There are quite a few options available
for adding audio to your web site. Each software tool or service
offers a little something different to separate it from the
competition.
MP3 Sound Stream Interface
MP3
Sound Stream provides you with the ability to create streaming
audio from previously recorded MP3 or WAV files. It not only generates
the streaming file, but also the animated Flash interface.
Sample of Flash controllers
It is in this latter capacity that MP3
Sound Stream really shines. The software comes with an
extensive library of Flash controllers -- almost 100 of them. These
controllers are the animated interfaces visitors see and use to play
your audio on your web site. Some use the familiar VCR play/pause
interface while others are quite creative -- a little man dances and
moves while your audio plays. All are very colorful and attractive.
MP3
Sound Stream has a simple interface, and I used it first time
out without reading the instructions or using their tutorials. You
simply browse to the location of the audio file, pick your interface,
and it does the rest in about a minute, depending upon the length of
the audio file.
I wish MP3
Sound Stream would show you a preview of the interfaces
without having to launch an external web page, but one can't complain
too much considering how many different choices they give you for your
Flash controller.
While MP3
Sound Stream does not record your MP3 or WAV files,
their web site does provide a link to free software along with helpful
instructions about how to use it to create your audio files. To
download a demo of MP3
Sound Stream please click here.
