Flash 101 (part 6): The Final Countdown - Sound Bites (
Page 3 of 7 )
In case the pre-defined Flash
sound effects aren't quite enough, you can also use Flash's built-in editing
controls to further customize the sound clip. These editing controls are
available via the Edit command in the Sound panel.
This looks complex, but it's actually far simpler than
it looks. For example, to change the points at which the sound clip starts and
stops playing, you simply need to drag the Time In and Time Out controls (the
vertical gray bars between the left and right channel waveforms) to the
appropriate points. This comes in particularly handy if you have a long sound
clip, and only need to use a specific portion of it in your animation
clip.
You can also change the volume levels for each channel by dragging
the "envelope handles" - the hollow boxes you see in each channel - up or down.
The greater the height between the two boxes, the higher the volume level, and
vice-versa. Flash allows you to create up to eight different pairs of envelope
handles for each sound clip.
This article copyright Melonfire 2001. All rights
reserved.
