Sound on the Web

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Sound on the Web

• Incorporating sound into your site

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Issues

• http//www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/mark/audio/play.htm
  
• ltEMBEDgt (Internet Explorer 4.0x, Navigator
  3.0x, 4.0x)
• ltBGSOUNDgt (Internet Explorer 3.0x, 4.0x)
• ltOBJECTgt (Internet Explorer 4.0x)
• ltAgtltIMGgtlt/Agt (Internet Explorer 4.0x)
• Realplayer
• MP3 versus WAV

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SoundManager2

• Flash solution (i.e., requires Flash player 8)
• Loads a Flash applet, then tells it to load
  individual MP3s
• http//www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/
  

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• ltscript type"text/javascript" src"soundmanager2.
  js"gt
• lt/scriptgt
• ltscript type"text/javascript"gtsoundManager.url
  'soundmanager2.swf' soundManager.onload
  function()
• function laugh()
• soundManager.play('mySound0',
• 'sounds/laughter.mp3')
• lt/scriptgt
• ltbutton onclick"laugh()"gtDo thislt/buttongt

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• function laugh()
• soundManager.play('mySound0',
• 'sounds/laughter.mp3')
• function voiceOver()
• soundManager.play('mySound1',
• 'sounds/voiceover.mp3')
• lt/scriptgt
• ltbutton onclick"laugh()"gtDo thislt/buttongt
• ltbutton onclick"voiceover()"gtread the
  pagelt/buttongt

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Audacity -- Free sound editor!

• http//audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Free
• Open Source
• Cross Platform
• demo audacity on the Mac

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