North Bay Multimedia Association

Events - July ActionScript Salon

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The Sound Object

Who: Marc Tanenbaum
When: Monday, July 28, 2003
Time: 6:30 PM Q&A, networking; 7:00-8:15 PM program; 8:15-9:00 PM Q&A
Where: The Art Institute of California, 1170 Market Street, San Francisco, CA (Directions)
Cost: Free to NBMA members; $10 for Non-members; $5 for Students.
Register: Members and non-Members, please pre-register with Acteva to hold your spot.
Info Contact: Marc Tanenbaum.

The North Bay Multimedia Association presents a continuing series of topics on programming inside the Flash environment. Actionscript is a powerful, built-in language that operates from within Flash, and is at the heart of all truly dynamic swfs. Mastering Actionscript can transport your websites and other Flash files from glorified Powerpoint presentations into the realm of full-featured applications.

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION: 1170 Market Street, San Francisco

Many, many websites – Flash-enabled or otherwise – make little to no use of sound. This is a terrible shame, as Flash has remarkable facility with audio. From the management of multiple audio tracks, to the streaming of mp3s, to variations in volume and balance, one can have great fun and infuse great life into Flash projects by making clever, dynamic use of sound.

In Actionscript, the key to all this fun and adventure is the Sound Object. This month at the AS Salon, we’re going to discuss this often-overlooked area of Flash. We’ll introduce basic control of audio through Actionscript, show off a few sound interfaces (both the simple so you can see how it’s done, and the complex to give you something towards which to aspire!). If time permits, we’ll build our very own mp3 player.

This Salon is rated: Intermediate

Beginner: basic understanding of fundamental concepts, button control, handlers, properties, variables, etc.
Intermediate: complex math operations, arrays, objects, functions, bitwise operations, debugging, dynamic movieclip control.
Advanced: XML, server-side integration, remoting, multi-dimensional arrays, AI.

Marc Tanenbaum is the NBMA Web SIG leader. He is a writer, designer and Flash developer. He hangs out at flashmxfiles.com, flashgoddess.com and bit-101.com forums where he dispenses Flash and Actionscript advice to the unwary.