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| Preface | |
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| The Art of Sound Design | |
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| A brief history of web audio | |
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| What you can do with sound on the Web | |
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| Two easy ways to add sound | |
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| Adding sound effects | |
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| Audio challenges and limitations | |
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| Solid sound design | |
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| Designing web audio | |
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| Interactive sound effects and buttons | |
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| Interactive sound design case study | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Science of Sound and Digital Audio | |
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| The science of sound | |
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| Digital audio demystified | |
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| Summary | |
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| Capturing Original Source Material | |
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| Selecting the right equipment | |
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| Recording techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Optimizing Your Sound Files | |
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| Basic sound editing | |
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| Digital effects | |
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| Web mastering: optimizing sound files for Internet broadcasting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Introduction to Streaming Media | |
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| Streaming protocols | |
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| Streaming media formats | |
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| Selecting the right format | |
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| Summary | |
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| Encoding, Serving, and Streaming Sound with RealAudio | |
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| The RealMedia System | |
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| Streaming RealAudio from a web server | |
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| Professional webcasting | |
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| Advanced RealAudio applications | |
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| Live broadcasting with RealAudio | |
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| Case study: N2K streams live Motley Crue concert | |
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| Summary | |
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| Designing Multimedia Presentations with SMIL and RealSystem G2 | |
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| SureStream | |
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| SMIL | |
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| RealPix | |
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| RealText | |
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| RealFlash | |
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| Delivering backwards-compatible content | |
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| Case study: TechWeb Today | |
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| Summary | |
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| Playing, Serving, and Streaming MP3 | |
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| MP3 pros and cons | |
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| What is MP3? | |
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| Playing MP3 files | |
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| Making MP3 files | |
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| Creating a buzz: posting MP3 files to the Internet | |
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| Start your own MP3 radio station | |
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| Legalities of MP3 | |
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| MP3 resources | |
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| Summary | |
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| Interactive Sound Design with Flash and Shockwave | |
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| Flash and Shockwave basics | |
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| Introduction to Flash | |
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| Introduction to Shockwave | |
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| Summary | |
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| MIDI: Quick and Easy Audio for the Web | |
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| MIDI: A universal approach | |
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| Adding MIDI to your web pages | |
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| Creating your own MIDI files | |
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| Summary | |
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| Designing Audio Web Sites with Beatnik | |
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| New possibilities for interactive sound | |
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| Beatnik authoring system | |
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| Sonification tutorial | |
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| Using the Beatnik Editor | |
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| Summary | |
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| Creating the Ultimate Web Sound Studio: Buyers Guide and Web Resources | |
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| Audio Format Comparison | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |