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Date/Time: Sat, 16 May 2026 10:46:24 +0000
Faster / shorter audio alerts?
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| [2013-06-26 20:30:19] |
| user727 - Posts: 16 |
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Is there any way to speed up the audio alerts? You have built a lot of functionality into the audio alerts feature but where they get stacked up in a cue and each one has to play completely before the next one plays severely limits the number of alerts that can be employed. If I have more than 2 or 3 alerts (of course depending on what they are) when the market is busy, like in the morning and at the close, the alerts become meaningless because they basically just fire off continuously and are so delayed. What would really be nice is if SC could play multiple alerts simultaneously, as they are triggered. In addition, I don't understand why traders / platforms don't do more with audio alerts. We're relying only on one sense--our eyes--to monitor the market. I know for me, I could monitor it a lot better if I could employ 2 senses--my ears--as well. Perhaps this could become a real strength for SC. Thanks Date Time Of Last Edit: 2013-06-26 20:33:52
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| [2013-06-27 00:13:31] |
| M5amhan - Posts: 468 |
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In addition, I don't understand why traders / platforms don't do more with audio alerts. We're relying only on one sense--our eyes--to monitor the market. I know for me, I could monitor it a lot better if I could employ 2 senses--my ears--as well. Perhaps this could become a real strength for SC.
+1 strongly agree, I am anxiously awaiting the quoteboard alerts so i dont have to draw a horizontal line and leave up every market i trade in separate charts and delete the drawing after the alert. would make life a lot easier (understatement) to just right click the quoteboard symbol and have a spot to enter a price so when price hits that level an alert fires off and then deletes itself without having to leave up 6 charts just for alerts |
| [2013-06-27 01:41:17] |
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Quote Board Alerts are coming. We know you asked about those before. As far as playing multiple alert sounds at the same time, this would seem to be a limitation of the operating system. If we could do that, we would. Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2013-06-27 05:33:37] |
| eagle - Posts: 92 |
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I believe you can do that. On my Microsoft Windows system, I can double-click multiple WAV files and play all those files simultaneously (synchronously). In other words, I can run multiple instances of the program I have associated with WAV files. (I don't know if it's relevant, but the file association parameters include a "%L".) In SC, multiple alerts play asynchronously, one after the other. I'm not a programmer, but if SC happens to be using the PlaySound function, as described on the webpage linked below; then, it looks to me like SC has the option of playing multiple alert sounds by using a particular fdwSound flag. But then, it may be that doing so would cause a previous sound to terminate, whenever a new sound is called before the previous sound is finished. I can't tell by reading that webpage whether the sounds would overlap each other or whether a new sound would terminate an existing sound. Either way, that seems to be a suitable option "to speed up the audio alerts". http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd743680(v=vs.85).aspx If synchronous alerts were to be implemented in SC, I request that we be able to toggle them on or off. |
| [2019-06-28 06:19:21] |
| NotIll - Posts: 120 |
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Yes SC Engeneering, I too, strongly PLUS 1 this.
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| [2019-06-30 01:14:13] |
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Refer to this setting: General Settings Window: Time Delay Between Sounds Sierra Chart Support - Engineering Level Your definitive source for support. Other responses are from users. Try to keep your questions brief and to the point. Be aware of support policy: https://www.sierrachart.com/index.php?l=PostingInformation.php#GeneralInformation For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, *change* to the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2026-05-08 14:52:41] |
| kvcornie - Posts: 24 |
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I have set "Wait for Prior Alert Sound to Finish before Playing Next Queued Sound" to "No," however it does not have the intended effect on my system. I am using TT and TradeStation on the same PC (Win 11) as I work toward replacing both with Sierra since Sierra can do everything both platforms can do and substantially more (and Teton is just as stable, if not MORE than TT in my experience). Because both TT and TradeStation handle sounds the way I would expect Sierra to, I do not believe this is a Windows/system-level issue. The behavior I am expecting is that if multiple sounds trigger simultaneously, the currently playing sound is immediately interrupted by the next sound. For example, if 10 separate orders are placed at the same instant using a 1000ms sound file, I would “theoretically” expect the total audible duration to still be roughly 1000ms, not 10 full seconds. I realize there would still need to be some internal queuing, so that estimate is not meant to imply literally 1000ms, but effectively to the human brain. Instead, when placing a 4-lot bracket order (4 targets + 1 group stop), I hear 4 separate sequential 1-second new order sounds for a total of 4 seconds. If instead of a limit, I just cross the market with the initial order, I then hear 8 sequential sounds total: 4 new order sounds and 4 fill sounds (~8 seconds total). If I continue to place more orders, as fast as I can click, the total duration continues to pyramid. Is it possible I have another setting overriding or negating this feature? Or can this be implemented in the future as I’ve stated? I’m running the current pre-release version of Sierra; however I experienced the same on the last full release as well. Best, Kurt Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-05-08 15:36:03
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| [2026-05-08 15:06:51] |
| Calculus - Posts: 123 |
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How about adding chart alerts as well. You're looking at a chart with crosshairs, think some level needs an Alert, right click, click 'Alert set' and it's done. The above would take about 2-3 seconds whereas at present it takes far more time to add a simple Alert. |
| [2026-05-08 15:23:41] |
| kvcornie - Posts: 24 |
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Calculus, If I understand you, I think you can accomplish this by creating an alert configuration for whatever tool you are drawing with. i.e. Horizontal Line, so when setting a horizontal line config (in global settings >> tool configs >> Horizontal Line Confg >> Alerts), ALSO set the "enable alert condition" check box to true for that config and save it with however you like your alerts to trigger. Then in practice/real time you just need to right click on your horizontal line and choose your "alert" config. You can also right click on any existing or just placed line and choose "alert" in the pop out menu and set the alert condition in just a few seconds once you are familiar with the menu sequence. In addition, you can set a keyboard shortcut for drawing the horizontal line (or whatever) tool so that could shorten your time as well. Furthermore if you set your "default" Horizontal Line tool config to have alerts enabled you can place that alert as fast as you can hit the Keyboard Shortcut + click the mouse. I hope that helps. Date Time Of Last Edit: 2026-05-08 15:37:37
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| [2026-05-08 17:26:10] |
| John - SC Support - Posts: 46151 |
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We have noted the request to have multiple alert sounds either interrupted or played over each other. We can not say when we would get to any particular request. With regards to the solution put forth by kvcornie, you can also have the Alert setup saved with the configuration for a drawing tool, so you would just have to select the proper configuration and draw. For the most reliable, advanced, and zero cost futures order routing, use the Teton service: Sierra Chart Teton Futures Order Routing |
| [2026-05-11 11:10:31] |
| Calculus - Posts: 123 |
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kvcornie Thanks a lot brother, your trick works perfectly. |
| [2026-05-12 18:27:34] |
| User549869 - Posts: 1 |
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I would support this request as well. In my thinking another way would be to optimize the cluster of sounds programmatically if it is possible - for example in extreme market environment like certain morning times when market collectively gets new highs or lows to somehow clear the que so the next sound after the series in a few seconds would not be missed for example. You would loose some in a process but it would be still some edge in there. Like a rounding up the pennies to the dollar kinda thing. What you guys think about that? In a normal slower times it would be perfect still.. Just trying to brainstorm some options, not a programmer but that's why we are here. |
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