Play Song

Play Song
Tab	Sounds
Type	PlaySong
Origin	r1
Shortcut	P

Play Song is an event in the Sounds tab that plays a song. It can only be placed at the beginning of bars.

This event isn't restricted to playing songs, but its general purpose is to do so, and playing other things like SFX are better suited for Play Sound.

Usage

Properties

Setting	Type	Description
Song	Text Box (String)	Filename of the song. Allows internal filenames.
Song settings	Popup	Settings of the song. Includes volume, pitch, pan, and offset.
Beats per minute	Text Box (Number)	Beats per minute. Can be overwritten with Set Beats Per Minute at any point.

Song settings

Setting	Type	Description
Volume	Slider with Text Box (Number)	Volume of the song. Ranges from 0% to 300%. 0% doesn't play the song.
Pitch	Slider with Text Box (Number)	Pitch of the song. Ranges from 0% to 300%.
Pan	Slider with Text Box (Number)	Panning of the song. Ranges from -100% to 100%.
Offset	Text Box (Number)	Offset of the song in ms.

Surgery

{ "bar": X, "y": X, "type": "PlaySong", "song": {"filename": "sndOrientalTechno", "volume": 0, "pitch": 0, "pan": 0, "offset": 0}, "bpm": 100, "loop": false },

filename (string)
Song filename. Allows internal filenames with no extension.

volume (integer) (optional)
Goes from 0 to 300.

pitch (integer) (optional)
Goes from 0 to 300.

pan (integer) (optional)
Goes from -100 to 100.

offset (integer) (optional)
Offset of the song. Supports negative values.

bpm (float)
Functions the same way as Set Beats Per Minute.

loop (bool)
Deprecated, non-functional. See this event's History.

Trivia

This event is one of few events that do not have a beat parameter, the others being Set Crotchets Per Bar and Set Heart Explosion Volume.

This is the only event in the game that, regardless of zoom, spans two beats visually in the editor's timeline.

Placing multiple Play Song events causes the waveform to be a thick line on top of the first song's waveform. This does not affect playback.