Introduction to Sound Blocks

Sound Blocks are one of the ten categories of Scratch blocks. They are color-coded pink/magenta, and are used to control sound functions.

There are currently 9 Sound blocks: 8 Stack blocks and 1 Reporter block.

Scratch 3.0 Sound Stack Blocks:

1. [start sound [sound v]] — Plays a sound without pausing the script.
2. [play sound [sound v] until done] — Plays a sound and pauses the script until it finishes.
3. [stop all sounds] — Stops all playing sounds.
4. [change volume by (10)] — Changes the volume by the specified amount.
5. [set volume to (100) %] — Sets the volume to the specified amount.
6. [change [pan left/right v] effect by (10)] — Changes the pan left/right or pitch by the specified amount.
7. [set [pan left/right v] effect to (100)] — Sets the pan left/right or pitch to the specified amount.
8. [clear sound effects] — Clears any sound effects currently in place.

Scratch 3.0 Sound Reporter Block:

1. [volume] — The volume.