Internet Audio Sourcebook [Paperback]

Lee Purcell (Author), Jordan Hemphill (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471191507 | ISBN-13: 978-0471191506 | Publication Date: September 2, 1997

Enliven your Web pages with voices, sound, and music.

New audio techniques can be used to create musical backdrops to Web pages, produce Web presentations with narration, provide audio help to Web page visitors, broadcast radio material over the Web, and communicate globally using audio conferencing and Internet phones. Internet Audio Sourcebook explains the processes, tools, and techniques for enhancing Web sites with sound, using JavaScript, HTML, Java applets, and advanced sound-editing and production applications. CD-ROM contains fully functional demos of top-notch sound processing applications, such as Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge and Hohner Midia's Samplitude Studio.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Covering the gambit from General MIDI to Liquid Audio, this excellent guide explores all of the current and upcoming technologies available for distributing audio over the Internet. The book explores each solution in detail, walking you through the process of creation and deployment, with a focus on the variety of tools you'll need to master. Many of these--plus some general HTML and Java utilities--are included on the bundled CD-ROM as demos or trial versions. Internet Audio Sourcebook discusses the pros and cons of various scripting and streaming solutions--quality versus bandwidth, available user base--in each section. There's even a chapter that serves as a digital home studio primer, introducing basic audio and setup concepts that are essential for preparing audio for Internet distribution and just good to understand.

The chapter on MIDI is an excellent explanation of an often misused, misunderstood, and much maligned format. You will also find discussions of real-time communication, voice synthesis, and voice recognition. Appendices cover HTML 3.2 and other sources of audio and Internet information, and the glossary provides quick reference for many of the terms used throughout the text.

From the Publisher

Enliven your Web pages with voices, sound, and music. New audio techniques can be used to create musical backdrops to Web pages, produce Web presentations with narration, provide audio help to Web page visitors, broadcast radio material over the Web, and communicate globally using audio conferencing and Internet phones. Internet Audio Sourcebook explains the processes, tools, and techniques for enhancing Web sites with sound, using JavaScript, HTML, Java applets, and advanced sound-editing and production applications. CD-ROM contains fully functional demos of top-notch sound processing applications, such as Sonic Foundry's Sound Forge and Hohner Midia's Samplitude Studio.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 553 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (September 2, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471191507
• ISBN-13: 978-0471191506
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,566,470 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Focuses way too much on Liquid Audio, December 2, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Internet Audio Sourcebook (Paperback)

I thought this book was ok in general terms if you are a complete beginner or interested in Liquid Audio. Industry trends have been moving towards Netshow or RealAudio and these technologies aren't given enough space in this big book.

So if you are looking for documentation about either Netshow or RealMedia, dont waste your time.