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Dan Carr
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Flash audio primer
- Preparing audio in Soundbooth
- Managing audio in a Flash project
- Implementing audio in a Flash user interface
Producing audio for the web using Soundbooth and Flash
This article gives you a solid understanding of working with audio in Adobe Soundbooth CS4 and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional as well as tutorials and sample files to get you up and running. You'll cover the basic techniques to work with audio in ActionScript 3.
Adobe Flash has a long history of successfully deploying audio on the web. Flash 4 introduced support for the MP3 format, which opened up the door for using larger files with better performance. Flash 5 introduced the Sound object in ActionScript and the ability to control sound dynamically in runtime-based applications. Flash MX introduced the FLV format and MP3 metadata support for expanded options in synchronization and data management. Flash CS3 added new levels of audio support with ActionScript 3, capable of displaying sound spectrums and performing enhanced error handling.
Flash CS4 now adds support for the ASND format, which allows you to take a snapshot of the original audio so you can revert edits all the way back to the starting point. In addition, Flash CS4 FLA files (and FLV files) created with Adobe Media Encoder CS4 can now contain XMP metadata, which describes the audio related to the file along with other file information.
Requirements
To complete this tutorial you will need to install the following software and files:
Flash CS4 Professional
Soundbooth CS4
Sample files:
- flash_audio_cs4.zip (ZIP, 4 MB)
Prerequisite knowledge
This article covers beginning to intermediate concepts in working with audio for the web. General knowledge of the Flash authoring interface and ActionScript fundamentals is advised.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
About the author
Dan Carr is owner, lead developer, and trainer for Dan Carr Design in San Francisco. With years of experience developing for Macromedia and Adobe, Dan has created a range of features available in Flash, including e-learning templates, UI components, and Developer Resource Kit extensions. Dan teaches Flash design and ActionScript classes in Northern California and develops e-learning and web applications for the public, as well as for Adobe product teams.
