Internet Audio Sourcebook - Softcover

Purcell, Lee; Hemphill, Jordan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471191507 ISBN 13: 9780471191506

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Synopsis

Enliven your Web pages with voices, sound, and music.

New audio techniques can be used to create musical backdrops to Web pages, produce Web presentations with narration, provide audio help to Web page visitors, broadcast radio material over the Web, and communicate globally using audio conferencing and Internet phones. Internet Audio Sourcebook explains the processes, tools, and techniques for enhancing Web sites with sound, using JavaScript, HTML, Java applets, and advanced sound–editing and production applications. CD–ROM contains fully functional demos of top–notch sound processing applications, such as Sonic Foundry′s Sound Forge and Hohner Midia′s Samplitude Studio.

About this title

About the Author

LEE PURCELL is a computer consultant and author of several computer books on emerging technologies, including the recent Complete Recordable–CD Guide.

JORDAN HEMPHILL is a technical writer, electronics designer, and audio expert.

From the Back Cover

"The World Wide Web has sprouted vocal cords, gained a voice, and begun to sing."––Lee Purcell and Jordan Hemphill.

Internet Audio Sourcebook offers you a quick, easy way to acquire the knowledge, skills, and some of the tools you need to build cutting–edge audio capabilities into your Web pages, including:
∗ Music, narration, and sound effects
∗ Streaming audio for real–time broadcasts
∗ Automated, spoken–voice instruction
∗ Audio conferencing and Internet telephony
∗ MIDI techniques for musical training and analysis.

Taking a step–by–step approach, the authors get you up to speed on the latest audio tools and techniques. First they school you in the basics of creating, processing, and storing audio data. You learn the various methods of working with digital sound and how to use available tools to shape audio content for the Internet. Then they show you how to deliver your digital sound over the Web. They explain the HTML coding used to access audio files and teach you techniques for integrating Java applets, JavaScript code, and VBScript code into your HTML documents. Finally, they show you how to get the most out of new audio technologies, including streaming audio, MIDI applications, voice synthesis and recognition, and Internet telephony, as well as covering hot new products like the Headspace Beatnik audio engine and Liquid Audio.

THE CD–ROM

You get fully functional demos of top–of–the–line sound processing applications, including Sonic Foundry′s Sound Forge and Hohner Midia′s Samplitude Studio. Authoring tools such as Symantec′s Visual Café, Aimtech′s Jamba, and Acadia Software′s Infuse JavaScript editor are also included.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471191507
• ISBN 13: 9780471191506
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 554