Book description
Designing Web Audio is the most complete Internet audio guide on the market. It's loaded with informative real-world case studies and interviews with some of the world's leading audio and web producers. It contains step-by-step intstructions on how to build multimedia web pages using the most popular web audio formats. This book also includes a wealth of basic digital audio and sound wave theory, practical tips and techniques for recording and editing audio for the Web, and an invaluable buyer's guide to building an effective sound studio. Designing Web Audio explains how digital audio is encoded from microphone to hard disk; how sound is processed using compression and equalization; and how to turn audio source material into a great soundtrack using loops and ambient soundscapes. Designing Web Audio demystifies its subject with informative step-by-step techniques for encoding, compression, and streaming audio over the Web. This book includes the following:
The most up-to-date, step-by-step guides to the latest popular streaming media formats for building multimedia web pages including RealAudio, Shockwave, Flash, MP3, MIDI, and RMF (Beatnik).
A step-by-step guide to building multimedia Synchronized Media Integration Language (SMIL) presentations using the new RealSystem G2. (This is the only book on the market that offers information on this.)
In-depth coverage of the sound design principles for building effective multimedia web pages with sound, including examples of real-world sound design techniques used by leading film and CD-ROM sound designers.
Informative case studies featuring leading companies such as N2K, Fox News Corp, TechWeb, and Sonicopia, and how they are enhancing their web pages using Flash, RealAudio, Shockwave, or Beatnik's audio technologies.
Tips from two Academy Award-winning sound designers that will help web professionals use audio more intelligently.
In-depth consumer buyer's guide with street prices and tips for buying the best gear at the lowest prices to produce high-quality Internet audio in-house.
Thorough practical coverage of digital audio theory and basic recording and editing techniques.
The easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on using the leading audio formats makes Designing Web Audio an invaluable resource for web developers and people who want to stream their own music over the Web.
Table of contents
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Designing Web Audio
- Preface
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1. The Art of Sound Design
- A brief history of web audio
- What you can do with sound on the Web
- Two easy ways to add sound
- Adding sound effects
- Audio challenges and limitations
- Solid sound design
- Designing web audio
- Interactive sound effects and buttons
- Interactive sound design case study
- Summary
- 2. The Science of Sound and Digital Audio
- 3. Capturing Original Source Material
- 4. Optimizing Your Sound Files
- 5. Introduction to Streaming Media
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6. Encoding, Serving, and Streaming Sound with RealAudio
- The RealMedia System
- Streaming RealAudio from a web server
- Professional webcasting
- Advanced RealAudio applications
- Live broadcasting with RealAudio
- Case study: N2K streams live Mötley Crüe concert
- Summary
- 7. Designing Multimedia Presentations with SMIL and RealSystem G2
- 8. Playing, Serving, and Streaming MP3
- 9. Interactive Sound Design with Flash and Shockwave
- 10. MIDI: Quick and Easy Audio for the Web
- 11. Designing Audio Web Sites with Beatnik
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A. Creating the Ultimate Web Sound Studio: Buyers Guide and Web Resources
- Creating the ultimate web sound studio
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Designing a studio with proper acoustics
- Microphones
- Mic pre-amps
- Compressor/limiters
- Digital audio workstation/recording editing software
- Sequencers: MIDI and digital audio recording and editing applications
- Synthesizers and tone generators
- Mixers
- Digital mixers
- Studio reference monitors
- Effects processors
- DAT (digital audio tape) recorders
- Sound studio accessories
- Web resources
- Summary
- B. Audio Format Comparison
- 12. Glossary
- Index
- Colophon
Product information
- Title: Designing Web Audio & CD-ROM
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2001
- Publisher(s): O'Reilly Media, Inc.
- ISBN: 9781565923539
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