Trent's Halloween Sound Machine - Page 3

TrentDavis · #21 (**permalink**) 10-30-2009, 01:56 PM

Thanks for the feedback. I am definitely going to be changing the program completely in order to make it much easier to manipulate sounds. I'm thinking about having the next version be"donation-ware" with benefits for registered users, but that's further down the road.

TrentDavis · #22 (**permalink**) 11-01-2009, 03:42 PM

So, did anyone use this program this Halloween? If so, how did it work for you?

Biggie · #23 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 03:59 AM

I started to set up lighting, fog, and sound early Halloween day to test to bring over to my friends house. I plugged up my Logitech sound system into my laptop, turned everything up to max. Turn on the program, and nothing, absolutely nothing. I start trouble shooting. Volume is on, mute is off, I check the power strip. As I am bent over I hear this scream come from behind me, scared the hell out of me. I realized that the crickets ambiance track was so realistic that it blended in too well. I got a couple comments from neighbors on the sounds while testing everything. Sadly I didnt uses it at night since my friend was dead set on using his set-up.

It is an awesome program and I intend on messing with it in preparation for next years setup. I showed it to my dad since he is a programmer and he liked the idea instead of just CD's on loop. I cant wait to see what comes out next from you

TrentDavis · #24 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 08:11 AM

I'm glad to hear it. Sadly, I've had a few of those "Is this thing working? What is going on with...Ahhhh! That scared the unholy poo-poo out of me!" moments.

The version that I used this haunt was a modified version that allowed me to manually trigger sounds, so while the random sounds are playing, and a kid knocks on the door, I press the "1" key on the keyboard and it played a sound effect I made of me locking up my mad scientist's laboratory and walking up some creaky stairs to answer the door. The sound ended up being much to long to use regularly, but I liked the concept.

I'm going to be working on a much-expanded version shortly and I will be looking for alpha and beta testers soon, so if anyone want's to get involved with that, let me know.

savagehaunter · #25 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 08:16 AM

thanks for sharing. I have been looking for something that would play continuaosly and not have to be fussed with.

shadowopal · #26 (**permalink**) 11-06-2009, 08:43 PM

Sounds excellent! I will download it onto my new halloween computer once it's built and put it throguht the paces. Surround sound would be awesome though. I'm focusing on sound next year and surround sound plays highly in my plans.