Time for action – creating drum sound effects
Let's try our hand at creating a drum effect that plays on the punchline of the dog's joke. We'll create the dog's joke in the next Have a go hero exercise:
From the Sound palette, drag the set tempo to () bpm block to the script area, but do not attach it to an existing stack of blocks. Change the bpm value to 150.
From the Sound palette, add a play drum () for () beats block. Use the block's default value (a snare drum for .25 beats).
Snap the rest for () beats block from the Sound palette to the script and change the value to .4.
Add two more play drum () for () beats blocks, leaving the drum value set to one. Change the beats value to .1 for both.
Add another play drum () for () beats block to the end of the script and change the drum value to 4 (Crash Cymbals). Set the beats value to .5.
Click on the stack of blocks to listen to the effect.
Feel free to tweak the values and experiment with the sound.
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By arranging three blocks...
