Foundation Flash CS5 For Designers- P7: Flash is one of the most engaging, innovative, and versatile technologies available-allowing the creation of anything from animated banners and simple cartoons to Rich Internet Applications, interactive videos, and dynamic user interfaces for web sites, kiosks, devices, or DVDs. The possibilities are endless, and now it just got better | Chapter 5 Audio in Flash CS5 If you re one of those who treat audio in Flash as an afterthought think again. In many respects audio is a major medium for communicating your message. In this chapter we dig into audio in Flash where it comes from what formats are used and how to use it in Flash. Regardless of whether you are new to Flash or an old hand you are about to discover the rules regarding audio in Flash have changed for the better. We ll cover the following in this chapter Audio file formats used in Flash Adding and previewing audio in Flash Playing audio from the Library Playing remote audio files Using ActionScript to control audio If you haven t done so already download the chapter files. You can find them at isbn 1430229940. 279 CHAPTER 5 The following are the files used in this chapter Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 ExerciseFiles_CH_05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise On Borrowed Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise On Borrowed Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise Chapter05 Exercise Files_CH05 Exercise CodeSnippets Flash and the audio formats When it comes to sound Flash is a .