How to Use Flash MX Sound Objects

How to Use Flash MX Sound Objects

This document copyright © 2004 by Kenny Bellew of Cowfly.Com Design, kennybellew@hotmail.com

Index:

• Introducing Sound Objects
• How to Define a Sound Object Using the attachSound Method
• How to Organize Sound Objects
• How to Start, Stop and Loop a Sound Object
• How to Use a Single Button both to Start and Stop a Sound Object
• How to Control Independent Sound Objects Simultaneously
• How to Control All Sounds Globally
• How to Control Volume for a Sound Object
• How to Build a Horizontal Volume Slider
• How to Build a Vertical Volume Slider
• How to Fade a Sound Object Up or Down
• How to Control Volume Using the Arrow Keys
• How to Control the Position of a Sound Object
• How to Pause a Sound Object
• How to Pause a Looping Sound Object
• How to Fast Forward and Reverse Sound Objects
• How to Build a Spectrum Analyzer for Your Audio Player
• How to Invoke Actions When a Sound Object Ends
• How to Reduce Pause Between Looping Sound Objects
• How to Synchronize Animation to a Specific Time within a Sound Object
• How to Load an External MP3 Dynamically as a Sound Object using the loadSound Method
• How to Load an External MP3 from a Text Input Box
• How to Build a Preloader for Dynamically Loaded MP3's
• How to Preload Multiple Dynamic Sound Objects using the loadSound Method
• How to Preload Sound Objects that use the attachSound Method
• How to Create Previous and Next Buttons for Sound Objects
• How to Display a Timer in Minutes and Seconds Using Sound Objects
• How to Create a Drag Bar that Affects Sound Position
• How to Access MP3 ID3 Tag Data Using Sound Objects
• How to Troubleshoot Sound Objects

I wrote the first version of this tutorial a couple of years ago. This update includes answers to some of the most commonly asked questions I have received regarding this tutorial since then. I will continue to update this tutorial on my website, Cowfly.com.

This tutorial is meant to build from information presented in one section to the next. To get the most from this tutorial, it should be read from beginning to end. This tutorial will attempt to use ActionScript techniques that are familiar to the intermediate Flash programmer and that are easily grasped by the less experienced.