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Using Sound in Flash Lite 1.1


Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Using Sound with Mobile Phones
  3. Sound Formats in Flash Lite 1.1
  4. Preparing Sounds
  5. Using Bundled Sounds in the Authoring Environment
  6. Summary

Using Sound with Mobile Phones

The appropriate use of sound is essential for effective mobile development. Sound can enrich or aggravate the user's experience. Audible feedback and alerts might be welcome in some cases. However, what happens if someone is using a phone to access data services? They may already be in the middle of a conversation, driving, walking, in a café, or on public transport. This user won't have the dedicated attention that they usually have when using a traditional desktop or laptop computer.

Most mobile user applications are going to be put to the test in multiple diverse user-access scenarios. The freedom that mobile devices offer is indisputable. It is also indisputable that your mobile applications require thoughtful sound design.

What's different when you are using sound for a mobile phone versus a traditional desktop-delivered Flash file? For starters, mobile phones support a  much smaller range of sounds than desktop machines do. Phones may not support the common WAV, AIF, or MP3 sounds used in Flash. Different mobile phones support different types of audio, but, as a rule, most support various types of MIDI.

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