How to Put SOUND on Your Web Site

It really takes only two commands to put a sound/music on your web site. First you have to tell the browser the source of the sound.

<embed SRC="bird.wav" HIDDEN=true AUTOSTART=false NAME=bird>

This command embeds [or links up] the sound in the bird.wav file into your site and names it bird. Now add a place to click on and play your link:

<a href="#" onClick=document.bird.play()> Bird sound </a> <BR>

The "#" means there really is no site to go to but you can still use the onClick event. The command document.bird.play() plays the sound clip named bird.

Here's a web page with two sounds

<html><head>
<embed SRC="bird.wav" HIDDEN=true AUTOSTART=false NAME=bird>
<embed SRC="cat.wav" HIDDEN=true AUTOSTART=false NAME=cat>
</head><body>
<a href="#" onClick=document.bird.play()> Bird sound </a> <BR>
<a href="#" onClick=document.cat.play()> Cat sound </a>
</body></html> Bird sound
Cat sound

Click on the words to hear...

The autostart=false means the sounds do not play when the page is loaded. Leave out autostart=false and the sound will play when the page is loaded. Now you will need to download sounds from the internet or create your own using a mike and your computer. You plug a mike into the sound card at the back of the computer or the mike is not built inot the computer. Now you click on Start.

YOU can create your own sounds:
Your PC most likely has a sound recorder program and a mike built into the monitor.
To record a sound you use the recorder program in Windows. See the first figure to run the program. Where to find the sound recorder

See instructions for recording a sound and saving it as a .wav file!
Wave files are user-friendly and work well with Netscape.
The recorder lets you:
   *clip dead space from the beginning or end of a recording,
   *add echo to your sound,
   *mix the sound with another file,
   *insert another sound file in the present sound. It has buttons like a recorder

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