Sound Page Help How to use Help Sound Page Elements Play Controls Animated Sounds Link To Page How to use Help Where to act?  (Icon...) What to do: What it does. Help Headline Click Help Headline (for example, "How to use Help" above): Back to Help Menu. Separator Line Click Separator Line: Back to Help Menu. For your information: Part of application still in progress. Sound Page Elements The Sound Page elements are explained in clock-wise order, starting from the left upper corner. Sound Type Headline Click bold headline in the upper left corner: Go to the main Sound Page of the sound type. Right-click - Button turns into : Indicate all Sound Pages for commercial use during a session. Right-click again - Button turns into : Stop the indication of commercial use after your session has been finished. -> For more information about the concept see Sound Count White Paper. Left-click - Button turns into : Enable page for Page Builder (advanced). Left-click again - Button turns into : Disable page for Page Builder (advanced). -> For more information about the Page Builder visit the local help accessible through the portal pages and the advanced help at the Sound Café. Left-click - Online only - New page with sound reports opens: View sounds and sound authors of your current and recent sessions. -> For more information about how to use the Sound Count report page see Sound Count User Guide. Right-click - Online only - New page with Freesound Music Royalty form opens: Who makes money with Freesound Music applications will share some percentage with the sound community. -> For more information about the concept see Sound Count White Paper. -> For more information about how to fill the form see Sound Count User Guide, chapter "RIP Report for music merchandisers (Distributors)". Topic Click small bold sound topic in the upper right corner: Opens the left Sound Page menu to access another Sound Page. :: Click small bold double colon symbol in the upper right corner: Opens the complete set of the four main Sound Pages. Most useful when starting from a single page. ? Click small bold question mark in the lower right corner: Opens this Sound Page help. Click empty area left from the bold question mark in the lower right corner: Closes this Sound Page help. !  ('Figures' sound type only) Click small bold exclamation mark in the lower right corner: Opens the 'Link To Page' context window. -> For more information about see Link To Page section below. Click empty area left from the bold exclamation mark in the lower right corner: Closes the 'Link To Page' context window. Click these controls: Plays the four Animated Sounds located left to it. -> For more information see Play Controls section below. Click within sound graphics, internal Hypersound links, and surrounding sound controls: Performing rich interactive sound control. -> For more information see Animated Sounds section below. Play Controls How to easily play and record sounds. Click play control - Button turns into : Each control correspondents to one of the sound windows at the left side. If you click the left upper button, the left upper sound will start to play. Note: By default, sounds are animated. This means that they replay themselves in various ways until they will be stopped again. Note: Depending on the Sound Page (usually with 'Figures' sound types), another already playing sound control may stop at the same time. Click again play control - Button turns into : The corresponding sound will stop. Note: Usually a sound decay (fade out) is built in, so it may take some time until the sound will stop completely. Note: The play controls are also used in broader control assemblies. There, pre-defined sequences and complete tracks may be executed instead of one specific sound. Click stop control: All four Animated Sounds at the left side will stop simultaneously. Note: Usually a sound decay (fade out) is built in, so it may take some time until the sounds will stop completely. Note: The animation status will be disabled as well. This allows to manually play the sounds directly without interfering with the automated play. -> For more information about how to play with Animated Sounds directly, see Animated Sounds section below. Note: Clicking the play control (see above) will re-enable the automated status of the respective sound. Note: Clicking the reset control (see below) will re-enable the automated status of all four sounds. Click reset control: All four Animated Sounds at the left side will be set simultaneously to their original position and status. Warning: This action causes immediate interruption of any ongoing play of the four sounds (no decay).   (Extended options using the Reef Recorder) Right-click play control when recording is on - Button turns into : While you are recording with the Reef Recorder, your recording will stop and being saved temporarily at the location of the play control. -> For more information about how to use the Reef Recorder visit the local help accessible through the portal pages. Click play control - Button turns into : Your saved sequence will be played instead of the pre-defined sound. Note: The sequence will stop automatically as soon as it reaches its end. Note: You can play/mix multiple recorded sequences simultaneously. Note: You can also record sounds from different Sound Pages at once. Warning: If you control sounds from various Sound Pages during a session, you need to activate the browser window first (one click in addition). Note: While one or more recorded sequences are playing, the animated mode of all Animated Sounds is being suspended. It will return after all sequences are being stopped. Warning: Online only - Be sure that the Sound Page is loaded from where you recorded the sequence. Click again play control - Button turns into : Stops the current playing sequence prior to its scheduled end. Right-click play control - Button turns into : The sequence will be merged into an array of sounds that can be launched simultaneously. Warning: Online only - Be sure that the Sound Page is loaded from where you created the array. Click play control - Button turns into : Starts to play a number of sounds which have been merged from a sequence (see above). Warning: Online only - Be sure that the Sound Page is loaded from where you recorded the sequence. Click again play control - Button turns into : Stops the sound array. Right-click play control - Button turns into : The destination sounds will be deleted but the placeholders will stay in power. This will allow to start sounds simultaneously that are currently open at a certain number of placeholders. Click play control - Button turns into : Starts to play a number of sounds that are currently open at a certain number of placeholders. Click again play control - Button turns into : Stops the sound array. Right-click play control - Button turns into : The temporarily recorded information will be completely deleted, and the formerly pre-defined destination sound can be played. -> For more information about how to use the extended play control functions see How to play Animated Sounds, Appendix A. Animated Sounds How to control rich and networked sound parameter operations in real-time. Left-click - Mute button turns into unmuted status: Sound starts to play at the current cursor position. Note: If you see at least one red highlighted Hypersound link at the sound graphics, the sound is being animated and the animation mode is enabled (see next section below). Note: Most sounds are set to animated mode by default. Once you started the sound, the animation mode will be activated and the sound will continue to play automatically according to its internal scheduled Hypersound links. Note: The color of the sound graphics indicates the approximate pitch height: Blue = deep tones, Green = middle tones, Red = high tones (see spectra above). Right-click anywhere in the graphics - Loop button is off: Sound stops to play. Important: If the sound is animated and you want to stop the sound completely, you need to click the Mute button first and then right-click into the graphics. Note: Usually a sound decay (fade out) is built in, so it may take some time until the sounds will stop completely. During this time, the upper play controls are grayed and cannot be executed. Right-click - Loop button is on: Sound starts to re-play at the first cursor position of the loop. The loop end position is determined by the cursor position of the mouse. Note: If the sound is animated and you want to stop the sound completely, you need to click the Mute button first and then click the play button (playing status). Click - Hypersound link box at the left upper corner of the graphics: Sound links to itself and starts to play at a pre-defined cursor position. Note: The cursor position may vary each time randomly. This may also apply to other parameters such as volume or panorama as well. Important: Hypersound link boxes can have multiple functions that vary even if they appear at the same position. The Hypersound link boxes as described here represent just the most common conventions. -> For programming background information of Animated Sounds and Hypersound functionality visit the Sound Café. Click - Hypersound link box second from the left upper corner of the graphics: This Hypersound link links to a neighbored sound that will start to play at a pre-defined cursor position. Note: The number of neighbored sounds attached to a sound may differ. Clicking again and again will let you scroll through the whole set till the first sound is reached again. Click - Hypersound link box at the right upper corner of the graphics: This Hypersound link links randomly to one of the neighbored sounds (see above) that will start to play at a pre-defined cursor position. Right-click - Red Hypersound link box - Will change to gray : The automated schedule of the link will be disabled and no automatic link action will occur. Note: A red Hypersound link box indicates that its link is being scheduled for automated execution. After its action will occur its color will change to gray. After restarting the sound (see above) the color will be shown in red again indicating that the Hypersound link schedule is being re-enabled. Note: If mute is set the schedule of the link is set on hold. The link automation will be re-activated once mute is disabled again . Note: If you want to disable all automated Hypersound links at once, click the Stop button as described in the Play Controls chapter above. Right-click again - Gray Hypersound link box - Will change to red if an automated schedule is pre-defined: The automated schedule of the link will be enabled. An automated link action will occur if mute is disabled . Click - Button turns into pause symbol: Sound starts to play (or continues to play after pause) at the current cursor position. Important: If mute is enabled no sound will be heard. Mute will not be automatically disabled, unlike when clicking into the sound graphics (see above). Note: If during play the sound reaches its end and the loop is not activated (see below), the sound will stop automatically. Click again - Button turns into play symbol: Sound pauses. Note: Usually a sound decay (fade out) is built in, so it may take some time until the sounds will stop completely. During this time, the upper play controls are grayed and cannot be executed. Note: If the sound is animated and you want to stop the sound completely, you need to click the Mute button first and then click the play button. Click - Button turns into : Sound changes into continuous loop mode. Note: Loop start point is determined by the last left-click into the sound graphics and can be changed this way again during play. If no click has been set, the loop start point is taken from an internal pre-setting. If no internal pre-setting is given, the loop start point is set to the beginning of the sound. Note: Loop end point is determined by the last right-click into the sound graphics and can be changed this way again during play. If no click has been set, the loop end point is taken from an internal pre-setting. If no internal pre-setting is given, the loop end point is set to the end of the sound. Note: If the sound is animated, any scheduled actions will have priority over the loop process. Click again - Button turns into : All loop settings are disabled. Click - Sound events are scheduled (red Hypersound boxes at the sound graphic) but on hold. - Button turns into : The sound animation is now enabled and the sound starts to play at the first scheduled event, which can be immediately or after a certain delay. Note: Each time you play manually, for example, by clicking the sound graphics, all scheduled events are set back to the beginning except those that have already expired. Click - Sound is playing. - Button turns into : The sound continues to play, and will now be heard. Click again - Sound animation is enabled. - Button turns into : All scheduled events are being on hold. Click again - Sound is playing. - Button turns into : The sound continues to play, but will not be heard. Click - Empty check box button turns into checked status: Sound is being selected for the creation of a new Sound Page. Note: You can assemble any sounds of any Sound Pages into a new page of our own, using the Page Builder (advanced). -> For more information about the Page Builder visit the local help accessible through the portal pages and the advanced help at the Sound Café. Click again - Checked check box button turns into empty status: Sound is being de-selected and will not appear in the new Sound Page. Right-click - Check box is in checked status. - Checked check box button turns into empty display status. However, former selection is still valid: Sound can be selected once more. Click - Online only: A Freesound webpage is opened displaying the home page of the sound. Note: The Freesound home page of the sound provides a lot of useful information about the sound, its history, acceptance by the community (rating, number of downloads, comments), links to the author page of the sound, and much more. Important: Don't forget to attribute the author when presenting this sound anywhere. -> For more information about the creative commons legal conditions that apply for sounds and their use, visit the Terms of use documentation. Click into the upper slider, right or left from the black button. - Button jumps to the new cursor position. In case, the Mute button was on mute , it will turn into unmuted status: Volume will change. Left = Mute/Minimum. Right = Maximum. Note: If the Mute button has been set from muted to unmuted, animated events (red Hypersound links ) are now activated and may perform scheduled actions (see above). Note: If you click with the mouse at the left edge, the Mute button will change to muted . Click, hold and drag mouse at the black button to the left or to the right: To the left = Decreases volume. To the right = Increases volume. Note: If the Mute button has been set from muted to unmuted, animated events (red Hypersound links ) are now activated and may perform scheduled actions (see above). Note: If you move the black button to the left edge, the Mute button will change to muted . Warning: During the sliding period, other sound activities may be delayed. Click into the lower slider, right or left from the black button. - Button jumps to the new cursor position: Sound position (panorama) will change. Left = Left channel. Right = Right channel. Click, hold and drag mouse button at the black button to the left or to the right: To the left = Sound shifts to the left channel. To the right = Sound shifts to the right channel. Warning: During the sliding period, other sound activities may be delayed. Right-click into the upper slider, right or left from the black button. - A red bar will be shown ranging from the cursor position to the right edge of the bar: The overall volume of the sound is now limited to the white range left by the red bar. Note: The black button is still used in its full range but the resulting volume is limited as indicated by the bar. Note: This feature is especially useful to create a good overall mix of various Animated Sounds that are playing in a Sound Page. Warning: These settings are temporarily and will not be restored once the Sound Page is being loaded again. However, they can be recorded and/or pre-set (advanced use). -> For more information on how to record with the Reef Recorder visit the local help accessible through the portal pages. -> For more information on how to pre-set volume mix values visit the Sound Café. Right-click into the lower slider, right or left from the black button. - The button will change into red and jump to the new cursor position: All pre-set panorama values that change with each new sound call will now occur within a small range around the position the button indicates. Left-click, hold and drag mouse with the red button along the lower slider. - The button will remain in red and move to the new cursor position: All pre-set panorama values that change with each new sound call will now occur within a small range around the new position the button indicates. Left-click into the lower slider, right or left from the red button. - The button will change into black and move to the new cursor position: The current sound will play exactly at the new channel mix position as indicated. All pre-set panorama values that change with each new sound call will now occur again within the normal, full range. Note: This feature is especially useful to create a good overall mix of various Animated Sounds that are playing in a Sound Page. Warning: These settings are temporarily and will not be restored once the Sound Page is being loaded again. However, they can be recorded and/or pre-set (advanced users). -> For more information on how to record with the Reef Recorder visit the local help accessible through the portal pages. -> For more information on how to pre-set panorama mix values visit the Sound Café. More Information -> For more information about how to use Animated Sounds see How to play Animated Sounds. Link To Page OO OO 'Link To Page' is used with a typical four pages sound session. Note: You can use the :: symbol to open a four pages sound session (see Sound Page Elements above), or the 'Navigator' project menu as supplied through the portal pages. The feature allows to load related sound assemblies into each of the existing four sound frames without re-loading the whole page. The benefits are: o Loading a related sound frame eases the way to enlarge the musical reach of a session. o The tools opened in the left menus of the Sound Pages are not being touched. o It becomes now also easier to create your own Sound Pages using the check box of the Animated Sounds together with the Page Builder (see above). o Offline only: Recorded sequences of sounds from former frames are loaded into the actual opened frames during real-time play as well. This allows to create real-time sessions that can make use of the complete sound repository at once. Warning: Don't change a sound frame or reload a Sound Page during a real-time session since it will interrupt the current performance. In order to perform sounds from different sound frames, record them separately into independent play controls, and play them later together in one session (offline only). -> For more information on how to record with the Reef Recorder visit the local help accessible through the portal pages. -> For more information on how to use enhanced play possibilities with the Reef Recorder see the Play Controls above. The standard order of Sound Pages in a four pages sound session is: OO OO Left upper corner: 'Figures' type Sound Page. Note: Sound types can have names that differ from the generic 'Figures' name. In order to know the generic name of a Sound Page, notice the file name of the URL displayed in your browser address bar. The 'Figures' type Sound Page holds the 'Link To Page' listings with the links to related sound frames, sorted by the sound type frames (clockwise: upper left, upper right, lower right, lower left). It is accessible by the ! symbol displayed at the bottom of the Sound Page (see Sound Page Elements above). Click a sound frame link displayed in the left upper corner section: Another 'Figures' type sound frame will be loaded into the same 'Figures' type Sound Page that holds the 'Link To Page' listings. Note: Any new 'Figures' type sound frame will hold a different set of related 'Link To Page' sound frames depending on musical similarity and other matching criteria. OO OO Right upper corner: 'Xpressions' type Sound Page. Click a sound frame link displayed in the right upper corner section: Another 'Xpressions' type sound frame will be loaded into the right upper corner Sound Page frame. Note: If the 'Xpressions' type Sound Page is located in another corner, the frame will be opened at the different location of that Sound Page. Note: Pages may appear in different corners when using automated tiling of the browser pages (Control-T with Maxthon 1.x). It is recommended to always position the Sound Pages in the recommended order as described here. Warning: Make sure that the 'Xpressions' type Sound Page is opened when clicking the sound frame link. Warning: Make sure that you don't have a second 'Xpressions' type Sound Page open at the same time. Note: If you have a second Sound Page of the same type open at the same time, you still can use all interactive play functions as described in the Animated Sounds section above. However, play controls as described in the Play Controls section above cannot be used in this case. OO OO Right lower corner: 'Events' type Sound Page. Click a sound frame link displayed in the right lower corner section: Another 'Events' type sound frame will be loaded into the right lower corner Sound Page frame. Important: Please consider the usage conditions as outlined in the upper left and upper right sections above. OO OO Left lower corner: 'Layers' type Sound Page. Click a sound frame link displayed in the left lower corner section: Another 'Layers' type sound frame will be loaded into the left lower corner Sound Page frame. Important: Please consider the usage conditions as outlined in the upper left and upper right sections above. End of page.