Background Audio Activity

Background Audio enables a constant playback of audio to be played as the various slide activities are displayed. Each Activity slide has the option to play No Audio, play Background Audio, Activity Audio or both Background Audio and Activity Audio. The primary intent of having Background Audio is to play a soothing, relaxing instrumental musical track or playlist to accompany the slides of the event. It is possible to have multiple Background Audio activities for an Event, they will play in order as defined in the list. During the Event there is no direct control. If an Activity Slide chooses not to include Background Audio, the playback of Background Audio is paused until the next Activity Slide that includes Background Audio is displayed. Music may be selected from the audio tracks stored and accessible via the Files App.

Background Audio ACTIVITY LISTS

The list is the sequential group of Background Audio to be played during the presentation. The Background Audio Activity may be deleted by swiping from left to right. They may also be reordered by pressing on a row until it “lifts up” and then dragging to the desired location.

Additional features are available on the context menu, the rightmost button on the toolbar.

Files

When using an Audio File stored in the Files App, the file is copied locally so the source file is always available as long as the event is available.

Background Audio Activity Details Form with Files Selected

  • Select Track - Displays a dialog allowing selection of a compatible audio source file

  • Filename - Name of the selected source file

  • Playback controls - allows sampling the audio of the selected track. Previous and Next Track buttons are not available. The play / pause control is not available while presenting an Event.

  • Audio Feedback Editor - Visual Feedback for the audio track given. Adjusting the sliders enables trimming the audio (see Below)

  • Audio Level - Set the audio level for playback. This is percentage output is in effect for speaker, headphone, HDMI output or any other audio output source.

  • Next Background Activity

    • Play the Next BA - Play the next Background Audio Activity that is enabled in the list. Will replay the first Background Audio Activity if there is only one.

    • Repeat this BA - Repeats the selected Background Audio Activity until the Event Ends

    • Restart from First BA - Restart from the first Background Audio Activity

    • Stop Playing - Do not play any additional Background Audio Activity

Caution should be taken when publicly presenting audio from a copy-written source audio, There may be fees associated with playing some music for Live Streams, YouTube videos, Seminars, etc. It is also possible to acquire a licenses for audio playback from companies like Pond 5, Story Blocks, or many others.

Trimming the Audio may be accomplished by sliding the handles to adjust the beginning and ending of the recording and tapping the trim button.

SHARING and DUPLICATING

The Context Menu button (far right on the toolbar) has a popup menu that displays options for reusing Activities.

  • View Shared Audio Activities - Display a popup dialog with the list of shared Audio Activities. Tapping on an entry copies it to the current Audio Activity List. Swiping to the left allows deleting the shared Audio Activity from the list. Once copied it may be viewed and modified. Shared Audio activities may be copied to any Event.

  • Duplicate This Activity - A copy of the current Audio Activity is made and added to the Activity List

  • Share This Activity - Make a copy of the current Activity and place in with the Shared Activities for reuse.

  • Lock all Audio Activities - Locks all to prevent accidental changes

  • Unlock all Audio Activities - Unlocks all to enable editing

After Adding a Background Audio Activity, select audio from the iPad Files App