Working with sound

ActionScript is made for immersive, interactive applications--and one often overlooked element of powerfully immersive applications is sound. You can add sound effects to a video game, audio feedback to an application user interface, or even make a program that analyzes mp3 files loaded over the Internet, with sound at the core of the application.

In this chapter, you'll learn about loading external audio files and working with audio that's embedded in a SWF. You'll learn to control the audio, to create visual representations of the sound information, and to capture sound from a user's microphone.

Basics of working with sound

Understanding the sound architecture

Loading external sound files

Working with embedded sounds

Working with streaming sound files

Playing sounds

Security considerations when loading and playing sounds

Controlling sound volume and panning

Working with sound metadata

Accessing raw sound data

Capturing sound input

Example: Podcast Player

Flash CS3

Working with sound

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