With the introduction of "animated GIFs", images learned a simple way to run, presenting some kind of a very small movie.
Animated Sounds do something similar in a musical way.
Rather than being previewed, downloaded, cut, and inserted in a sound editor, Animated Sounds can directly be assembled in
a browser for continuous and simultaneous playing, linked in between web pages, or simply serve as an additional playground
for home, studio, public, or DJ productions.
How does it work?
A sound is being embedded in an interactive sound player. This player includes some automated schedule that causes it to be
played again and again. While doing so, basic parameters like start and end, fades, volume, and panorama are continuously changing,
thus creating a sound stream in a lively and animated fashion.
The current implementation, presented by the
Web Songs project, is based on Adobe Shockwave
format and is dedicated to the
Freesound community with its large
contribution of sounds. To increase the usibility of
Animated Sounds, the sounds can also be played manually while using the full range of controls that is given to the player.
For more information on how to use this player, visit the
Web Songs Help.