Tutorial Game Show Presenter

 

 Sound

For best results:

Game Show Presenter uses music, sound effects and comments from the host to maximize audience interest and to give you a fun way to customize your show on the fly. For presentations, we recommend using a good set of speakers that suit your equipment and the room. Don't make the mistake of having a multimedia projector for a big image but underpowered, internal speakers that fail to deliver the full effect of your game show.
TIP: Most laptop computers have wimpy sound. Consider investing in a set of portable speakers that will make your game show.

Volume control: Under the PREFERENCES menu, the SHOW VOLUME item opens a control box that lets you set the overall audio volume of the show's sound track. (If you still don't have adequate volume, check the volume set in your system software or on any hardware controls.)

Sound Tweaks button: For Windows computers only, this button opens a settings box that is useful for troubleshooting sound problems on Windows.

Credits music: Rolling the credits and playing music at the same time is a strain for some machines. If the music sounds choppy or the credits screen is slow to scroll, try setting the credits to use LONG FADE or SHORT FADE. The fading credits leave more processor time for handling the sound.

Keyboard Sounds:

Game Show Presenter aims to be fun for you as well as your audience. One way that's achieved is with "Keyboard Sounds", which let you customize the game's sound responses during live presentations. For example, there are two laugh track sounds that you can trigger by typing either upper or lowercase "L." You can also get the audience "Ooooooooo!" by typing "O".

Through the keyboard, you can also play certain lines for the host, Al Morale. Some of these are lines he uses regularly, like "Is that your final error?" Others are lines that can only be heard if you trigger them, such as "No help from the audience, please!" or "Audience, what do you think?"

To use this fun feature, make sure the keyboard sounds option is enabled (see SHOW TITLE AND SET-UP under the PREFERENCES menu). Also, be aware that keyboard sounds are not available at all times during a show. Here are the times you can trigger a keyboard sound:

  1. When the Game Show is idle and your show title is on screen, but no music is playing. (This is a good place to try out all the various sounds. You can play as many as you want in a row, because the game is not automatically progressing to the next scene.)
  2. Any time a quiz question is on the screen. (If Al Morale has already begun to speak when you hit the key, he will be interrupted.)
  3. When the player turn is being announced.
  4. During the Pause for Prize Presentations, after the initial comment by Al Morale and the audience cheer. (If you are announcing and handing out prizes, this is a great time to add the audience "Ooooooo!" sound for each prize. It's capital "O". Check the list for other good lines and effects for the prize handout scene.)

Here is the list of the available sounds and the keys that play them:

Category Key Sound or line
Audience h Cheering applause
Audience H Cheering applause2
Audience l Laugh
Audience L Big laugh
Audience O Oooooooooooo! (impressed)
Audience u Awwwwwww... (disappointed)
Host 0 (zero) Oh, No! Our show has been cancelled.
Host 1 Audience, you've been great. Really. I mean that. Lets do lunch.
Host 2 Bummer.
Host 3 All right!
Host 4 History will look back on this and say, "Wowwwie!"
Host 5 You remind me of Einstein -- only you have better hair.
Host 6 Not too shabby.
Host 7 How do you do it?
Host 8 Could you repeat that for people with ordinary minds?
Host 9 Wowwwie! Host e Oh, man! I'm having flashbacks to elementary school.
Host f Is that your final error?
Host G Is this a great audience or what?
Host g Who's game for another game?
Host j I think this question was on my job application.
Host k Oooo. I used to know the answer to this.
Host m Oh, man! You nailed it!
Host n No help from the audience, please! Host o OoooK.
Host p Now, it's time to dispense some lovely parting gifts.
Host s Well, I stand corrected. Host v I'm having a deja vu!
Host w Audience, what do you think?