Community Forums: Using Discord instead of in-game AV but...

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I'd really like to be able to use something like the in-game jukebox for ambient sound. When we're playing at the table in person I often use a bluetooth speaker for sound effects, etc. To those of you who use Discord, have you discovered a way to add ambient sound to your game? Cheers!

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Pat S.

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If you are using Roll20 in conjunction with Discord, you can still use the jukebox even if the audio chat is disabled. This lets you tie tracks to each page or let there be an overall ambient sound.

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Patrick

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You can add a bot to discord that will play music.  I’ve not set one up myself, but I imagine that if you google discord music bot you can find something.  That should get you started until someone that has done it comes here to give you a better answer.

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Both of the above answers are good, Pat's and Patrick's. I've done both, and each has its pros and cons, but I would definitely recommend trying Pat method first. Run your background sounds in Roll20 Jukebox, and your voices in Discord. In many use-cases this will work great.

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Paul W.

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You can also link Spotify with Discord, though I think everyone has to have a subscription

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Wolseley DM

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The issue for us with running jukebox in the background is a few of us are running Discord over phone, so the jukebox sound won't get to their headphones. I was able to successfully link my YouTube account to Discord via Rhythm bot and then play an ambient playlist from there, which should do the trick. Thanks for all the help!

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Patrick

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I’m assuming that the speakers on their computers are just not being used.  I actually prefer to hear the ambient music over the speakers at a suitable level and the other players voices clearly in my headphones.  So maybe that could work for you?

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Erich S.

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Using the built-in Jukebox for music/sounds while using Discord for voice gives everyone in the group the option to set the volume to their liking. Some of my players never hear a thing while others like it.

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TiaMaster

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Is there a volume control in the ingame jukebox?

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Patrick

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If all you are using in game sound for is jukebox, then each player can control it with the master volume setting under their own settings tab in roll20 while logged into the game.

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