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<blockquote data-quote="Ulrich_N" data-source="post: 209303" data-attributes="member: 4868">Sound Jukebox for background soundsThis idea only applies to DMs who have access to a computer during play.I have been considering this idea but never tested it, because I still lack the appropriate software:It would enhance the dangerous atmosphere of a dungeon crawl if you played sounds in the background (just like some people prefer to have fantasy-themed music playing in the background or even as dramatic support). This would require sort of a &quot;jingle&quot; or &quot;jukebox&quot; software which plays certain sounds (mp3 wav etc.) when a certain key is pressed on the keyboard. Of course it would be preferable to be able to define whole &quot;groups&quot; of related/similar/user-selected sounds to quick-assign them to a whole set of keys.It would also be useful if you can activate loop play mode for certain sounds, so playing a looped &quot;heartbeat&quot; sound (maybe starting with low volume, getting louder, then staying loud, waiting for manual stop) might make the players nervous.Such background sounds (which may be found across the net and perhaps even in some computer games you own) would enhance the oppressing feeling of a dungeon crawl, so the players may have the wish to leave such places - as they never know whether the sound they just heard was &quot;only&quot; atmosphere or part of the story (like the sound of shifting stone walls because a trap was activated <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> ) At least hearing the sound should be better then just describing it.So, if anyone knows about a &quot;jukebox&quot; program that is a useful and perhaps even easy to use tool for the idea described above, please post the URL here! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> And if there's no tool like this out there - who will program it for us?Ulrich_N</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ulrich_N, post: 209303, member: 4868"] [b]Sound Jukebox for background sounds[/b] This idea only applies to DMs who have access to a computer during play. I have been considering this idea but never tested it, because I still lack the appropriate software: It would enhance the dangerous atmosphere of a dungeon crawl if you played sounds in the background (just like some people prefer to have fantasy-themed music playing in the background or even as dramatic support). This would require sort of a "jingle" or "jukebox" software which plays certain sounds (mp3 wav etc.) when a certain key is pressed on the keyboard. Of course it would be preferable to be able to define whole "groups" of related/similar/user-selected sounds to quick-assign them to a whole set of keys. It would also be useful if you can activate loop play mode for certain sounds, so playing a looped "heartbeat" sound (maybe starting with low volume, getting louder, then staying loud, waiting for manual stop) might make the players nervous. Such background sounds (which may be found across the net and perhaps even in some computer games you own) would enhance the oppressing feeling of a dungeon crawl, so the players may have the wish to leave such places - as they never know whether the sound they just heard was "only" atmosphere or part of the story (like the sound of shifting stone walls because a trap was activated ;) ) At least hearing the sound should be better then just describing it. So, if anyone knows about a "jukebox" program that is a useful and perhaps even easy to use tool for the idea described above, please post the URL here! :) And if there's no tool like this out there - who will program it for us? Ulrich_N [/QUOTE]

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