The FleX Sound Café

Implementation

Concept

What is Freesound Music?

Implementation

Built of sounds shared by a world-wide alliance of sound creatives – the “Freesound” community.

Presentation

Takes listening sensations from there one step further - powered by FleX.

Contribution

Suitable for environmental, entertainment, artistic, and educational deployments.

Freesound Music

Introduction into the usage of the Freesound Music portal and related pages.

Which browser to use, how to arrange windows, what to access, etc.

Sound Park

Tutorial for the creation of a first Sound Trip using the Freesound Workbench.

Hot path through sound selection, assembly rules and page generation.

Publishing

Explanation of further publishing and recording possibilities for Sound Trips.

Standard set of sound page creation, tips and tricks + extended possibilities.

Library

Overview about further information resources.

Freesound Music

Implementation

FleX Deployment

General concept

Freesound Music

Realization of a prototype, proof of concept

Introduction

Freesound Music is built of sounds that are shared by a world-wide alliance of sound

creatives – the “Freesound” community (see Freesound website).

Freesound Music takes listening sensations from there one step further by applying two

basic methods:

Organizing the sounds according to common musical experiences (4 basic

recognition areas “Melody”, “Rhythm”, “Harmony”, “Effects”, and phenotypical

sound classifications, as realized in the Workbench)

Realizing a new concept of flexible linkage between the sounds which leads to new

sound combinations and new musical metrics (interactive Hypersound functionality

utilized by easy-to-use web page assembly, and supported by multi-media ASP

technology)

Freesound Music is suitable for environmental, entertainment, artistic, and educational

deployments. It is freely available (online and offline), but must be used in accordance

with Creative Commons License protection rules.

Technology

The technology behind the implementation of Freesound Music can be outlined as

follows:

Resources

Sounds

Free available sounds are the foundation of Freesound Music. They are created

with any kind of standard audio recording and processing equipment.

Freesound Music sounds are being shared online through the Freesound

site which serves as a kind of online sound portal, repository, and much more

(see Freesound site for further information).

Streamers

Animated Sounds

Animated Sounds are the building blocks for Freesound Music Sound Pages that

can be interactively used for Freesound Music creation.

Animated Sounds are realized as Adobe Shockwave applets that can be

accessed through the Internet.

The use of Animated Sounds is described in the Animated Sounds Online Help.

Playgrounds

Sound Pages

Animated Sounds are assembled into standard Internet browser pages as the

Adobe Shockwave lingo scripting technology suggests. See next "Setup"

chapter for specific conditions of browser usage.

Hypersounds

In order to utilize a maximum of flexibility for interactive musical use, Animated Sounds

are linked with each other, thus behaving as a kind of local musical network. These

relationship is also called "Hypersound" since links from sound to sound can be

executed such as "Hypertext" links with text.

Freesound Music

Pieces

Freesound pieces can be interactively played using Freesound Sound Pages.

While playing, the resulting music can be recorded within the Sound Page

environment.

Distribution

All Sound Pages are obtaining the Animated Sound resources from the

Freesound Music portal server. The pages may be local copies that are distributed

freely between friends, or copies that are directly accessed from the server.

Setup

The current implementation of the Freesound Music Project is represented by a specific

prototype. Although it complies to freely available standards and applications, it cannot

be freely used across various platforms and product versions.

In order to assure the best performance possible, the following requirements should be

considered to be able to fully enjoy the Freesound Music project:

Sounds Online

Freesound Site

The Freesound site itself should work fine on any standard platform and browser

type. For further information refer to the relevant section at the Freesound site.

Portal

Freesound Music Portal with Read-only Access

The Freesound Music Portal can work on various standard platforms and browser

versions for the purpose of obtaining written information, and standard static media

such as graphics and mp3 sounds. Short file names (8 characters limitation) are

not supported.

Read-only

However, Animated Sounds and related features can only be operated when using

Internet Explorer which covers the central part of the Freesound Music project.

Other browsers do not comply to the full functional scope that is offered by the

Adobe Shockwave Lingo scripting technology.

Most convenient and tested environment for performing Sound Pages with the

Animated Sounds is described in the following section.

Recommendation

Recommended Environment for the Freesound Music Portal

Platform

Computer: High performance for real-time/multimedia use, at least Pentium M.

OS: Windows XP Professional, SP 2

Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519

Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

Browser

Most recommended Browser: Maxthon Internet Browser (based on Internet Explorer)

Version: 1.5.2.21 (free available)

Download: http://go.maxthon.com, find 1.5.2build21_msetup.zip

Local Download Here

File Size: 4.79 MB

Description: Maxthon Internet Browser software is a powerful tabbed browser

with a highly customizable interface. It is based on the Internet Explorer

browser engine (your most likely current web browser) which means that

what works in the IE browser will work the same in Maxthon tabbed browser

with many additional efficient features.

Multimedia

Browser Plug-in: Adobe Shockwave Player

Version: Shockwave 10.1.3.018

Download: http://www.adobe.com

Local Download Here

File Size: 2,726 K

Setup tip: When you see the animation playing below the labeled box, then

your installation was successful.

Considerations

How does the Portal perform on my computer?

Applets

There is no installation required to drive the Adobe Macromedia applets,

e.g., no client needs to be downloaded and to be installed.

All executable resources will be accessed through the server. This is also

valid for the FleX Publisher (see below) that will be downloaded for execution.

Warnings

You will get warnings when executing the FleX Publisher since it is a regular

executable file. You need to allow the FleX Publisher to execute in order to be

able to create your own Sound Trips.

The Shockwave applications that are included in the Portal and in its adjacent

application pages (Workbench, Sound Trips) creating and maintaining text

files on your computers (like cookies) while you are operating. These text files

are automatically stored in two locations like the following:

Cookies Location

Sound Page control:

C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application Data\Macromedia

\Shockwave Player\Prefs\Q93Z43LF

FleX Publisher control

C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application Data\Macromedia

\Director MX 2004\FleXPublisher\Prefs\

Clipboard

While the Portal or related Sound Pages are active (open in a browser), the

Clipboard is used by Shockwave functions and cannot be used for other

applications. If you need to use the Clipboard, close first the Portal and all open

Sound Pages.

Performance

The Freesound Music Portal and its related Sound Pages demanding high

and permanent computing power. You should close other performance consuming

programs and applications before executing sound pages. Since the current

version is a prototype implementation only, you must be aware of rarely possible

browser window freezes and other malfunctions that are usually simple recovered

by restarting the relevant pages or applications.

Sound Channels

The Animated Sounds play is restricted to a concurrent play of 8 stereo channels.

However, much more Animated Sounds can be loaded at once (for example, visit

the "Matrix" project that opens 88 Animated Sounds concurrently). This allows a very

flexible selection and switch ability of sounds. To support this flexibility, the 8 sound

channels are assigned dynamically. Sound channel display and fixed assignment

of the channels are possible as well (see below for more information).

Internal Download

Some Internet related operations may require heavy download time. However, those

downloads will be stored in the browsers' cache for later use allowing much

faster performance. Please execute Animated Sounds only after they are fully

downloaded. For further information visit the information about Animated Sounds:

Animated Sounds Introduction

Animated Sounds Tutorial

Navigation

The Freesound Music portal consists of 4 areas that can be navigated one after

the other (full page navigation) or simultaneously (tiled page navigation).

Full Page Navigation

12. Page Indicator

7. Link to CC License

11. Link to Workbench

10. Link to Page Info

6. Link to Freesound

8. Link to Portal Help

14. Stop Demo Sound

13. Play Demo Sound

5. Links to Projects

15. Page Recorder

(displayed in 3rd

Section "Sound

Pages")

1. Link to 2nd Section

2. Link to 3rd Section

9. Link to FleX Guide

3. Link to 4th Section

4. Open all Sections

7. Link to CC License

Figure 1: Freesound Music Portal, "Sound Trips" section, full page display (1-Sep-06)

Portal

Portal Links:

1. Link to 2nd Section

Opens second section of portal that is dedicated to sound installations.

2. Link to 3rd Section

Opens third section of portal that is dedicated to joint work.

3. Link to 4th Section

Opens fourth section of portal that is dedicated to workshops.

4. Open all Sections

Opens all sections at once. When using Maxthon browser, press Ctrl+T

to arrange all four windows automatically once they are loaded.

Projects

Project Links:

5. Links to Projects

Opens all projects or project sub pages that are dedicated to this

section of the portal (here: Performances of Freesound Music).

Usually, a project is introduced by a project description page where

you can find further useful information about the content and the

use of the project.

Resources

Resource Links:

6. Link to Freesound

Opens home page of Freesound site. See there for more information.

7. Link to CC License

Opens Creative Common License that is valid for the complete

music projects.

8. Link to Portal Help

Opens this help starting from the "Setup" section.

9. Link to FleX Guide

Opens this site (see "Home" tab at the bottom of this page).

10. Link to Page Info

Opens page related project information in the "Presentation" section

of this site (see "Presentation" tab at the bottom of this page).

Interactive

Interactive Links:

11. Link to Workbench

Opens corresponding "Figures" Sound Park entry page. Together

with the remaining Workbench pages, Sound Trips can be created.

12. Page Indicator

Indicates whether the download of Animated Sounds of a page

into the browsers cache is still in process (red) or has been

finished (white) and the page is ready for play.

During download displayed Animated Sounds can be already

played (restricted performance may apply).

Once you open the same Sound Page again, the downloaded

sounds will still be stored in the cache and the activation time is

reduced to a minimum.

Pages can be selected and included in a Sound Trip publication.

13. Play Demo Sound

An Animated Sound will be played.

14. Stop Demo Sound

An Animated Sound will be stopped.

15. Page Recorder

The play of Animated Sounds on various pages (i.e., of the demo

sounds of all portal pages) can be recorded, stored, and being

replayed. The portal's page recorder is accessible from the "Sound

Pages" section of the portal.

The use of the interactive functions is described in the "Sound Park" and the "Publishing"

chapters below.

Tiled Navigation

Tiled Page Navigation

The most convenient way to surf the Freesound Music portal is to arrange all 4 portal areas

in a tiled fashion as shown below:

Figure 2: Freesound Music Portal, four tiled windows display (3-Sep-06)

ARRANGE PORTAL

To arrange the Freesound Music portal with equally tiled windows using Maxthon:

AUTOMATICALLY

1. Close all open browser windows.

2. Open the "Sound Trips" portal window (you can use the link to the right).

3. Click the "Open complete portal" link at the left bottom of the "Sound Trips" portal window.

4. Wait until all 4 windows are opened.

5. Press Ctrl+T. All four windows are now automatically tiled.

ARRANGE PORTAL

To arrange the Freesound Music portal with equally tiled windows using Internet Explorer:

MANUALLY

1. Close all open browser windows.

2. Open the "Sound Trips" portal window (you can use the link to the right).

3. Click the "Open complete portal" link at the left bottom of the "Sound Trips" portal window.

4. Wait until all 4 windows are opened.

5. Resize the four browser windows by 50 % horizontally and vertically and arrange them

manually on the screen using standard window functions.

Now you can navigate through the portal as described above (see 1. "Full Page Navigation").

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You can transform the portal into the Workbench to create Sound Trips by clicking

each window's title. For further information on how to create Sound Trips, see the

"Sound Park" and "Publishing" chapters below.

Sound Park

Introduction

The "Sound Park" is a collection of Animated Sounds built of Freesound samples.

It is split into four sound characteristics, a "Figures", "Layers", "Events", and "Xpressions"

catalogue. The front end of these four areas is called "Workbench". It consists of four

browser windows each with a table of contents for the respective area and some

interactive Sound Trip publishing and playing functions as described below.

The following chapter describes the method on how to create a simple Sound Trip

using the Workbench. The "Publishing" chapter introduces in extended possibilities

with the Sound Park and related functions.

Preparation

You can either prepare the Workbench through the Portal or accessing it via this help.

ACCESS VIA PORTAL

To prepare the Workbench for a new Sound Trip creation accessing via the portal:

1. From the "Sound Pages" are of the Portal, click the "Workbench" link and follow the

instructions.

2. Alternatively you can click each of the four portals' headlines to convert it into the Workbench.

ACCESS VIA LINK

To prepare the Workbench for a new Sound Trip creation accessing via this help:

1. Close all open browser windows.

2. Open all Workbench browser windows at once using the link to the right.

3. Wait until all 4 windows are opened.

4. If you are using Maxthon, press Ctrl+T. All four windows are now automatically tiled.

If you are using Internet Explorer, it is recommended to arrange the windows manually

as shown below using standard Windows resizing functions.

8. Page Indicator

2. Page Headline

4. Page Header Link

13. Link to Page Info

7. Sound Selector

3. Page Navigation

14. Workbench Menu

5. Animated Sound

9. Publishing Area

11. Recorder Area

6. Group Control

10. Layout Area

12. Customize Area

1. Table of Contents

15. Link to CC License

Figure 3: Workbench, four tiled windows display (4-Sep-06)

Navigation

Navigation:

1. Table of Contents

Opens page of up to 8 Animated Sounds for your selection.

2. Page Headline

Indicates current page title (as shown in table of contents).

3. Page Navigation

Access to previous/next page (Workbench and Catalogue pages).

Allows numeric access at the bottom of the page (Catalogue pages).

4. Page Header Link

When Workbench page (displayed), opens corresponding portal

page.

When Catalogue page (accessed through table of contents), links

back to corresponding Workbench page.

Selection

Selection:

5. Animated Sound

Click into sound graphics will play the sound.

For further information on how to play Animated Sounds

click the button to the right.

6. Group Control

Use the group control "Stop" button to stop all playing Animated

Sounds. Group Controls are mainly used within a published

Sound Trip.

For further information on how to use Group Controls

click the button to the right.

7. Sound Selector

Click the Sound Selector check box to select the sound for your

Sound Trip project. Sounds are entered into the project in the order

you select them. For further information follow the tutorial below.

8. Page Indicator

Click the Page Selector check box if you want to collect pages for

your Sound Trip project. Pages are entered into the project in the

order you select them. For further information follow the tutorial

below.

The Page Indicator is also used to watch the download to cache

status of the Sound Page as described in the "Freesound Music"

chapter, "Navigator" section above.

Publishing

Publishing:

9. Publishing Area

The publishing area allows you to publish your sound collection

instantly as an executable Sound Trip (standard browser pages that

can be saved on your computer and send to friends while linking

to the Freesound Music server for sound and functional access).

10. Layout Area

In the layout area you can design your Sound Trip prior to publishing.

11. Recorder Area

In the recorder area you can record, store, and replay your play with

Animated Sounds. Records can be included into the publishing.

For more information visit the "Publishing" chapter below.

12. Customize Area

In the customize area you define the master volume and which of

FleX indication, Sound ID, and Sound channel information should

be displayed. This is valid throughout the complete system for the

Workbench and all Sound Trips you are displaying.

Resources

Information Resources:

13. Link to Page Info

Opens page related project information in the "Presentation" section

of this site (see "Presentation" tab at the bottom of this page).

14. Workbench Menu

My Sound Trip: Opens general information about the Freesound

Music project.

Freesound: Opens Freesound site (resources of Animated Sounds).

Credit: Important information about project credits.

Prefs: Opens complete set of publishing options that exceeds the

limited set of publishing options presented in the Workbench.

For more information visit the "Publishing" chapter below.

Help: Opens this help.

15. Link to CC License

Opens Creative Common License that is valid for all of the music

projects.

My first Trip

The following tutorial describes a specific way on how to create instantly a first Sound

Trip. Settings may vary from the screens displayed below. Please feel free to vary

any step as you like to create your really own first Sound Trip. After you went through

all the information above - you will see how easy it is!

CREATE SOUND

To create your first Sound Trip:

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Prepare

1. Open the Workbench as described above and wait until the Page Indicator at the top

turns into white color.

2. Lets create a Sound Trip with rather technical and electronic sounds ("Labmusic"):

Click the "Create" button on the left of the "Figures" Workbench page in order to create a new

Sound Trip (see figure below).

Define Figure

3. First lets define a rhythmical pattern that will drive our Sound Trip:

From the table of contents area of the "Figures" Workbench page, select the "Bass Figures"

item. The "Bass Figures" page opens.

Figure 4: "Bass Figures" Sound Park page (4-Sep-06)

4. Click into the sound graphics of the second animated sound in order to listen to it.

After listening, click the gray "M" button of the sound to stop playing.

5. Click the empty sound selector check box right to the gray "M" button in order to

select this sound for the first sound group of your Sound Trip.

Define Layer

6. Now lets find a "Layer" that fits the rhythmical "Figures" pattern:

From the table of contents area of the "Layer" Workbench page, select the "Voice

Sounds" item. The "Voice Sounds" page opens.

Figure 5: "Voice Sounds" Sound Park page (4-Sep-06)

7. From the fourth animated sound, click the empty sound selector check box right to the gray

"M" button in order to add this sound to the first sound group of your Sound Trip.

8. On the left pane of the "Layers" window you can set layout parameters for your Sound Trip.

For the purpose of this tutorial, click each of the control buttons where needed to reach

the status as displayed at the above figure. For more information about layout settings

refer to the "Publishing" chapter below.

Define Event

9. Now lets find an "Event" that can complement the sounds that we've chosen so far.

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Take advantage of continuously listening to the sounds you have already selected

while you are searching for the next sound.

From the table of contents area of the "Events" Workbench page, select the "Bell

Sounds" item. The "Bell Sounds" page opens.

10. From the eighth animated sound, click the empty sound selector check box right to the gray

"M" button in order to add this sound to the first sound group of your Sound Trip.

Define Xpression

11. Now lets find an "Xpression" that will complete the given sound scenario:

From the table of contents area of the "Xpressions" Workbench page, select the "Voice

Tracks 2" item. The "Voice Tracks 2" page opens.

12. From the first animated sound, click the empty sound selector check box right to the gray

"M" button in order to select this sound for the first sound group of your Sound Trip.

Following is a summary of the sounds we used for the first group:

1st Group

Catalogue Page

Sound Position

Sound #

Figures

Bass Figures

2nd

S9344

Layers

Voice Sounds

4th

S19754

Events

Bell Sounds

8th

S18371

Xpressions

Voice Tracks 2

1st

S3408

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The sound numbers are original Freesound registration numbers. Clicking the

"i" icon at the upper right corner of an animated sound will link directly to the

original Freesound sound page, including information about the sound, author,

etc.

Define 2nd Group

13. Now it becomes fairly simple since we are repeating our group selection steps.

For the purpose of our tutorial, we will plan two further groups that will follow the first one.

Before we are starting to do so, in the Figures Workbench page, click the "Add Group"

function. This will automatically start a new group at a new line position and add the

required group controls as you will see at the end of this tutorial.

14. Build the second group using the below catalogue windows and sounds. For selecting

an Animated Sound again, you need to de-select it first while pressing the right mouse

button, then select the sound a second time with the left mouse button (see S18371, which

is repeated from Group 1).

2nd Group

Catalogue Page

Sound Position

Sound #

Figures

Voice Tracks 2

3rd

S19731

Layers

Noise Tones

3rd

S3998

Events

Bell Sounds

8th

S18371

Xpressions

Physical Sounds

3rd

S19694

Define 3rd Group

15. Build the third group using the below catalogue windows and sounds (don't forget

activating the "Add Group" button first). In order to reach a sound that is currently not

displayed at the indicated position (see Xpressions, 3rd sound below, where S19693 is

required), scroll through the Animated Sound using the left second gray button on the

sound graphics (see Figure below). For more information about playing Animated

Sounds visit the "Playing Sound Trips" section below.

Scrolling through Animated Sounds

Figure 6: Animated Sound (5-Sep-06)

3rd Group

Catalogue Page

Sound Position

Sound #

Figures

Bass Figures

2nd

S9344

Layers

Noise Tones

3rd

S3998

Events

Bell Sounds

8th

S18371

Xpressions

Physical Sounds

3rd

S19693

Publish

16. Now we are ready for publishing. Just click the "Publish" button on the left of the "Figures"

window. After a little while, the FleXPublisher download warning window will be displayed:

Download

Figure 7: Download warning window for FleXPublisher

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Make sure that all Animated Sounds stopped playing before you start publishing.

(Interfering clipboard functions may impact publishing functions.)

17. Press the "Run" button to launch the FleXPublisher download that will allow to

execute the program on your computer. The File Download window appears:

Figure 8: File Download window for FleXPublisher

Wait until the download has been finished. Then, the browsers' security warning

window will appear (may vary if you use another browser):

Execute

Figure 9: Maxthon Web Browser security warning window for FleXPublisher

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The second time you request the FleX Publisher, a locally stored version will be

automatically opened, saving you the first time downloading time.

18. Press the "Run" button to launch the FleXPublisher application that will allow you to

store your Sound Trip onto your computer. After a little while, the "Save My Sound Trip"

window appears:

Save

Figure 10: "Save My Sound Trip" window

Browse to the required location, change the file name into "Here we go.htm" and press the

"Save" button. Your Sound Trip will be saved to your hard drive and the Sound Trip will be

automatically opened by the browser. Note that the Sound Trip title will be automatically set

to the file name unlike presented by the "Title Option" which will be described in the

Publishing chapter.

The resulting screen is shown in the following "Playing Sound Trips" section. There you will

also learn how to instantly listen to and control your Sound Trip.

An Internet copy of the sound trip is available through the link on the right side.

You may open it to compare it with your own creation.

Playing Trips

After you saved your Sound Trip as described above, the Sound Trip will automatically

be opened by your browser and be ready for play (your display may differ according to

varying preferences that can be changed as described in the following "Publishing"

chapter):

Play Group

Stop Group

Reset Group

Forward Group

Figure 11: Sound Trip publishing result

PLAY SOUND TRIP

To play your first Sound Trip:

1. The easiest way to play a Sound Trip is to play one group after the other. By default, the first

"Play Group" button blinks as soon as the Sound Page is loaded. Click this button to play the

first group. The first "Forward Group" button starts now blinking.

2. Click the first "Forward Group" button (blinking). The first group stops and the second group

starts playing. The second "Forward Group" button starts blinking.

3. Click the second "Forward Group" button (blinking). The second group stops and the third

group starts playing. The last (third) "Stop Group" button starts blinking.

4. Click the last "Stop Group" button (blinking). The third group stops - the Sound Trip has being

played. To play the Sound Trip again, press the buttons again as described above (without

blinking). You can also refresh the browser window first while pressing the F5 key.

Stop with "Play Group"

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In order to stop a group, you can also press the "Play Group" button again.

For further information on how to play Sound Pages or Animated Sounds visit the following

"Tips" section and the "Publishing" chapter below.

Further Tips

The following are a few recommendations for assembling Animated Sounds with

the Workbench:

Assembling Sounds

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Take your time browsing through the Sound Park in order to know better

each of the Animated Sounds. It requires patience to find really good

combinations.

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Building simultaneous groups of each of the four FleX categories will help you

to find a good sounding musical panorama. However, feel free to play

around with any combination you may like. Consider using the same sound

multiple times.

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You can preselect sound groups while publishing intermediate Sound

Pages. This will ease the access to your preferred combinations for later

combinations. You should use also your browsers' Favorites function.

Playing Sounds

The following are a few recommendations on how to extend your playing experiences

with Animated Sounds and Sound Pages:

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You can change the order of sound group play by individually controlling the

sound group buttons as displayed in the above figure.

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You can control each of the sounds individual using a broad set of interactive

functions. In order to learn about these functions, a simple tutorial is available

(8 pages) that allows to interactively experience the given possibilities.

To access the Animated Sounds tutorial click the button to the right:

Page Recorder

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You will be able to record, store, and replay a sequence that you played on the

Sound Page. For more information visit the "Page Recorder" section of the

Publishing chapter below.

HTML Customizations

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If you are familiar with HTML programming, you will find useful tips in the following

"Publishing" chapter on how to influence the playing conditions. You will be able

to:

Change the initial reference to an Animated Sound manually.

Apply a fixed sound channel to a playing position.

Limit a certain volume maximum value to a playing position.

Define the "Group button guidance", i.e. the sequence in which blinking

buttons will follow one each other.

Including a recorded sequence into your Sound Trip publication.

Define a set of Sound Pages to be loaded simultaneously.

Other HTML editing possibilities include:

Implementation of Page Info link (only through contact provided below).

Advanced Publishing

Beside the above possibilities, a large number of publishing conditions is directly

accessible using the "Preferences" window as described in the following chapter.

Publishing

Introduction

Further to the project status as prototype/demo version, the below information is reduced

to essential statements and might be incomplete. The same is valid for the degree of

testing that applies to each of the described features. You are expressively invited to

contact via the "Contact" tab at the bottom of the page for any information that the following

chapter cannot sufficiently provide or for any issues that arise from using the system.

The chapter is segmented according to the degree of customization that can be applied

to the prototype. These customization levels are sorted by the degree of the required

competency:

Expertise Levels

Level

Technique

Expertise

Recording

Shockwave applets directly applied through the browser.

Preferences

Shockwave applets directly applied through the browser.

HTML

Advanced HTML changes.

Shockwave

Parameter changes within fixed Shockwave movie model.

Programming

Lingo, sound programming references, etc., see "Library"

chapter.

Page Recorder

The following tutorial describes how to instantly record, play, and store any Sound

Trip that you create through your interaction with simultaneously opened Sound Pages.

Introduction

For the sake of the tour, the Workbench will be used to demonstrate the functionality

of the Page Recorder. Settings may vary from the screens displayed below. Please feel

free to vary any step described below and to experiment with the Page Recorder

on your own Sound Pages you published before as described above.

RECORD

To record your first Sound Trip (using the Workbench main pages as example):

Open Pages

1. Open the Workbench as described in the "Sound Park"/"Preparation" chapter. From the four

main pages, click anywhere onto the "Xpressions" window to prepare it for your first action.

The top bar will be displayed in the activated color (here dark blue):

Figure 12: Page Recorder accessed by the Workbench (Xpressions Table of Contents, 10-Sep-06)

Click "Record"

2. Now you can click the "Record" button in order to make the Page Recorder ready to start

your first record.

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By default - after loading a page or page set (like the Workbench) - the

"Record" button is enabled. However, as soon as any action has been taken,

the "Record" button disables and the "Reset" button must be used in order

to make sure that all elements are set back to their original position.

Playing from an undefined status of the elements would not allow to reproduce

correctly the sequence that has been recorded.

In case, the "Record" button is disabled after you opened the Workbench,

you can reset the page containing the Page Recorder (here "Xpressions").

This will enable the "Record" button and allow you also in later sessions

to record from any page set you want without turning back to the configuration of a

former recording when clicking on "Reset". You can reset a page using the F5 button.

Play Sequence

3. As soon as you start the first action, for instance, if you click into the Animated Sound

graphics to let the sound playing, the Page Recorder starts recording your sequence.

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While recording, you can play on different Sound Pages. For example, you start with

a Figure from the Figure page. Once the Figure is running, you move to the Layers

window to add an Animated Sound for the background. Please note that with

each change to a new page, you must click first anywhere into the window in order to

activate it. Then you click for the desired action.

Although a multi-page environment is demonstrated in this tour to show the full

capabilities of the Page Recorder, in most cases, you will probably record from a

single page.

Click "Stop"

4. For the sake of this tour, just activate all four Animated Sounds of the Workbench,

move back to the Xpressions window and press the "Stop" button on the Page

Recorder pane. Your first Sound Trip has been recorded.

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After you recorded a sequence, you can:

either reset the Sound Pages in order to play the sequence you just recorded,

or reset the Sound Pages in order to overdub another sequence to an existing one,

or store the sequence you just recorded into one of 10 storage places that are

attached to each Sound Page project.

RESET

To reset Sound Pages of your first Sound Trip:

Open Pages if needed

1. Open the Workbench as described above if it is not already open.

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If you reopen a page set where you recorded a sequence, the Page Recorder that is

included in the page set will 'remember' the last sequence you recorded together with the

page set.

Click "Reset"

2. Click the "Reset" button to make the Sound Pages ready for play or a new recording.

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The Page Recorder 'remembers' all Sound Pages that have been involved in a

recording. If you click the "Reset" button and pages would be missing, the Page

Recorder will automatically open them. In the same manner a numbered page will

navigate back to the original page number that was valid when the recording has been

started.

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In order to start a new recording from a new set of Sound Pages you need to refresh

the Sound Page that includes the Page Recorder after you opened the new page set.

Press "Record" instead of "Reset" and the new set will be recorded together with the

new sequence.

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If you navigate pages during your recording, those navigation actions will be recorded

and played as well. However, you must consider download time that applies and that

may cause timely mismatches.

Page Indicator

3. Watch the Page Indicator to make sure that all elements of the Pages are downloaded

into the cache.

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If you are working with multiple pages as in our Workbench example, you must watch

the Page Indicator of each Sound Pages simultaneously. As long as a Sound Page is still

in the process of downloading, other pages still may function with restricted performance.

Once you open the same Sound Page again, the downloaded sounds are still stored

in the cache and the activation time will be reduced to a minimum.

PLAY

To play the sequence of your first Sound Trip:

Click "Play" to play

1. Click the "Play" button to play the sequence you recorded. During this time you can further

apply actions to Animated Sounds and Sound Pages.

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Scheduled (automated) links of Animated Sounds are disabled during play.

Click "Play" to pause

2. Click the "Play" button again if you want to pause the current play. The "Play" button

turns into the "Pause" symbol and the sequence is on hold. During this period of time you

still can continue playing manually and all automated functions of the Animated Sounds are

enabled.

Click "Play" to

3. Click the "Play" button again if you want to continue the current play. The "Play" button

continue

turns back into the "Play" symbol and the sequence is being continued.

Click "Stop" to end

4. Click the "Stop" button if you want to stop the current play. If you want to play the sequence

again from the beginning, you must first click the "Reset" key as described above.

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The sequence stops automatically when its end is reached.

OVERDUB

To overdub a new track to your existing sequence:

Click "Record"

1. Click the "Record" button in order to make the Page Recorder ready to start the overdub

recording.

Click "Play" to

2. Before undertaking any other action on the pages, click immediately the "Play" button

start overdub

to record the new track to your existing sequence. The "Play" button will turn into red in order

to indicate that a overdub recording is taking place.

3. Now play the new sequence that will be merged into the existing recording. All automated

functions of the Animated Sounds are being disabled.

Click "Play" to pause

4. Click the "Play" button again if you want to pause the current play. The "Play" button

turns into a red "Pause" symbol and the sequence is on hold. During this period of time you

can still continue recording manually while all automated functions of the Animated Sounds

are enabled.

Click "Play" to

5. Click the "Play" button again if you want to continue to insert the paused sequence into

continue

the current overdub recording. The "Play" button turns back into the "Play" symbol and the

sequence is being continued.

Click "Stop" to end

6. Click "Stop" to finish the overdub recording.

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The sequence that is played during an overdub recording will not cause an automatic stop

when its end is reached. This allows you to continue with the recording as long as you wish.

You can perform as many overdub sessions onto the same recording as you want. This

might be especially useful if you plan to add further control to existing playing sounds, for

example by adding various panorama values or to limit the overall amplitude (right mouse

click into the volume bar).

However, there is no undo available for overdub sessions. If you want to keep the version

of your former sequence, you need to save it first. For more information about storing and

retrieving a recorded sequence, see the following sections.

SAVE

To save the sequence of your first Sound Trip:

After you finished recording a sequence you can directly store your sequence together with

the page set you are working on.

Select Location

1. Click the numbered "File ID" button in order to determine the storage location you would like

to place your recording in. Each click will move the current number one toward, counting from

0 to 9 and jumping back to 0.

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With each storage location you are scrolling through and that contains already a

recording, the "Load" button will be enabled. This indication will prevent you from

accidentally overriding a former recording when intending to save a new one.

Click "Save"

2. Click the "Save" button in order to store your recording.

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A Page Recorder is related to the browser page that contains it. This means that for

each Page Recorder 10 storage locations are available.

The "Save" button is disabled if no recording has been created or loaded that could

be saved at the moment.

LOAD

To load the sequence of your first Sound Trip:

Select Location

1. Click the numbered "File ID" button in order to determine the storage location you would like

to load a recording from. Each click will move the current number one toward, counting from

0 to 9 and jumping back to 0.

Click "Load"

2. Click the "Load" button to load the recording for playing, overdub recording, or publishing.

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The "Load" button will be disabled if there was no recording saved into the relevant

storage location.

In order to play the loaded recording, you need to reset the page set first (see description

above).

PUBLISH

To publish the sequence with a new Sound Trip project (advanced users):

Introduction

You can publish your sequence with a new Sound Trip project. That will allow everyone that

opens your Sound Trip to exactly follow the Sound Trip sequence as you intended it to be.

To enable your audience to play the sequence you will need to include the Page Recorder

into your publication as well.

The general way to achieve this powerful way of publishing is to define first your Sound Trip,

to publish it together with the Page Recorder, to record your sequence within the new published

Sound Trip and to re-publish it again including your recorded sequence.

Tools

In order to publish a sequence and the recorder with your Sound Trip, you must use extended

publication features that are provided by the Preferences page as described below. For more

information about extended publication features you can also visit the "Preferences" section

following the current section.

Define Sound Trip

1. From the Workbench page set, define a new Sound Trip as described in the "Sound Park"

chapter, "My first Trip" section. Don't publish the Sound Trip yet.

Click on "Prefs"

2. In the left upper corner of the "Figures" window, click the "Prefs" link. The Prefs access page

opens.

Close Workbench

3. Close all four windows of the Workbench.

Open "Prefs"

4. Click the "Preferences" link (title) in the Prefs access page. The Preferences page opens.

Define menu

5. Include the Page recorder into your Sound Trip publication. This requires the following steps:

In the "Customize Layout" section, locate the "Component Placements" line.

Click the third button to bring the bar symbol to the left side.

In the "Control Left Menu Prefs" line, click the "R" button.

In the "Record and Play" section, right-click the first four buttons (will be grayed).

In the "Control Left Menu Prefs" line, left-click the "E" button.

In the "Record and Play" section, right-click the last four buttons (will be grayed).

In the "Control Left Menu Prefs" line, left-click the "E" button again.

In the "Create Sound Trips" section, right-click the "Publish" button.

Publish Sound Trip

6. In the "Create Sound Trips" section, left-click the "Publish" button to publish your Sound Trip.

Close Preferences page

7. Close the Preferences page and reset your Sound Trip (F5) to enable the Page Recorder.

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The system allows only one Page Recorder to be active at a time. This means that

following Page Recorders are disabled. In order to activate them you must make sure

that all other Page Recorders are closed and refresh the current Page Recorder you

want to work with.

Record Sequence

8. Play and record a page that you want to publish as described above.

Publish Sound Trip

9. In your Sound Trip left menu, click the "Publish" button. Follow the Publishing instructions as

again

described in the "Sound Park" chapter, "My first Trip" section and save the Sound Trip under

the same name again.

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You may change the set of functions provided to your Sound Trip audience again before

the final publication. For example, you may want to publish only play functions but not

record functions, suppressing the "Record" and the "Save" button.

In this case you will use the Preferences page again to change the settings and publish

your Sound Trip from there. For more information about using the Preferences page, visit

the "Preferences" section below.

The sequence is stored within the new published HTML. Make sure that your audience will

have access to all pages, in case you recorded a multiple pages project (see following

section).

Close older Version

10. Close the older version of your Sound Trip. Refresh the new Sound Trip page if necessary,

i.e., if the Page Recorder buttons are disabled.

Verify Sequence

11. In your Sound Trip left menu, click the "Reset" button to activate the sequence you have

published. Click "Play" to verify your published recording.

Example

Figure 13: Published Sound Trip including Page Recorder and pre-recorded sequence (13-Sep-06)

Send to Friend

12. Send your Sound Page to a friend.

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A Sound Page that has a left side menu consists of three HTML pages with the

following naming convention:

<name>.htm

<name>Menu.htm

<name>Frame.htm

All files must reside in one folder. The <name>Frame.htm file is the file to start from.

If you published multiple pages by using the "Add Page" feature, additional files

will need to be enclosed in your delivery, following the convention:

<name>.htm

<name>_2.htm

<name>_3.htm

<name>_4.htm

PUBLISH

To record a sequence from a multi-page Sound Trip project:

MULTI-PAGE

You can publish a sequence with a set of multiple pages that will be re-load automatically

once you operate the "Reset" button.

Open Recorder Page

1. Open your last Sound Trip that includes a Page Recorder.

Open additional Pages

2. Open further pages that you would like to include into your recording.

Reset Recorder Page

3. Reset the first page containing the Page Recorder (F5) in order to activate the "Record"

button. The "Record" button turns from gray into white.

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If you would click the "Reset" button instead of resetting the page, pages from former

multiple Sound Trip projects could be re-opened.

Record Sequence

4. Play and record a sequence across different pages as you like.

Save Sequence

5. Your recorded sequence is temporarily saved and will be re-opened automatically as soon

as you open the page again that includes the Page Recorder. However, you may also store

or publish the sequence as described above.

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Please remember that you can assemble page links for a multi-page project also by

using the Page Indicator. The below Figures show how various Workbench pages are

assembled into a multi-page reference page from where they can be re-opened again.

Figure 14: Selection of Workbench pages (14-Sep-06)

Figure 15: Publication of Workbench pages links (14-Sep-06)

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The page titles that are shown in the above figure are appearing each in a new line.

You can achieve this by clicking the "New Line" button in the "Figures" window of the

Workbench. If you don't use "New Line", the titles will appear in one line. If you use

it every second time, you will create a table with two columns. This method applies

of course also to the Animated Sounds as you have learned above.

RESTORE PRESET

To restore the preset sequence of your first Sound Trip publication:

The sequence that you published within a Sound Trip project can be restored using the

"Restore" button (see Figure 13 above) any time after other recordings have taken place.

If you want to make sure that your audience will be able to restore your suggested recording,

you must include the "Restore" button into your publication as described above.

More options about publications beyond those are offered in the Workbench, and additional

explanations can be found in the following "Preferences" section.

Preferences

If you like the idea of publishing sound pages, then you might want to dive deeper into the

possibilities that are offered by the Workbench and the extended Preferences set.

The best way to learn about the complete possibilities is to follow the descriptions laid out

in the Preferences page and to experiment right away. A lot of combinations are offered

using these settings.

Access Preferences

Access to the Preferences page is provided at the right link, and through the

standard menu of sound pages ("Prefs" link).

Add Page

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In the "Create Sound Trips" section, use the "Add Page" feature in order to include

multiple pages into your project that will be published automatically with an appropriate

page navigation scheme you can place at different locations in the page.

Layout Options

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and Objects

In the "Customize Layout" section, play with size, color, fonts and placements of the

various page objects. Pay especially attention to the question, which objects you

would like to include, as provided by the "Component Selection" and "Component

Placement" lines.

Personal Images

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In the "Customize Layout" section, scroll through the "Background" icons until you get to

the "Local" window. Now you can include personal backgrounds from your computer

into your projects. Unlike preset backgrounds, personal images will be loaded for each

page separately.

Publish Preferences

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If you decide to use the side menu as provided with the left menu option of the third button

of the "Component Placement" line, then you will be able to publish any combination of

preference buttons into your new project. For this reason, use the "Control Left Menu Prefs"

line to manage those settings and create them simply by right-clicking the required

preference buttons one after the other. This process is also described in the above "Page

Recorder" section.

Use Greeting Option

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Use the "Greetings" option (4th button of the "Component Selection" line) in order to insert

text blocks into your Sound Pages. If you use this option, a dialog will open during the

publishing process prompting you to enter your text. You can enter or copy any text or

standard HTML statement. The Greeting will appear on the first page of each Sound Trip

project.

Figure 16: "Enter Sound Trip Info" dialog box

Use Title Option

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Use the "Title" option (2nd button of the "Component Selection" line) in order to insert

a certain title for your Sound Trip project which will be different from the file name of

your project.

If you don't use this option, you are still able to provide a name of your choice in the

"Save My Sound Trip" dialog (see Figure 10 in the "My First Trip" section, "Sound Park"

chapter). However, in this case the title will be identical with the file name.

Figure 17: "Enter Title" dialog box

An example of the insertion of Title and Greeting is shown in the following figure:

Figure 18: Insertion of customized title and greeting using the Title and the Greeting option

HTML

For further advanced customization of your projects you can also directly edit the HTML source

files. The following is a summary of the most important page objects and their parameters

that can be used to adapt Sound Page projects to your needs.

ANIMATED SOUNDS

Animated Sounds Options (SoundID.dcr)

Customization of Animated Sound parameters can increase their flexibility and

performance.

Change Reference

Change Sound Reference

Parameter: src and sw1

Example:

Values:

src = "S" + 4-6 digits + ".dcr"

sw1 = any letter [ + 4-6 digits ]

Notes: specific sw1 sound prefix must exist. Default: "S"

Change must be applied to group objects at the relevant position

(identify sound number with Find), whereas the prefix will be directly written

into all 3 or 4 group object lists, for example, "B0649", no extension.

Indication:  or similar tag introduces sound object.

or similar tag introduces group object.

at the bottom of the page.

Use cases: Enhancing performance of specific sound where needed.

Member variations for re-use of sounds in different environments.

If sw1 includes the full SoundID (letter plus digits), buttonguide focus

for Sound Palettes is being suppressed.

Set Placeholder

Parameter: sw2

Example: <param name="sw2" value="F1">

Values: any string; F, L, E, X + 1|2; T1-T4

Notes: Used for identifying location on HTML page including

record and play. Special use case for using F1, F2, L1, L2,

E1, E2, X1, X2 in Navigator applications to support play options;

Special use case for using T1-T4 with large members (palettes)

Indication: Hidden. When using F, L, E, X placeholders, sw4 feature

can be used to support type

Use cases: Page building, page recording, advanced Navigator and

Sound Palette use.

Set Channel

Set Fixed Channel

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="0">

Values: from 1 to 8 (fixed), and 0 (automatic = default)

Notes: Fixed channel will make sure that sound is played through this

channel and does not depend on automatic channel assignment.

Indication: Shown in the Animated Sound display bar if activated.

Activation can be done in Workbench Events window, or in Preferences

at the bottom of the page.

Use cases: Enhancing performance of specific sound where needed.

Preset Checkbox

Set checkbox in advance

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="check">

Values: [channel] + "check" | "unche"

Notes: Checkbox will be checked or unchecked regardless

former status. Fixed Channel can still be set putting number in advance.

Indication: Checkbox of sound member in upper 'toolbar'

Checkbox can be operated regardless presetting. Reload of member

(also through Link) will restore presetting.

Use cases: Preselection of members to be published.

Ongoing play for Sound Palette members can be preset, the user can

immediately start playing.

Set Sound Label

Set Sound Classification Label

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="F">

Values: any string; F, L, E, or X by default

Indication: Shown in the Animated Sound display bar if activated.

Activation can be done in Workbench Events window, or in Preferences

at the bottom of the page.

Use cases: Enhanced usability for sound selection through classification.

Change Volume

Limit Overall Volume Values for a given position in the page

Parameter: sw5

Example: <param name="sw5" value="42">

Values: from 1 to 84

Notes: Will be valid for all sounds that will be called from this position.

All values that are issued by the relevant Animated Sound will be

reduced according the set maximum (limiter) value.

Indication: Red color in the volume bar shows degree of reduction.

All moves of volume slider are still shown in full range but executed

relatively to upper limit.

Use cases: Pre-mix of presented sounds, presenting identical sounds

with different base volume

Preset Fade-In

Preset Fade-In value for sound member

Parameter: sw5

Example: <param name="sw5" value="$100">

Values: [ Volume + ] "$" + [ ms ]

Notes: Replaces the preset fadein value in the member definition.

Can be combined with the above mixing setting.

Indication: Right-click 'Play' symbol. Value appears red in lower gray bar.

Click into the bar can change the value again.

Right-click again to remove display.

Right-click again to see change.

Use cases: Preset Fade-In values for playing audience.

Change during play.

Change Panorama

Change Overall Panorama Values for a given position in the page

Parameter: sw6

Example: <param name="sw6" value="2">

Values: from 1 to 5 (left, left-center, center, right-center, right)

Notes: Will be valid for all sounds that will be called from this position.

All values that are issued by the relevant Animated Sound are

reduced to 1/5 range and be placed at one of the 5 major positions.

Indication: Panorama button will be displayed in red.

Disable the value with left mouse-click till new page reset.

Use cases: Pre-mix of presented sounds

Preset Fade-Out

Preset Fade-Out value for sound member

Parameter: sw6

Example: <param name="sw6" value="$2000">

Values: [ Panorama + ] "$" + [ ms ]

Notes: Replaces the preset fadeout value in the member definition.

Can be combined with the above panorama setting.

Indication: Right-click 'Mute' symbol. Value appears red in lower gray bar.

Click into the bar can change the value again.

Right-click again to remove display.

Right-click again to see change.

Use cases: Preset Fade-Out values for playing audience.

Change during play.

Change Object Size

Change Display Size of Aminated Sound

Parameter: sw7, object

Example: <param name="sw7" value="large">

Values: "medium" | "big" | "palette" | "large" | "large2"

Size values see below.

Display

sw7

height

width

invisble

small

medium

big

palette

170

large

248

358

touchscreen

large2

496

716

Notes: Not all Animated Sounds are enabled for large display.

In this case, you will get a distorted view of the small image.

Other sizes are realized by changig only the "height" and "width"

parameters of the <object> tag (see values).

Indication: Change of Animated Sound display.

Use cases: Larger display allows more detailed control of cklicking

into the sound graphics. This especially useful for larger sound files.

Very small or invisible display allwos to add Animated Sounds

into a web page in a more descrete way.

BUTTON GUIDE

Button Guide and Group Control Options (Group...dcr)

GROUP CONTROL

The button guide option allows users of Sound Pages to follow recommended

sequences of button execution to support a certain musical flow as intended by

the author.

In addition, the Group control buttons (Play, Stop, Reset, and Forward) can be

customized to play, stop, or reset a different set of Animated Sounds or to include

sub sequences derived from the Page Recorder.

Set Sequence Label

Set Sequence Label for Button

Parameter: sw5 (Group Controls)

Example: <param name="sw5" value="%init!0:1%w2!2000:reset">

Values: "%" + Listen Label + "!" Delay Time + ":" + Follow Label

[multiple times]

Listen Label and Follow Label are alphanumeric strings. Delay Time is

numeric string expressing milliseconds. The initial default label is "init".

The default delay time is always set to "0" (set by the FleX Publisher).

Parameter: sw5 (Page Recorder)

Example: <param name="sw5" value="%init:1%w2:reset">

Values: "%" + Listen Label + ":" + Follow Label [multiple times]

Listen Label and Follow Label are alphanumeric strings.

The initial default label is "init".

Notes: As soon as a label is set and the label equals the Listen Label,

the button will be highlighted. As soon as the button will be executed,

the Follow Label will be set as the new label to be recognized by a

following button.

If a delay time is set, the button will be constantly highlighted for the

duration of the delay. As soon as the delay is elapsed or no delay has

been set, the button will blink in an approximate frequency of 1 second.

Since a label set can be included multiple times, the same button

can react to different labels in order to direct to identical labels (loop)

or to different labels (alternative).

Button Guide is available for group and Page Recorder buttons

(see "Record and Play" section in the "Preferences" page).

Button highlighting can be activated by right mouse click for group

buttons only. If the button does not contain a label set, the "init" label

will be set. Delay time values will be ignored in this case.

The initial label is written into the internal "buttonfollow" preference

file. When using palettes (see below), upon every load of a palette

belonging to a base palette, the palette index (one alpha-numeric key)

is automatically written to "buttonfollow". This allows context-sensitive

appliance of group parameters also for palettes without reloading

the base palette HTML file.

Parameter: sw6 (Group Reset and Group Stop only)

Example: <param name="sw6" value="reset">

Values: Alphanumeric string or "@"

Notes: As soon as the Group Reset or Group Stop button is pressed,

the indicated label is set and replaces the current Listen Label.

This precedes any setting provided in sw5 (see above) and is used

in cases where the user should be guided to start a sequence again.

If "@" is used instead of a string, the current session path button

guide sequence label is being used in accordance with the wrapping

file as described in the "Use Wrapping File to Launch Sound Pages

with Different Settings" section below (4.).

Indication: Group buttons can be identified by a  or

similar tag.

Preferences buttons are residing in "<name>Menu.htm" files and can be

detected by their respective identifier that is also used at the page, for

example, .

Button highlighting is implemented as 1second blinking that can vary

according to the actual performance load.

Use cases: Guiding a user through a Sound Trip in a well defined

manner. Guiding a user through operations with the appliance of

Preferences functions (for example, for tutorials).

The Delay Time option can be used in order to indicate when a user

should go ahead to perform the current intended operation. This allows

a timely structure of the recommended Sound Trip (speed of changes).

Change Sound Group

Define new set of Animated Sounds to be executed by the relevant

Group Control

Parameter: sw2

Example: <param name="sw2" value="Sound Trip5:S19731:

Sound Trip6:A3998:Sound Trip7:S18374:Sound Trip8:G19694:">

Values: Placeholder (sw2) + ":" + Animated Sound Label + ":"

of an Animated Sound object, usually multiple times.

Animated Sound Label = "S0000" for Play, Stop, and Forward

Animated Sound Label = Sound Index (sw1) + Sound Number (src)

for Play, Stop, and Reset (see description below).

Notes: You can delete or add any pair of Group and Animated Sound

Labels. The action defined by the group function (play, stop, reset, or

stop initiated by forward) will be executed for the changed or new set

of Animated Sounds.

You can also keep the same Placeholder and call a different Animated

Sound (this might result in online loading problems).

Play: The sound will continue playing the Animated Sound that is currently

open at the Placeholder. If you use a real sound reference instead of

"S0000", the indicated sound will be opened first and then be played.

When Group Play control is pressed again, the same list will be stopped

according to the functionality described below. This can be suppressed

introducing the "(nstp)" option prior to the elements. "(nply)" will do the

opposite: It will not play but stop what is useful to stop subsequences (see

below). In this case the relevant placeholders must be listed.

In addition "(stop)", "(mute)", "(play)", "(keep)", and "(dirc)" can override the

standard behavior of the elements that are listed when "play" is pressed.

(stop)

Stop a sound instead of playing it.

(mute)

Reset a sound instead of playing it.

(play)

Force play again, after other options have been set.

(keep)

Play the sound only if no sound is currently playing

at the placeholder position, otherwise keep the current

sound playing.

(dirc)

Play the sound only if the Play group control was directly

executed. If the element is called by another Play group

control, it will be suppressed.

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(dirc) can be used to launch single elements directly, whereas a group

of such elements can be launched from a Play group control on a higher

level. Then. the lower Play group controls can still be launched for

later interaction whithout having them launching the grouped elements again.

The advantage of launching elements as a group from a higher level

is a higher degree of synchronity.

The options are valid for the current and all following elements

in the list, till a new option would appear. They are activated only

with the Play status of the Play group control. When the Play status

changes to Stop (second time pressing the Play group control),

these options will be ignored.

The options can usually also be used in sw4 sequences (see below).

Stop: The sound will stop after its preset decay period. All scheduled

animated links will be disabled. If you use a real sound reference instead

of "S0000", the indicated sound will be loaded and immediately muted

(comparing to Reset).

Forward: The sw2 values are valid for the stop function which is executed

as described in Stop. sw6 will allow to define a different destination group

(see below).

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

Define Recorder Type

Define Recorder Type in PageRecord procedure

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="Reef Recorder">

Values: "Reef Recorder" | none

Notes: By default, the PageRecord procedure assumes the

"Classic Recorder" functionality which is provided for the

Portal, the Workbench, and optionally for other Sound Page

projects.

If a project provides additional functionality through the

"Reef Recorder" functionality (including special capabilities

of GroupPlay functions as described in the Animated Sound

help), the PageRecord procedure needs to include "Reef

Recorder" in parameter sw3.

"Reef Recorder" functionality is applied in "The Sound Surf Beach",

"The Sound S@nd Bank", "Palette" configurations, and optionally

in the "Freesound Injections", and "Freesound Explorations" projects.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Extended recording and play capabilities (hierarchical

recording).

For more information, open "Appendix A" of the "Animated Sound"

help.

Change Group Label

Define new Group Label for Multiple Use of Group Control

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="Figures 008_1">

Value: Any string [ ";" + any string ..]

Multiple strings divided by ";" require use of sw7 (see below)

and are not valid for Group Play controls.

Notes: Group functions can link to any of the same or a similar

set of Animated Sounds.

The Group Label controls the activation status of the Group Play

control (red color) and the uniqueness for Page Recorder's record and

play functions for all Group controls. If the play indication (red color) of

a Group Play control should be disabled, a second Group control

(Stop, Forward, or Reset) need to share the same Group Label, or the

Group Play button must be pressed again (play/stop toggle).

If a number of different Group Play buttons need to be stopped,

multiple Group Labels can be entered in sw3. In this case a unique Group

Label must be entered in addition in sw7 (see below).

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

Stop Group indirectly

Stop the Group Play Control Playlist indirectly

through Stop

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="indirect">

Value: "indirect"

Notes: By default, the Group Stop control sets the Group Play

control mode of the Group Label(s) set in sw3 to "stopped" and

stops the relevant elements in its own stop list set in sw2.

With the "indirect" option, the playlists set in sw2 of the Group Play

controls are stopped in addition to the Play control mode.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Distributed and context depending management of

playlists avoiding reference overhead when changing groups of

Animated Sounds.

Play Group directly

Specify Group for Direct Play through Group Forward Control

through Forward

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="Sound Trip5:S19731:

Sound Trip6:A3998:Sound Trip7:S18374:Sound Trip8:G19694:">

Values: Placeholder (sw2) + ":" + Animated Sound Label + ":"

of an Animated Sound object, usually multiple times.

Animated Sound Label = "S0000" for launching currently open sound

Animated Sound Label = Sound Index (sw1) + Sound Number (src)

for launching specified sound

Notes: Combining the function for stopping a group of sounds in sw2

with direct launch of a new group here in sw4 provides a convenient

way to link groups or parts together in a continuous way of playing

without the need to include Group Play and Group Stop controls.

sw4 allows to launch a group without the need to refer to another

Group Play control that would launch the group. However, independent

sequences (see sw6 of Group Play controls) are not available through

the Group Forward control.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

Reset Sounds for

Stop or Reset a Group of Sounds from a Group Play control

Sub Sequences

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="Sound Trip5:S19731:

Sound Trip6:A3998:(stop)Sound Trip7:S18374:Sound Trip8:G19694:">

Values: [ option ] + Placeholder (sw2) + ":" + Animated Sound

Label + ":" of an Animated Sound object, usually multiple times.

Option = "(stop)" or "(mute)"

Animated Sound Label = Sound Index (sw1) + Sound Number (src)

Notes: When using Sub Sequences in sw6 this parameter can make

sure that the desired sounds are in position when a Sub Sequence

tries to access them (most of the Recorder commands require

the actual sound being displayed, otherwise they would be ignored).

This way, Group Reset controls can be avoided. This parameter,

however, should not call identical group members in sw2.

In addition, any individual set of animated sounds can be stopped or

reset using either the (stop) or the (mute) option. The option remains

active for all remaining elements, till another option appears in a

later element.

This option is valid only for the ON status of the Group Play control,

and is being ignored when the OFF status is given, i.e., if the played

status (pink, blue, or red) changes to the stopped status (black).

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Reset a Group of Sounds for assuring Sub Sequence play,

Individual stop or reset of Animated Sounds.

Load additional Page

Load additional Page from individual Project Folders (Reset)

to any Frame

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="Xpressions01.htm;topframe2"

Values: Destination file + ";" + destination frame (HTML)

Prefs-ID: project.txt

Notes: When using different projects, generic sound pages can invoke

project specific files from another destination and be included in the same

page using standard HTML frames.

The project tag that allows to control this process is issued by the

InitSong.dcr function, sw9 (see below). This tag is used as subfolder

path and will be combined with the destination file above.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use case: It is recommended to issue this parameter only once from a project

portal page. Then, the GroupReset.dcr page load function will automatically

rely on this relative path for the duration the project is being used. Opening

another portal will cause the GroupReset.dcr page load function to look for

the load file in another folder.

Launch Independent

Perform Recorded Sequences with the Group Play Control (Sub

Sequence from Play

Sequences)

Parameter: sw6

Example: <param name="sw6" value="[50](2000-2300):

LinkSesame1330s$S5150e$;1000:LinkSesame1330s$S5149e$;

3000:LinkSesame1330s$S5151e$;1000:GroupPlayStop;">

Values: [ "[" + %Value + "]" +

Any time value + ":" + any Recorder command + ";" ..]

%Value: 1-100, This optional function skips the current

element in the sequence and moves to the next according to

the %-probability.

Random numbers: Instead of any Integer string within any

expression use "(" + lower value + "-" + higher value + ")"

Time value: In milliseconds. Unlike in the Page Recorder

time values are usually relatively evaluated, expressing the

number of milliseconds that elapses till the next command is

being executed (see also sw8 below).

"GroupPlayStop": Stops sequence execution

"GroupPlayFree": Stops sequence but continues animated playing

"GeneralStop": Stops all sequences and the Page Recorder

"GroupPlayLoop": Continuously repeats the sequence

"ForcePlay_" + Group Control ID: calls another sequence to play

"ForceStop_" + Group Control ID: calls another sequence to stop

Group Control ID: Root name + "_" + Integer

Parameter sw8: Allows permutation of elements (see below)

Recorder commands: See "Page Recorder Options" section below

Notes: Scheduled sequences as known from the Page Recorder (see

below) can be launched individually and in parallel instead or together

with the standard call of group elements as known from parameter sw2.

All commands are available including those that control Group Controls,

which allows to create hierarchical sequences as well. Group Play

sequences can be automatically stopped using GroupPlayStop at the end

of the sequence, or being looped using GroupPlayLoop instead. In addition

two modes of permutation are available as described below (sw8).

Integer values can be differentiated by a simple random formula that

allows any random value within a defined range (see Values above).

For the duration of any Play Control Sequence being active, any

scheduled action of the Animated Sounds is being suppressed. It

is automatically retained as soon as no Play Control Sequence is

any more active. In order to record a working session including those

sequences with the Page Recorder (see below), the "Overdub" mode

of the Page Recorder must be used.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Play status of the Group Play control button is indicated in pink color when

Sub Sequences are used (default active color is red).

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

With "ForcePlay" and "ForceStop" plus group placeholder, other Group Play

sequences can be launched from within a standard sequence. This allows

to create a kind of non-hierachical network behaviour (internally realized by

"kick" and "kill" commands). Mixed elements of this kind need to be edited

individually and can not be transferred from the Recorder string.

Use Page Recorder

TIP

to gain required data

In order to ease the use of this feature, sequences can be directly recorded

as needed with the Page Recorder. Then the recorded content can be

transferred into the individual play sequence by using the PlayTransfer

object as described in the Recorder section above. The recorded content

is available through the "transfer.txt" preference file that can be accessed

through the Shockwave preferences folder that reads something like:

C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application Data\Macromedia

\Shockwave Player\Prefs\Q93Z43LF

Originally, Page Recorder sequences are written in absolute time mode

directly available through the "mouse.txt" file within the same folder. When

transferring this type of sequence from the Page Recorder, parameter sw8

in the Group Play object must be set to "absolute" in order to cause

absolute time value evaluation.

Change Destination

Specify Destination Group for Group Forward Control

Group for Forward

Parameter: sw6

Example: <param name="sw6" value="Figures 008_1">

Value: Any string [ ";" + any string ..]

Notes: Per default, the following group (automated group index + 1

based on group name as indicated in a unique sw3 statement and

provided through publishing) is being played when executing the

Group Forward control button. If you want another group to be played

or if you changed the Group Label of the successor group, you can

indicate this label using the sw6 parameter. Then, also multiple entries

are possible to trigger multiple groups.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

Add Group Label

Define an alternate Group Label for Multiple Use of Group Controls

for Recording

Stop, Reset, and Forward

Parameter: sw7

Example: <param name="sw7" value="Figures 008_1">

Value: Any string

Notes: If you want to set multiple group destinations but still want

to stop the same group the Group Forward button is referring to, and

to disable the Group Play indication that belongs to this group, you

need to retain the Group Label as defined in sw3. The same is valid

for a second Group Stop button that might stop only a part of the

same group, or for a second Group Play button that would be

launched by the same forwarded label, etc.

In all those different use cases where a multiplication of identical button

controls applies to the same group sharing its Group Label (sw3), the

Page Recorder needs still to recognize each of the multiple buttons by

a different Recording Label. This is provided by the sw7 parameter and

must be used for any of those cases.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

Stop other Group

Create a Chain of Group Play controls - Stop others while start Group

Play Controls

Play control

Parameter: sw7

Example: <param name="sw7" value="Figures 008_1">

Value: [ option ] + any string [ ";" + [ option ] + any string ..] | "(kick);"

Option = "(disp)" or "(kick)" or "(togl)" or "(kill)"

Notes: Unlike the other controls, sw3 remains always unique for Group Play

control, therefore sw7 is not used for the unique recorder ID function (see

above).

sw7 in Group Play provides the possibility to provide a number of other

Group Play labels that will stop the corresponding Group Play controls.

This is especially useful when a larger number of Group Play controls

with sub sequences in sw6 should be concatenated without the involvement

of all the other group controls.

A similar concatenation function is available for Forward (sw2 for stop and sw4

for playing a number of Animated Sounds), however, this Group Play feature

is related to labels and not to a list of Animated Sounds. Therefore only

complete groups will be launched and stopped.

In order to start other groups simultaneously with the native group, use the

"GroupPlay_[ID]" Page Recorder command within a Sub Sequence (see sw6,

"Perform Recorded Sequences…" above).

When using the FleX button (see below), the Placeholder root will be changed

when a new Base Palette is being launched.

Options:

(disp) -

Changes "play" display to "stop" display without stopping elements

(this is needed when elements stopped anyway)

(kick) -

Sets groups on "play" when play is pressed and on "stop" when

stop is pressed (remote launch)

(kick); -

Same as above, but analyzes sw2 elements to apply the kick list

automatically (for this feature, the placeholders must be reduced to

two alpha-numeric letters)

(togl) -

Sets groups on "play" when stop is pressed and on "stop" when

play is pressed (remote launch)

(kill) -

Sets groups on "stop" when play is pressed (remote launch)

No action if stop is pressed. Useful for succession of various groups

where older controls can be stopped (no need for use of sw4 to

directly stop the elements)

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

Permutation of Play

Permute Elements of Recorded Sequences with the Group Play Control

Sequence Elements

Parameter: sw8

Example: <param name="sw8" value="permute">

Value: "permute", "permute2", "sequence", "absolute"

Notes: Further to the Play Control Sequence possibilities as described

above, sequence elements can be selected randomly instead of being

processed in a sequence. In this case the sequence will not terminate until

the Play Control status is set to stop.

If "permute" is set, all time and command elements will be permuted

independently. "permute2" permutes coupled time and command

elements as one. "sequence" must not be set since it is considered

as default. "absolute" evaluates the time values as in the Page Recorder

in an absolute (accumulated) manner.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: Execution of individual, overlapping, and complex cross-page

networking oriented group settings, especially useful in accordance with

the Button Guide function (see above) for easy navigation.

Play Soundfiles instead

Play soundfiles alternatively to Animated Sounds with the Group Play Control

of Animated Sounds

Parameter: sw8

Example: <param name="sw8" value="volume:100;fadein:2000;fadeout:2000;">

Values: "volume:" + <value1> + ";" [ <parameter> + <value2> + ";" ]n

<parameters> = "fadein:" | "fadeout:" | "fadeout2:" (all optional)

<value1> = 0..255 (0 = mute, 255 = max. volume)

<value2> = n (milliseconds)

Default: fadein: 1000, fadeout: 1000, fadeout2 = 7500

Default Sound Folder: /FleX/freesound/sounds/

Soundfile name: Placeholder (sw3) + ".mp3"

Notes: When the mandatory volume value is entered in the sw8

parameter and the "FleX" button (usually found in a Palette environment)

is clicked (left mouse, red logo indication), the system searches for

a sound in the pre-defined default Sound Folder that has the name

of the Placeholder as indicated in sw3 plus ".mp3" sound extension.

As soon as the Group Play Control is being clicked, this sound will

be played instead of the Animated Sounds. The Animated Sounds

however (see sw2 definition) will be launched as well in muted mode.

Animated sound sequences issued in sw6 will still execute.

When the Control button is clicked again, the sound file will pause

while performing the fadeout value. The fadeout2 value will apply instead,

if the FleX button has been pressed again to leave the Soundfile playing

mode. The fadeout2 value is usually larger than the fadeout value due

to expected call of a new Animated Sounds group which launches usually

with a larger delay.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: When calling a complete set of Animated Sounds the performance

can be significantly reduced. In this case a soundfile which has been

recorded from the set and is placed into the Sound Folder can be played

to allow instant flow of the required sounds. Both Soundfile play and

the play of Animated Sounds can be switched any time in order to allow

the required combination of instant response and flexibility.

Suppress Initialization

Suppress placeholder initialization with the Group Reset Control

of Placeholders

Parameter: sw8

Example: <param name="sw8" value="noinitPlaceholders">

Value: "noinitPlaceholders"

Notes: The predefined members in parameter sw2 (see above)

will not be initialized upon the start of the page. The initialization

however will take place as soon as the reset button is being

pressed.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: When switching HTML pages that control a similar

Sound Page (such as switching a matrix of multiple play controls),

the initial reset of all placeholders will be suppressed to allow for

continuous work with the currently active animated sounds.

Text Display

Display text when pressing a Guided Button and when Mouseover

Parameter: sw9

Example: <param name="sw9" value="This is my free comment">

Value: Alphanumeric text OR "sw" + one digit (1-9)

Notes: In accordance with the Page Display object (see Preferences) free

text can be displayed each time a Group control button is pressed.

If a "sw" + one digit (1-9) string is entered the content of those

parameters is being shown.

In addition, Group functions that are highlighted will show their text through

mouseover. If Page Recorder text is displayed, the text will switch to

the Group function text. When moving the mouse away, the Page Recorder

text resumes.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Page Recorder buttons as introduced in the "Preferences" page.

Use cases: Leading through a row of Play Groups with play instructions.

Using Group control buttons as independent application unit in order

to display any text without performing other Group actions.

Including Page Recorder button instruction for complete tutorials.

Setup of Text Display object

Parameter: sw9 (default text)

Example: <param name="sw9" value="This is my free comment">

Value: Alphanumeric text

Notes: In accordance with all Group control features (see above)

text can be displayed each time a Group control button is pressed.

The text included in parameter sw9 will show a text every time the page

containing the Display Object is being refreshed.

If sw9 is not defined, "Press >>" will be shown by default.

In order to hide text, enter space elements like " ".

Parameter: bgColor (background color)

Example: <param name="bgColor" value="#8D0000">

Values: "#000000" (black), "#8D0000" (dark red), "#FFFF99" (yellow),

#FF9900 (orange); #F5F5F5 (gray)

Notes: The color value should match the background color value as provided

in the <body> statement.

Indication: Page functions introduced by  label.

Use cases: See above.

Button Guide sensitive

Activate Specific List String when pressing a Guided Button

List Selection

Parameters: (Group Controls: all parameters except sw1 and sw5;

Page Recorder buttons: sw9 only)

Example: <param name="sw9" value="<%default>Standard note.<%init>

Start next button.<%3>Now start again from the beginning.<%">

Values: [ "<%default>" + list chunk + ] [ "<%" + button guide sequence label +

">" + list chunk ] (repeat )

Notes: A part of a complete parameter list or free text (sw9) is being selected

each time a Group control or a Page Recorder (see "Preferences" page)

button is pressed.

Text after "<%default>" - will be activated if button guide is not active or cannot

be found at the specific button when pressed (highlighting).

Text after "<%" + button guide sequence label + ">" - will be activated if button

guide is active at the specific button when pressed according to the

actual label that caused the highlighting of that button as defined in sw5.

No action will be taken if neither a <%default> string is defined nor another

button guide sequence label could be identified during the call.

Indication: Group functions introduced by  label.

Page Recorder buttons as introduced in the "Preferences" page (sw9).

Use cases: Leading through a row of Play Groups with play instructions.

Using Group control buttons in multiple ways activating and stopping various

Animated Sounds and/or other Group controls depending on a specific

path that is laid out as a certain button guide.

Note:

Alternatively the "[" "]" brackets symbols can be used in HTML environments

where "<%" combinations etc., are not valid (for example, in Ning.com communities).

Summary Group

The following table summarizes the Group Control function parameters:

Controls

Parameter

Play

Stop

Reset

Forward

sw1

Function path*

sw2

Play list

Stop list

Reset list

Stop list

sw3

Control ID

Control ID(s)

sw4

Reset list

Indirect

Project link

Play list

sw5

Button Guide*

sw6

Sub Sequence

Guide reset

Destination ID(s)

sw7

Control ID(s)

Control ID

sw8

Permutation

No init

sw9

Text Display

* Not valid for button guide sensitive list selection

PAGE RECORDER

Page Recorder Options

Recorded sequences ("Sound Trips") can be exchanged via email or being exposed

for further editing.

Preset recorded sequences and page sets are being manually edited using the relevant

parameters described below. In addition, an automatic load of a complete page set

can easily be arranged.

When editing sequences you must make sure to apply the corresponding page sets

that include the Animated Sounds that are called by the sequence.

Exchange Sequences

Exchange a Recorded Sequence

The following table summarizes the Sequence Exchange function parameters:

Send

Receive

Transfer

Extract

Extract ID

sw1

Function path

sw2

Root name

sw3

Sound Page

sw5

Button Guide

sw9

Text Display

Functional overview:

Send:

Send recorded sound trip sequence by email.

Receive:

Copy sound trip into clipboard and apply to Sound Page.

Transfer:

Export sound trip for inclusion as sub sequence.

Extract:

Split sound trip into layers according to Extract ID.

Extract ID:

Mode for sound trip split and local recording performed by

Extract.

For further description of the above functions refer to the "Preferences" page.

Preset Sequences

Edit or leverage a Recorded Sequence

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="empty:3792911;0:41Sound Trip1S5146;

1089:LinkSound Trip1330s$S5148e$;2342:LinkSound Trip1330s$S5148e$;

3003:43Sound Trip1S514821right;3558:LinkSound Trip1330s$S5146e$;

4762:LinkSound Trip1330s$S5146e$;5455:PlayStop;">

Values: As provided by the "mouse.txt" file in the Shockwave preferences folder

C:\Documents and Settings\"your ID"\Application Data\Macromedia\

Shockwave Player\Prefs\Q93Z43LF\

"empty:" + System Init Time placeholder +

[ Time value + ":" + Action + ";" ..] continuously repeated +

Time value + ":" + "PlayStop;" or "PlayLoop;"

Notes: With "PlayLoop;" (only manual) the recorder will be forced to start the

complete sequence again and again. All Group Play controls should be in off

status since they are toggles.

Alternatively, recorded sequences can be transferred to local Group Play

controls for being independently and synchronously be played. In this case,

the PageTransfer object - available through the Preferences page - must be

used in order to convert the absolute time values into relative time values.

The resulting sequence is then available through the "transfer.txt" file

that can be found in the folder as indicated above. For more information visit

the "Button Guide and Group Control Options" section above.

For more information about the single commands (actions) see "Page

Recorder Commands" below.

Indication: "<name>Menu.htm" file, "" , "" tags

Use cases: Time savings without the need to go through the complete

publishing process for:

Exchange of recorded sequences between Sound Pages

Refining time values

Changing destination sound

Deleting, or inserting an action

Feeding local Group Play Controls with individual sequences (extended

possibilities as described in the Group Play documentation)

Producing an endless play loop.

Edit Page Set

Edit or leverage a Recorded Page Set

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="C:\MySoundTrips\Sound TripFrame.htm;

C:\MySoundTrips\Tests\Sound Trip.htm;">

Values: full paths separated by ";"

Notes: Make sure that the HTML file paths are accessible that you are entering.

You can also apply URLs from which you know that they provide access to

sound pages.

Indication: "<name>Menu.htm" file, "" tag

Use cases: Synchronize with appliance of new sequences as described above.

Prepare automatic loading of multiple pages as described below.

Automatic Page Load

Automatic Start of Multiple Sound Pages

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="#8D0000">

Values: "#000000" (black), "#8D0000" (dark red), "#FFFF99" (yellow),

#F5F5F5 (gray) = enabled; none, "empty" = disabled

Notes: Make sure that the relevant HTML file paths are applied in the sw3

parameter. The color value must match the background color value as provided

in the <body> statement.

Indication: "<name>Menu.htm" file, "" tag

Use cases: Convenient launch of multiple pages that are needed for a session.

Page Recorder

Page Recorder Command Dictionary

Commands

Time

Example: "2000:"

Value: Milliseconds + ":"

Notes: Time that elapses till the following command will be executed.

Hypersound Link

Execute Hypersound Link

Example: "LinkSesame1310s$S5150e$;"

Value: "Link" + Placeholder (sw2) + Link number + Link index +

"s$" + Animated Sound ID + "e$" + ";"

Notes: The placeholder is found in parameter sw2 of the Animated Sound

within the corresponding HTML object. The link number starts usually

with 31 (self reference), 32 (successor), 33 (random selection) and will be

overridden by this command, i.e. any Animated Sound can replace the

existing one. The default value for a link index is usually "0".

If multiple procedures are used within one member (see "Shockwave"

chapter below) different indices are used to identify each of them.

In the above example, "Sesame1" is the placeholder, "31" is the link

number, "0" is the link index, and "S1550" is the Animated Sound ID.

TIP

The self reference (first link) is always linked to link number "31" and

has the link index "0". Due to this convention, Animated Sounds that are

currently not open can be reloaded with any other sound of the Sound Park

using a playing sequence.

If a command referes to a link number/link index combination that is not

defined in an Animated Sound, the command cannot be executed and

the sequence will not be able to terminate.

Limitation: When using Animated Sounds online, make sure that only

those other Animated Sounds will be called by this command that are

included in the Animated Sounds link reference list (see Shockwave

section below). Otherwise the Animated Sound will fail to execute and freeze.

Local Link

Execute Local Link

Example: "LinkSesame1310;"

Value: "Link" + Placeholder (sw2) + Link number + Link index

Notes: Local links are all buttons that are displayed on the graphic area

of an Animated Sound that do not link to any other Animated Sound.

Therefore, a destination sound is not included in the command.

Scheduled Link

Disable/Enable Scheduled Link (right mouse click)

Example: "LinkSesame1310right;"

Value: "Link" + Placeholder (sw2) + Link number + Link index +

"right" + ";"

Notes: An animated scheduled link will be disabled if enabled, or being

enabled if an existing schedule has been disabled.

During play mode, all animated scheduled links are disabled.

Control Buttons

Control Buttons (Play, Loop, Mute)

Example: "Sesame7S30845;"

Value: Placeholder (sw2) + Animated Sound ID + Button number + ";"

Button numbers: 5 - Play on/off, 6 - Loop on/off, 8 - Mute on/off

Notes: The placeholder is found in parameter sw2 of the Animated Sound

within the corresponding HTML object. The Animated Sound must be open.

Sound Graphic

Sound Graphic actions (left mouse for play from indicated location or loop start)

Example: "48Sesame7S3084;"

Value: Control value + Placeholder (sw2) + Animated Sound ID + ";"

Control value: 0 - 84

Notes: The placeholder is found in parameter sw2 of the Animated Sound

within the corresponding HTML object. The Animated Sound must be open.

Sound Graphic actions (right mouse for stop or loop end value)

Example: "48Sesame7S3084right;"

Value: Control value + Placeholder (sw2) + Animated Sound ID + "right" + ";"

Control value: 0 - 84

Notes: The placeholder is found in parameter sw2 of the Animated Sound

within the corresponding HTML object. The Animated Sound must be open.

Volume and Panorama

Volume and Panorama (left mouse for direct control)

Example: "48Sesame7S308421;"

Value: Control value + Placeholder (sw2) + Animated Sound ID +

Control strip + ";"

Control value: 0 - 84

Control strip: 21 - Volume, 23 - Panorama

Notes: The placeholder is found in parameter sw2 of the Animated Sound

within the corresponding HTML object. The Animated Sound must be open.

Volume and Panorama (right mouse for superior control)

Example: "48Sesame7S308421right;"

Value: Control value + Placeholder (sw2) + Animated Sound ID +

Control strip + "right" + ";"

Control value: 0 - 84

Control strip: 21 - Volume, 23 - Panorama

Notes: The placeholder is found in parameter sw2 of the Animated Sound

within the corresponding HTML object. The Animated Sound must be open.

Scheduled Group

Scheduled Group Commands

Commands

Example: "[F1,stop];"

Value: Placeholder [+ "kom"] + "," + Group Command

Scheduled Group Command names:

"stop"

Sound will be stopped but NOT reset disabling animated mode.

[with "kom"]

(keep) feature in sw2 will execute play as well.

"play"

Sound will restart itself and play with the original parameters.

[with "kom"]

(keep) feature in sw2 will suppress new play.

"dirc"

(dirc) feature in sw2 will execute only if control was directly played.

"strt"

Sound will be reset to original scr HTML parameter and played.

"SXXXX"

Sound will be reset and played according to predefined settings.

"stopSXXXX"

Sound will be reset and stopped disabling animated mode.

"muteSXXXX"

Sound will be reset and muted (default initialization).

"playSXXXX"

Sound will be reset and played.

Notes: The Scheduled Group Command "stop" is issued by the Page Recorder

in order to terminate unspecified elements that have been launched by "S0000"

commands.

Group Controls

Activating Group Controls

Example: "ForceStop_Sesame_10;"

Value: Group Control name + "_" + Group Control ID

Group Control name: "ForcePlay", "ForceStop", "GroupReset",

"GroupForward"

Group Control ID: Root name + "_" + Integer

Notes: The activation simulates simply a left mouse click. The use must

consider the current context of operation.

End Controls

Termination conditions

Example: "PlayStop;"

Values:

"PlayStop", "PlayLoop", "GroupPlayStop", "GroupPlayLoop", "GeneralStop",

"GroupPlayFree"

Notes: PlayStop terminates the complete play when used in the Page

Recorder or the play of a local sequence launched by the Group Play

Control option (sw6 and sw8). PlayLoop causes the sequence to be

played from the beginning (endless mode). GeneralStop is only

available within a local sequence and causes all playing to be stopped

including the playing controlled by the Page Recorder.

GroupPlayFree ends a subsequence but frees its element for further

animated play (button changes from pink to red).

HTML CHANGES

Standard HTML Changes, Title Inheritance and Other Customizations

Title, Greetings, and other text elements as well as colors, images, links, etc. can be

edited freely as required according to HTML standards.

You can also change a title that will be copied into a new publication using the Page

Indicator page selection and publishing feature as described in the end of the

"Page Recorder" section.

Using other InitSong.dcr, InitPage.dcr, and Wrapping File functions, Preferences and

other pre-settings can be applied individually for each Sound Page project as described

below.

Change Published

Change a Page Title to be inherited

Page Title

Parameter: sw2

Example: <param name="sw2" value="WB Xpressions 3">

Values: any string

Notes: Each time a page is selected by checking the Page Indicator check

box, the specified title will show up in the published destination page and

provide the URL link to the page that is indicated.

Indication:  tag,  tag

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Use cases: Deviation of display name from file name eases orientation

for page navigation.

Change Published

Change a File Path using standard Save As Operation

File Path

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="C:\MySoundTrips\Sound Trip.htm">

Values: any path + any file name + ".htm"

Notes: This value must always reflect the current name and path of the

Sound Page in order to allow the Page Recorder to correctly restore

the page configuration of a multiple page recording.

Indication:  tag,  tag

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Use cases: Saving Sound Pages with a different name and/or under a different

location without the need to republish them again.

Frame Indicator

Indicate Frame Settings of Sound Page Project

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="Frame">

Values: "None", "Frame", "FrameMenu"

Notes:

"None" - Page is stand-alone, no frameset is being applied.

"Frame" - Standard frameset is being applied consisting of <name>.htm,

<name>Frame.htm, <name>Menu.htm components, and <name>Frame.htm

is being called.

"FrameMenu" - <name>.htm is being loaded in the current frame, and

<name>Menu.htm is loaded into "leftframe". <name>Frame.htm is NOT invoked.

Indication:  tag,  tag

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Use cases: "Frame" is used to load complete Sound Page set into the complete

browser window while "FrameMenu" menu allows to retain other frames and only

to apply main file and menu file where needed.

Initiate Synch-ID

Initiate Synch-ID for Hypersound-Synchronization (without Group Control)

Parameter: sw5

Example: <param name="sw5" value="init">

Value: Alphanumeric text

Notes: Animated Sounds are able to communicate with each other without

relying on Group Play Controls. The Synch-ID allows to synchronize Animated

Sounds and can be initiated using this parameter (see chapter "Shockwave").

Indication:  tag,  tag

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Use cases: See "Notes".

Initiate Sound Size

Initiate Display Size of Animated Sound

Parameter: sw6

Example: <param name="sw6" value="big">

Values: "big", "medium", "small", "invisible"

Notes: This value is set to initiate the size of all Animated Sounds in the

Sound Page.

Indication:  tag,  tag

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Add Info Link

Add Info Link to Page Link for Publishing

Parameter: sw7

Example: <param name="sw7" value="info">

Values: "none", "info"

Notes: If value is set to "info", the Info button next to the Page Indicator (see

chapter "Sound Park", section "Preparation") will be published together with the

page link in the resulting Sound Page.

Indication:  tag,  tag

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Frame Content Fallback

Load Page into "mainframe" if PagePathway.dcr sw6 is not set

Parameter: sw8

Example: <param name="sw8" value="../Docu/Topics/TOC.htm">

Values: any path + any file name + ".htm"

Notes: The file set in this parameter will be load into "mainframe", if parameter

sw4 is set to "FrameMenu" (see "Indicate Frame Settings…" above), and

sw6 in the Wrapping File is not set so that "topic.txt" preference is not being written

(see also "Wrapping File" description below). Obviously, the Sound Page needs

to be loaded in another frame which needs to be set in the <name>Frame.htm

file (for example, "topframe").

Indication:  tag only

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Use case: Using the Wrapping File's parameter sw6 (see below) a file can be

linked to a Sound Page (for example, text). In case the Sound Page is called

directly, the file reference in sw8 will make sure that a page is being loaded in

any case.

Issue Project Tag

Issue Project Tag to be used for context sensitive Page Load

Parameter: sw9

Example: <param name="sw9" value="INJ">

Values: [ any path + ] any name

Prefs-ID: project.txt

Notes: The string set in this parameter is saved as a Prefs text reference

into the system and is being used by the GroupReset.dcr function to be

used as a project folder in the same level of the folder the Sound Page is

located. In order to set deeper levels or absolute paths, the string can be

extended with a path string prior to the project tag.

Indication:  tag only

Included, i.e. already published page references can be identified specifically

by the <td width=11px> statement that surrounds those page reference objects

(inserted Page Indicator check boxes)

Use case: It is recommended to issue this parameter only once from a project

portal page. Then, the GroupReset.dcr page load function will automatically

rely on this relative path for the duration the project is being used. Opening

another portal will cause the GroupReset.dcr page load function to look for

the load file in another folder (see also GroupReset.dcr, sw4 parameter).

Launch Page with

Use Wrapping File to Launch Sound Pages with Different Settings

Variable Settings

Parameter: src

Fixed Format: <param name="src" value="../../Lib/PagePathway.dcr">

Values: (see above)

Notes: Call for PagePathway object that executes presettings.

Parameter: sw1

Example: <param name="sw1" value="../ST-001-SesameFrame.htm">

Values: any path + any file name + ".htm"

Notes: Destination Sound Trip that need to be launched with the new settings.

Parameter: sw2

Example: <param name="sw2" value="@keyword">

Values: "@" + alphanumeric text

Notes: Initial button guide sequence label to indicate start button.

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="Sesame">

Values: Alphanumeric text

Notes: This parameter includes the root word for the Sound Page the

wrapping file is referring to.

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="empty:647000469;0:

GroupForward_Sesame_000;10235:GroupForward_Sesame_001;11670:

LinkF1330s$S5147e$;13149:LinkF1330s$S5150e$;15005:PlayStop;">

Values: As provided by the "mouse.txt" file in the Shockwave preferences folder

C:\Documents and Settings\"your ID"\Application Data\Macromedia\

Shockwave Player\Prefs\Q93Z43LF\

"empty:" + System Init Time placeholder +

[ Time value + ":" + Action + ";" ..] continuously repeated +

Time value + ":" + "PlayStop;" or "PlayLoop;"

Notes: A recorded sequence that is copied from mouse.txt into parameter sw4

can be reproduced by the user from the destination file using the "Reset"-"Play"

combination of the page recorder. This allows with each wrapping file to

present a different pre-produced playing sequence.

For this feature to become active parameter sw3 must match the root name

of the destination file (sequence is copied internally into "mouselast" + root

name.)

Parameter: sw5

Example: <param name="sw5" value="@keyword">

Values: "@" + alphanumeric text

Notes: Initial button follow sequence label to indicate start button.

Parameter: sw6

Example: <param name="sw6" value="../Docu/Topics/TO-001-3.htm">

Values: any path + any file name + ".htm"

Notes: Indicated file will be written to the "topic.txt" preference file. This file

will be loaded into the "mainframe" frame, if "FrameMenu" is entered into

the sw4 parameter of the corresponding InitSong.dcr HTML reference

(see also InitSong.dcr parameter descriptions sw4 and sw8 above).

Parameter: sw9

Example: <param name="sw9" value="This is my free comment">

Value: Alphanumeric text

Notes: The text will be displayed in the Text Display object (see above) when

the destination page is being launched.

If sw9 is not defined, "Press >>" will be shown by default.

In order to hide text, enter space elements like " ".

Parameter: bgColor (background color)

Example: <param name="bgColor" value="#8D0000">

Values: "#000000" (black), "#8D0000" (dark red), "#0000AA" (dark blue),

#005500 (dark green)

Notes: The color value will change the background color of the

Animated Sounds as supported by the Preference settings.

Indication: Separate template file residing in the /FleX/SoundTrips/Pathways

folder.

Use cases: Launching a specific Sound Page with different presettings

without the need to copy the original file and to care about multiple file

version management. Especially useful when indicating different sound

paths through one sound page (administrating various play versions per

one Sound Page).

Load Pages into

Launch multiple Sound Pages into dedicated Frames

Frames

Parameter: src

Example: <param name="src" value="../Lib/PageLaunch.dcr">

Values: "../Lib/PageLaunch.dcr" | "../../Lib/2nd/PageLaunch.dcr"

Notes: Call for PageLaunch object that executes multiple page launch.

Parameter: sw3

Example:

Values: any path + any file name + ".htm" + ":" + frame name + ";" (repeat)

frame name: any alphanumeric string | HTML conventions | "noframe"

"forcelaunch"

HTML conventions: "_blank" | "_new" | "_parent" | "_top"

Notes: A list of path/frame pairs will be executed simultaneously. If the page(s)

is (are) already loaded, the page will not be loaded again.

If a frame cannot be addressed, a new browser page will be opened.

If "noframe" is used as a frame name, the frame destination will be skipped.

If "forcelaunch" is used, the page will be loaded in any case (_blank).

Parameter: sw8 (optional)

Example: <param name="sw8" value="freesound/INJ/Navigator01Frame.htm:

Breaking through the Sound Barrier;">

Values: any path + any file name + ".htm" + ":" + any project title

Notes: This parameter delivers launch path and project name to the

email message that is issued by PageSend.dcr based on the absolute

path root, for example, "http://www.cm-gallery.com/FleX/".

The receiver of the email will be able to open the link with this page.

The page will open all the other pages that are needed to perform the

session to which the email invites.

Indication: PageLaunch.dcr within Sound Pages that use to launch

multiple pages (alternatively to PageReset.dcr).

Use cases: Launching multiple pages at once to allow easy session

setup.

Loading pages into frames instead of loading full pages allows

higher flexibility for projects where sound page chunks are used

across one player ('Reef Recorder'). The player uses similar

placeholders of the sound page chunks to combine a high number

of sounds within one real-time session.

Palettes of GroupPlay

Working with Palettes

Objects

Parameter: src, sw1

Example: <param name="src" value="../../Lib/FleXButton.dcr">

Values: relative path to standard library of .dcr objects

Notes: FleX button manages an assmebly of GroupPlay controls.

Parameter: sw2

Example: <param name="sw2" value="Project ID">

Values: <any alphanumeric string>

Notes: Needs to comply to project IDs of other recorder controls

such as PageRecordAll, PageSend, PageReceive,

PageStop. PageReset, PageRecord (all sw2), PageFollow (sw3).

Parameter: sw3

Example: <param name="sw3" value="INJ_08_F1;INJ_08_F2;INJ_08_X1;">

Values: <alphanumeric string as placeholder root> + <two alphanumerics> + ";"

Notes: List of placeholders of GroupPlay controls belonging to the palette.

The suffix of the two alphanumeric letters points to a fixed set of Animated Sounds

placeholders, usually F1-F4, L1-L4, E1-E4, and X1-X4. These fixed place-

holders allow various assemblies of group controls (palettes) to operate

on the same HTML page without the need to launch a new HTML page

which would interrupt real-time play.

Placeholder root and project ID can be even replaced on the fly using

optional parameter sw6 (see below).

Parameter: sw4

Example: <param name="sw4" value="1">

Values: <one alphanumeric letter>

Notes: The alphanumeric letter is the ID of the palette that belongs to

a Base Palette (one HTML palette). Palettes are launched via the

FleX button plus alphanumeric keys.

Optional.

Parameter: sw5

Example: <param name="sw5" value="flex/INJ">

Values: <any alphanumeric string>

Notes: Source file path relative to /FleX. Can be used for additional information

within palette registry managed by pref "flexpalette_index". This registry

supports the FIND feature of the FleX button.

Optional.

Parameter: sw6

Example: <param name="sw6" value="1,Session 1:INJ_03_;2,Session 2:INJ_04_;">

Values: [ <one alphanumeric letter> + "," + <project ID> + ":" + <placeholder root> + ";" ]

Notes: The letter indicates the key that is mapped to the new Base Palette.

Project ID = New Base Palette. Placeholder root = Corresponding root (see above).

When changing the Base Palette, in the belonging GroupPlay objects, baseID and

all corresponding IDs, as well as the placeholder roots in the sw7 stop list will be

temporarily replaced. The belonging objects are indicated by their native ID that

is registered in the FleX button in parameter sw3 (see above).

Optional.

Parameter: sw9

Example: <param name="sw9" value="<%default>Load palette<%1>

Take 1<%2>Take 2<%">

Values: [ "<%default>" + list chunk + ] [ "<%" + button guide sequence label +

">" + list chunk ] (repeat )

Notes: A part of a complete parameter list or free text (sw9) is being selected

each time the FleX button is being pressed.

Text after "<%default>" - will be activated if button guide is not active or cannot

be found at the specific button when pressed (highlighting).

Text after "<%" + button guide sequence label + ">" - will be activated if button

guide is active. Please note that the palette index is written to the button guide

label each time, a new palette is loaded. For more information refer to

"Activate Specific List String when pressing a Guided Button" and "Set

Sequence Label for Button" above.

Indication: FleXButton.dcr object.

Use case: When loading an internal palette within a base palette, the name

of the palette content or any initial advice can be shown.

More information:

Hybrid Path

Apply Paths for simultaneous Online and Offline Operation

Management

Notes: Paths executed within Shockwave code are handled differently

by an offline environment and by the server.

Offline: The HTML file that contains the Shockwave object determines

the location from where a path is being executed.

Online: The Shockwave object itself determines the location from

where a path is being executed.

Policy: PageReset.dcr and PageLaunch.dcr are Shockwave objects

that execute HTML calls. They are simultaneously located in the

/Lib and in the /Lib/2nd/ folders in order to allow 1-level and 2-level

paths for both environments.

1-level example: ../Doc/WebSongs/AS_Help.htm will be called by

/Lib/PageLaunch.dcr.

2-level example: ../../freesound/INJ/Events01.htm will be called by

/Lib/2nd/PageLaunch.dcr.

The root of the system is http://www.cm-gallery.com/FleX.

Shockwave

Animated Sound objects are built by Adobe Shockwave technology. Any owner of the

corresponding Director application can easily modify those objects by certain parameters,

or create similar objects while inserting new Freesound samples.

Currently, the exchange of Animated Sounds on a level of Shockwave compilations can

only be driven offline, but will gratefully be supported (see also "Contribution" page, accessed

by the "Contribution" tab at the bottom, and the "Contact" tab for further information).

OVERVIEW

Overview

The following figure shows the general structure of an Animated Sound within Director

MX, Version 10:

Sound Number Placeholder

Code Version

Clipboard Placeholder

Cast Window

Sound Graphics

Freesound Sound Sample

Graphical Elements

Control Button Graphics

Code Elements (Lingo scripts)

Figure 19: Adobe Director Cast window of an Animated Sound based on Freesound sample #3197 (16-Sep-06)

The Code Elements are controlled by various parameters that are used to define the

musical behavior and graphical appearance of the Animated Sound.

From the parameters that can be used to define or modify musical behavior and

relationships to other Animated Sounds, the following groups can be described:

Customization Areas

Control Button settings

Init routine settings

Play routine settings

Link routine settings

Create New Animated Sound with different Prefix

Create New Animated Sound from Freesound

CONTROL BUTTONS

Control Button Settings

The following figure shows how the Initial state of a button can be changed.

Figure 20: Adobe Director Behavior tab, Initial state setting

Initial State

Button

State

Initial Function when Page opens

1. Play

TRUE

Sound stays silent but can start with Automated Sound

Link (red link box), if Mute button state is FALSE.

FALSE

Sound starts playing.

2. Loop

Loop is set in "Init" procedure, see below.

3. Mute

TRUE

Sound stays silent. Automated Links are blocked.

FALSE

Sound may be started by Automated Link or be played

if Play button state is TRUE (see above).

4. Sound Selector

Button state is selected only on Sound Page.

5. Sound Info

Links to Home Page of Sound at the Freesound site.

INIT AND PLAY

Init and Play Procedure Settings

The following figure shows how to access the Parameter settings dialogs both for

the Init and for the Play procedure:

Access

Figure 21: Adobe Director Behavior tab, Init and Play procedure parameter access

The following figure shows the Parameters of the Init routine that are valid when

the Animated Sound is directly called and not by a Sound Link:

Init Procedure

Initial Volume value

Second value

Initial Panorama value

Second value

Loop start time value

Second value

Loop end time value

Second value

Loop count value

Second value

Direct call value

Figure 22: Adobe Director Parameters editing dialog box for the Init procedure

Initial Values

Initial Volume and Panorama values are effective when Sound is played

directly. These values are overridden when the sound is called by a Sound

Link (gray or red box on the sound graphics).

Second Value

Second values defines together with first values a value range from which

a random number will be created each time the sound is called.

If the Second value is set to -1, then no random number is created and the

first value is valid.

Panorama Value

Panorama values are set to 0 for left, 37 for center, and 71 for right. Any

value in between can be used as well.

Loop Values

The Loop start time value defines the loop start point on the sound sample.

The Loop end time value defines the loop end point on the sound sample.

If the Loop count value is set to 1, no Loop settings apply and the Loop

Control button at the Animated Sound will be displayed in white color.

If the Loop count value is set to 0, an endless Loop will be played and

the Loop Control button at the Animated Sound will be displayed in red color.

If the Loop count value is set to another number, for example to 5, the

loop will be played for the number as indicated.

The loop can be enabled and disabled using the Loop Control button

at the Animated Sound. If set, an endless loop will be played.

Direct Call

If the Direct call value is set to 0, the Animated Sound Delay function will

be enabled.

If the Direct call value is set to 1, the Animated Sound Delay function will

be suppressed and the following sound will immediately be played.

The Delay function parameter settings can be accessed via the Play

routine (see below).

The following figure shows the Parameters of the Play routine that define the

Delay function of an Animated Sound:

Play Procedure

Do not change

Fade in value

Second value

Fade out value

Second value

Figure 23: Adobe Director Parameters editing dialog box for the Play procedure

Fade Values

The Fade in value is the time in Milliseconds the sound needs to reach

the Volume value as defined in the Init or the Link routine.

The Fade out value is the time in Milliseconds the sound needs to decrease

its Volume value down to zero. This process is triggered by any stop

applied to the sound but will be disrupted if a link to another sound is executed.

Second values defines together with first values a value range from which

a random number will be created each time the sound is called.

If the Second value is set to -1, then no random number is created and the

first value is valid.

Cursor Range

Do not change the Cursor range value.

LINK

Link Procedure Settings

The following figure shows how to access the Parameter settings dialog for the

multiple Link procedures that can be applied to an Animated Sound:

Access

Figure 24: Adobe Director Behavior tab, Link procedure parameter access

The following figure shows the Parameters of the Link routine that are valid when

the Animated Sound is directly called and not by a Sound Link:

Link Procedure

Link mode

Listen ID

Listen Parameter

Synch ID

Auto Pilot value

Second value

Target Sound ID

Target Index

Second value

Target Volume

Second value

Target Panorama

Second value

Secondary Target Sound ID

Sound Page link & Link index

Figure 25: Adobe Director Parameters editing dialog box for the Link procedure

Link Mode

Link mode = 0: Animated Sound links to another Animated Sound.

All parameter values are valid except the last one.

Link mode = 1: Animated Sound links to an HTML page, for example to

another Sound Page. This is set in the Sound Page link Parameter field

in the end of the dialog. All other values will be suppressed.

Listen ID

The Listen ID field can contain an alphanumeric tag that causes an action

entered in the following Listen Parameter field to be executed as soon as

this tag has been issued by another or the same Animated Sound.

Tags are issued by the Synch ID field as described below.

Listen Parameter

The following values (actions) can be set to be triggered by an

alphanumeric tag:

highlight

The gray link box that resides on the sound graphics will

be displayed in white to indicate that the user should use

this specific link to proceed with the Sound Trip.

playon

The sound will start to play.

playoff

The sound will stop to play.

loopon

The loop of the sound will be activated (endless).

loopoff

The loop of the sound will be disabled.

muteon

The sound will be muted, all Automated Links are set on

on hold.

muteoff

The sound will be unmuted, the schedules for all Automated

Links will be restarted except for those that had already

expired.

autoswitch

If the link has an automated schedule and the schedule is

enabled, then the schedule will be disabled (gray indication).

If the link has an automated schedule and the schedule is

disabled, then the schedule will be enabled (red indication).

autostop

The sound will stop to play and all automated schedules

will be disabled.

link

The sound will immediately link to another Animated Sound

as indicated in the lower Target Sound ID fields.

soundstop

All sounds will immediately stop across the whole Sound

Page and no Delay function will apply.

showinfo

If the Animated Sound has a Show Info pane (sprite #51)

this Info will be shown. The Show Info pane is accessible

from the Sound Page clicking the right mouse button on

the info button.

matrixlink

This action calls a function within the Link procedure with

further link commands as described below. In order to

allow multiple matrixlink sets of link actions, the Link

procedure is copied across the Adobe Director Cast

window as shown below:

Figure 26: Adobe Director Cast window (part) with multiple Link procedures for multiple matrixlink applications

Lingo Link Commands

_player.setPref("F1","S0000")

Sound will be reset and played

according to predefined settings.

_player.setPref("F1","playS0000")

Sound will be reset and played.

_player.setPref("F1","stopS0000")

Sound will be reset and stopped.

_player.setPref("F1","muteS0000")

Sound will be reset and muted.

_player.setPref("F1","play")

Sound will restart itself and play

with the original parameters.

_player.setPref("F1","strt")

Sound will be reset to original

src HTML parameter and be played.

_player.setPref("F1","stop")

Sound will NOT be reset but stopped.

All Automated Links will be disabled.

_player.setPref("F1com","0")

Suppress matrixlink feature

approached from a certain sound.

Used as additional command to a

matrixlink of the above forms.

It allows to suppress the execution

when matrixlink launching through

a certain link call.

The first parameter (here "F1") describes the placeholder that is set in the

HTML page in the "sw2" parameter of a Sound object.

More information on how to apply a matrixlink is provided in the code itself.

Listen Parameter (cont.)

setparam

This action utilizes the schedule set in the Auto Pilot

fields to apply the sound parameter values that are

available in the Link procedure instead of applying

them as initial parameter values for a following sound.

For example, if the Auto Pilot value is set to 2000 and

no Target Sound ID is set, but a Volume value of

50, then this value will be applied to the sound itself

as soon as 2000 Milliseconds are expired.

The following values are available:

Target Index (will cause the Sound to be played

from the indicated position)

Target Volume

Target Panorama

randomrange

Usually Animated Sounds are selected randomly

across all Secondary Target Sound ID fields as

described below. With randomrange, only the Target

Sound ID field and the first Secondary Target Sound ID

field are valid whereas both sound numbers are

defining an index range from where a Sound ID will

be randomly selected.

Synch ID

The Synch ID field is used to issue an alphanumeric tag that can trigger

various actions as described above.

If another Animated Sound shares the same alphanumeric tag, the Animated

Sound will automatically start playing. This way, a whole group of Animated

Sounds sharing the same tag can be started simultaneously.

Synchronization

TIP

Other methods to synchronize the play of Animated Sounds are:

Listen Parameter: matrixlink (manual execution)

Listen ID: alphanumeric tag + Listen Parameter: matrixlink

Listen ID: alphanumeric tag + Listen Parameter: link

Listen ID: alphanumeric tag + Listen Parameter: playon

Listen ID: alphanumeric tag + Listen Parameter: muteoff

Auto Pilot

The Auto Pilot time value field can be used to schedule an Automated Sound

Link (Milliseconds) or an automatic change of the parameter values using

the setparam method described above.

Links Probability

TIP

If you use two or more Automated Sound Links with the same range of random

time values, each time another Sound Link might be selected. If you vary

the time value ranges for each of the Links, the probability for the Links will

change accordingly.

Second Value

Second values defines together with first values a value range from which

a random number will be created each time the sound is called.

If the Second value is set to -1, then no random number is created and the

first value is valid.

Target Sound ID

The Target Sound ID determines the next Animated Sound that will be called

as soon as the Link procedure will be executed (manually, by Auto Pilot

schedule, or by other actions as described above).

The value of the Target Sound ID is a prefix (any letter) and the sound

number as provided by Freesound, or the "self" or the "plus" statement.

<prefix> + "self": The sound number of the own sound is applied, for example,

if the own sound file is S0649 and the prefix is "A", "Aself" will result in "A0649".

<prefix> + "plus": The following sound number of the own sound is applied,

for example, if the own sound file is S0649 and the prefix is "A", "Aplus" will

result in "A0650".

If no Target Sound ID is intended, "none" must be set in the field and only

non target sound related operations are available.

For more information about prefixes see the following section.

Secondary Target

If Secondary Target Sound IDs are defined, all of those defined Target Sound

Sound ID

IDs are used as a pool from which one Target Sound ID will be selected

randomly.

The value of the Target Sound ID is a prefix (any letter) and the sound

number as provided by Freesound.

If no Target Sound ID is intended, "none" must be set in the field and only

non target sound related operations are available.

Links Convention

TIP

Animated Sounds as presented by the Freesound Music project are complying

the following convention of Target Sound ID links as displayed on the sound

graphics:

Left upper link box: Links to the sound itself (use "self" syntax)

The link index (of the first instance) is always "0" and the member number

is always "31" as shown in the Adobe Director Score (see Figures 27 below)

Second Left upper link box: Links to the following sound (use "plus"

syntax) and the last sound of a group links back to first one. This way the

user can scroll through a sound group that defines an Animated Sound

as a group of sound variations.

Right upper link box: Randomly selection of all elements of the sound

group using the Secondary Target Sound ID fields.

Target Index

The Target Index defines the sample start point from where the following

targeted sound will start to play.

Target Volume

The Target Volume defines the initial volume value from which the following

targeted sound will start to play.

Target Panorama

The Target Parameter defines the initial panorama position from which the

following targeted sound will start to play.

Sound Page Link

The Sound Page link is valid only if the first Link Mode value is set to 1.

In this case, all Target Sound functions are disabled and the Sound Page

link is executed.

The value of the Sound Page link is a standard URL.

Link Index

The Sound Page link field can also be used as an index for multiple Link

procedures. Multiple Link procedures have the advantage to combine

various Link parameters and actions as described above and to assign

them to one button only that will execute all of those actions synchronously.

However, in order to assure correct recording and play results, the Link index

must be used to differentiate between the different combined Link procedures,

for example, '0' for the first, '1' for the second procedure, etc.

PREFIXES

Create New Animated Sound with different Prefix

An Animated Sound Shockwave movie can hold multiple Animated Sounds utilizing

the Adobe Director Score window and alphabetic tags in the top line of the Score

window as shown in the below figure:

Figure 27: Adobe Director Score window with multiple Animated Sound definitions

Differentiations

The prefix method allows interpreting the same sound (and graphic) resource

with the following different settings:

Different initial parameters set in the Init routine

Different delay parameters set in the Play routine

Different number of Link procedures (sprites from 31)

Different parameters of the Link procedures

Access

The access to an Animated Sound tagged by a specific prefix, is realized

by the following methods:

<prefix> + Sound number as provided by the Freesound site can be

used in the Target Sound ID and the Secondary Target Sound ID fields

of the Link procedure, and in the Group definitions in the corresponding

Sound Page HTML file.

"S" + Sound number as provided by the Freesound site is used within

the "src" path parameter of the sound object definition in the corresponding

Sound Page HTML file, whereas the specific prefix is provided in the

"sw1" parameter.

Method

The method to apply a new Animated Sound definition with a prefix is simple:

Copy the complete set of sprites and paste it to a position exactly 5 frames

after the former set.

Apply an alphabetic tag in the tagline at the top of the Score window as

shown in the above figure.

Apply parameter and Link changes as described above.

NEW ANIMATED

Create New Animated Sound from Freesound

SOUND

The following procedure includes the steps that are needed to create a new

Animated Sound that is taken from the Freesound sound repository.

To create a new Animated Sound from Freesound

Accept Sound License

1. Be sure that you read and understood the Creative Commons License that is

attached to the usage of Freesound sounds and is published at the Freesound

site.

Locate Sound

2. Locate a sound from Freesound using the "Sample Packs", "Search", "Tags" or

other methods that are offered by the Freesound site.

Save and Convert

3. Save the sound onto your computer. From performance reasons, it is

recommended to use sounds in mp3 format for Animated Sounds. If the original

format of the sound is different you should first convert it into mp3.

Create Animated

4. Create a copy from the latest Animated Sounds version. This copy is available

Sound Copy

upon request (see "Contact" tab at the bottom of this page). Save the copy

following the strict naming convention: "S" + <sound number> as provided by

Freesound. For numbers smaller than 1000 you must use zeros to keep a

minimum number of 4 digits, for example, "S0032.dcr".

Copy Sound Image

5. Open the sound in Freesound in a small thumbnail view, right-click the image,

select "Copy" from the context menu, and paste it into the first position of the

Adobe Director Cast window.

Import Sound

6. In the Adobe Director application press "Ctrl+R" to open the "Import Files into

Internal'" dialog, locate the sound file you downloaded (and converted into

mp3), and click the "Import" button. The sound will be copied into the next free

position of the Cast window. Cut it from there and paste it onto the second position

of the Cast window.

Customize

7. Customize parameters and create sound links as described above.

Publish

8. Press "Ctrl+Shift+S" to publish your Animated Sound in ".dcr" format and forward

it to the Freesound Music project to be included in the Sound Park. For more

information about possible cooperation, click the "Contribution" tag provided

at the bottom of this page.

Library

Introduction

The Freesound Music project is also open for cooperation on a programming level as

outlined in the "Contribution" part of this site. The following section provides an overview

about the available resources that are constitutive for the project as a whole and that

can be shared.

Resources

The following technological resources are used for the Freesound Music project:

Sound Pages

Standard HTML and Adobe Shockwave objects that require the Internet Explorer

Browser for a high number appliance of the objects.

Sound Objects

Sound and Sound Page Control objects

Adobe Shockwave objects are built with Adobe Director MX based on

Lingo scripts. The following types of objects are used:

Animated Sounds

Control buttons for playing groups of Animated sounds

Recording feature to record play actions of Animated sounds

and control functions across various Sound Pages

Publishing options for creating personal Sound Pages

FleX Publisher for creating personal Sound Pages (1 dcr, 4 exe components)

The communication between the objects is realized by the Director preferences

function (setPref(), getPref()). The communication between the compressed (.dcr)

and the executable (.exe) components of the Publisher is realized by the Clipboard.

Main Procedures

The main procedures of Animated Sounds are:

Volume control: Management of Volume and Panorama fader values

Multi-State Button: Button object (derived from Director sound sample movie)

used for various control buttons

Fader horizontal: Fader control for Volume and Panorama (derived from

Director sound sample movie)

Init: Initialization module

Play: Interactive play module

Link: Hypersound link module (can be used and copied multiple times)

Info Link: Automated link to corresponding sound home page at Freesound

Go the Frame: General loop control of the movie

Volume jump: Jump into fader and apply superior volume control across

Animated Sounds (limiter)

Panorama jump: Jump into fader and apply superior panorama control across

Animated Sounds (5 major positions)

Publish: Management of Sound Selector (sound check box) for publishing

sound in a new Sound Page project

Sound Creation

For more information about the advanced creation of sounds (sample

processing and sound synthesis) visit the link to the right:

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