Battleangel | Personal

I just stumbled upon the most brilliant way to include short mp3 files for streaming called SoundManager. The only downside being that files have to be declared statically in an XML file but still more compatible and useful than Sonify since it does accept mp3 data and you wont have to convert it to swf and add some sort of murky start tag to be able to play it. I’ve replaced the Sonify demo on the test page with a custom SoundManager demo and some sound effects of my own. Converted down to 32 kbps, 11kHz mp3 to save bandwidth. Usually not more than 5-15kb in size and indeed viable for deployment in a design.

One thing that isn’t really clear from the documentation is whether having an extensive XML for the stub will slow down the loading process. And how long the mp3 files can be, if there is any preloading involved. Typically, in the default demo, mp3s are limited to short button sound effects and a looping tune.