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See this map. I almost find you. Surrender ASAP!

This is the first version of alien monitor in the world. There is nothing to hide. I know your place. Surrender ASAP!

I integrated MeloBoard with FlashMIDI by Alexis ISAAC, so you can use your MIDI device in MeloBoard.(Thanks Alexis) You can use not only basic GM sound built in Windows, but also Giga sampler, VSTi, and external MIDI modules using MIDI out port to make melodies in MeloBoard:MIDI.

However, you have to install additional plug-in, because MIDI control is not basic function of Flash MX 2004 yet.

MeloBoard:MIDI (I didn’t merge this module to phpBB, so do not click “Save” button)

Do you know that Flash could communicate with the base HTML? You just add a javascript function to operate in HTML, then call in Flash using getURL(”javascript:someFunction(’arg1′,’arg2′)”); That’s all~

But, an important thing is that;”getURL function” works correctly only if its argument’s text length is less than 255.

So I use a trick as below:

In HTML Part,

//This function is used when length of the argument is less than 255. function SaveMelo(value) { write.memo.value = value; write.submit(); } // This function merges transfering data function AddMelo(value) { write.memo.value = write.memo.value + value; } function SubmitMelo() { // When all data is transfered, you call submit function in Flash write.submit(); }

In Flash ActionScript Part,

function StartSubmit() { tempSubmit=”Something Long Text to transfer to HTML…”; // If you using loop statement such as for or while to call getURL, that statements occurs error for abnormal sync. tempSubmitID = setInterval(this,’SubmitStr’,100); } function SubmitStr() { if (tempSubmit.length>0) { //Maximum length is set to 221, because you should take care of the rest of statement, “javascript:AddMelo”. getURL(”javascript:AddMelo(’”+tempSubmit.substr(0,221)+”‘)”); tempSubmit=tempSubmit.substring(221,tempSubmit.length); } else { getURL(”javascript:SubmitMelo()”); clearInterval(tempSubmitID); } }

Most people said that firefox doesn’t support windowless flash using “< param name=wmode value=transparent>”, but Firefox can do it of cause

First of all, you have to modify < object > tags. Firefox does not read param tags, but embed tag. So, you have to add new attribute to embed tag like this,

<embed src="/_share/swf/menu.swf" wmode="transparent"quality="high" ... ></embed>

If you use FlashVars attribute, you should also add parameters to embed tags like this,

<embed src="/_share/swf/menu.swf?someVariable=someValue&..."... ></embed>

Here is the first version of my meloboard!!

Its main feature is,

1. Compose my own melody, not professional music, easily on Websites
2. Support several kinds of notes such as a quarter note, eighth note, and tercet.
3. You can put your own melody to any type of websites:BLOGs, Forums, Communities, Bulletin Boards, and any HTML/XHTML-based sites.
4. You can easily integrate MeloBoard with your existing web applications:phpBB or WordPress or any sources made by PHP, ASP, JSP, etc.
5. You can communicate with other people in one melody theme like thread. Once you make a single melody, others can add chorus and orchestrate your melody!

However, Current version of MeloBoard cannot do,

1. Draw grids fitting with rhythm.
2. Dynamic resizing.
3. Support several instruments.
4. Playing with Precision Timing.(Little Slow)
5. Support above 8 channel sound. (Support only 8 channel sounds)

However, those are also future function. Keep watching it~! If you have any suggestion about MeloBoard, don’t hesitate to say that

Do you know that Macromedia Flash only suppport maximum 8 channel sounds? For instance, if your current sound channel reachs maximum limit, Flash cannot play new sound unless one of the play sound ends. So, I made SoundController class, which manages sound channel. When current channel get to maximum sound limit, SoundController class stop the oldest sound, thus you can play the new sound. The mechanism of this class is similar to “Queue” structure. When you add a new sound, the oldest sound pops.

Here is a structure of the class:

1. soundcontroller.maxSound : Limit of flash. Fixed value. Default is 8.
2. soundcontroller.BindInst : Interface with instrument.
3. soundcontroller.soundQueue : Queue structured Array. Playing sounds are stored in this array.
4. soundcontroller.Play(soundID) : Play a sound. And manage sound queue automatically.

Here is the full source:

import hirihiri2.meloboard.instrument; class hirihiri2.meloboard.soundcontroller { var maxSound:Number = 8; public var BindInst:instrument; public var soundQueue:Array = new Array(); function SetInst(InstName:instrument) { BindInst = InstName; } function Play(sndPitch:Number) { var i; this.RefreshQueue(); // Delete ended sound from sound queue for (i=0;i&ltthis.soundQueue.length;i++) { if (Number(this.soundQueue[i])==sndPitch) { this.BindInst.InstArray[Number(this.soundQueue.splice(i))].stop(); // If the same sound is found in sound queue, sound controller stop it first. } } this.soundQueue.push(sndPitch); // Push soundID to sound queue while (this.soundQueue.length&gtthis.maxSound) { this.BindInst.InstArray[Number(this.soundQueue.shift())].stop(); // Stop the oldest sound if total channel reaches maximum limit } this.BindInst.InstArray[sndPitch].start(0); // Play sound } function RefreshQueue() { for (var i=0;i&ltthis.soundQueue.length;i++) { if (this.BindInst.InstArray[Number(this.soundQueue[i])].position==this.BindInst.InstArray[Number(this.soundQueue[i])].duration) this.soundQueue.splice(i); } }

Are you the generation of “Adlib”?

When I was a middle school student, an adlib sound card is the best and the only way to hear the music in PC. In this era, “Composer” is also the only tool to compose songs.

It’s not powerful, but simple!

Humming is the one of my best entertainment. I love singing an endless looping song all day long. A melody that I sing is not much complicated, but just simple and joyful. Meloboard that I refer to is a combination of “Melody” and “Bulletin Board”. I wanted to make people communicate each other with melodies. And it should also bind with any public community and bulletin board source like phpBB, so I started to build with Flash MX 2002. But, there were lots of problems to solve. I would like to share some know-how in Flash techniques, and introduce my project : Meloboard Then keep watching~