	#13 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	sweet. will do.

16-03-2006, 00:06	#14 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	here's what i have so far PlayList

16-03-2006, 06:37	#15 (permalink)
noggin chevette Join Date: May 2004 Location: london Posts: 415	cool you will definitely learn a lot about flash doing a project like this

16-03-2006, 20:02	#16 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	oh totally! updated to full [beta] http://www.thisisarbitrary.com/image...t_external.swf

17-03-2006, 05:12	#17 (permalink)
noggin chevette Join Date: May 2004 Location: london Posts: 415	it's looking good - feels nice when you drop the record on the platter it starts to spin there's a problem with the mp3s - they sound like they're playing at the wrong speed (slooooowww) - it might be that they've been encoded at 48kHz, but they're playing back at 44kHz... might be safer to re-encode them at 44kHz if you can it's getting there! dAN

17-03-2006, 06:18	#18 (permalink)
veni the creative Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Portland Posts: 40	ohh really? nobody else has complained. but that doesnt mean it's not an issue by any means. consider it done! everybody is totally diggin it. your link's not working for some reason i'll fix it when i get back down to the studio.

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