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I'd first like to say that SoundCentral is a free service ran by volunteers who work full time at other jobs. We attempt to answer all mail as quickly as we can.
Only some files at SoundCentral are available for listening right off
of the web site. If your browser supports the audio format, the file can
be listened to by clicking once on the WAV, AU, AIFF, and MID graphic
links. If your browser does not support the audio format or the file is
in compressed form, you may download it (instructions
here) and decompress or convert the
file using any of the publicly available audio and compression programs
on the internet.Listen to a sound file
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| Two- or three-button mice systems (PC/Amiga/etc.) | One-button mice systems (Macintosh) | |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | Right-click on the desired available download method* (WAV, MID, ZIP, etc.) and select "Save Target As..." The computer will then ask what you want to save the file as. Select where you want to save the file and then click "Save." | Press and hold down the "option" key. While holding this key down, click on the desired available download method* (WAV, MID, ZIP, etc.) and follow the remainder of the two- and three-button mice instructions. |
| Netscape | Right-click on the desired available download method* (WAV, MID, ZIP, etc.) and select "Save Destination As..." The computer will then ask what you want to save the file as. Select where you want to save the file and then click "Save." | Press and hold down the "option" key. While holding this key down, click on the desired available download method* (WAV, MID, ZIP, etc.) and follow the remainder of the two- and three-button mice instructions. |
| * Currently, files are only available in their original format. We hope to provide compressed versions (GZIP and ZIP) of each uncompressed file in the future. | ||
We use several forms of authentication. Usually, this authentication is taken care of
automatically by your web browser or FTP client. If it is not, you will be
prompted to enter your "username and password".
Your user name is: ftp
Your password is your EMail address.
EFE, EDE, EFA, EDA, and GKH files are all found in our Ensoniq section. These files are intended for use ONLY with ENSONIQ-brand samplers. Therefore, you cannot use them or play them on your computer or other brands of sampling keyboards.
However, software now exists to translate these files into computer-friendly files. Rubber Chicken Software has some musically-oriented tools to translate these Ensoniq files, and Awave converts hundreds (literally) of audio forms to stanard formats. So you may try either of these shareware and/or commerical products to translate these files (please note that not all Ensoniq files are applicable/usable on non-Ensoniq platforms)
First and foremost, do not link to any files on SoundCentral. It will slow down our servers. If you want to use a file available here on your website, either as background music or a file available for download, download the file to your own web or server and link to it there. To repeat: Do not link to any files on SoundCentral. You may, however, link to any of our HTML pages.
To embed sounds in a web page or email, first copy the file to your local web or FTP server. Then, add the following two lines of code that will ensure it works in both Netscape and Internet Explorer:
<NOEMBED><BGSOUND SRC="xxxx" LOOP="1"></NOEMBED>
<EMBED SRC="xxxx" HEIGHT="0" WIDTH="0" AUTOSTART="TRUE"></EMBED>
Replace xxxx with the name of the audio file you want your site to play. For maximum cross-platform
compatibility, any embedded sounds should be either a MIDI file, a AU audio file, or a WAV audio file.
Some of the pages at SoundCentral are very large (over 150k) and take some time to download to your computer. Most, if not all, web browsers do not display a table until it is completely downloaded (so it can format it correctly on your screen). Your web browser should let you know it is still working by animating a logo in the upper-right corner of the browser. If you let the browser download the entire page, then you will see the files on your screen.
Back to list of questionsSoundCentral has so many files available, it is taking our volunteer staff many hours to enter all of the sounds and descriptions into our database. In order to make these sounds immediately available to you, we placed a link in the web page to take you to an FTP site. Eventually all files will be indexed and you will not need to take this extra step to download files.
Back to list of questionsMake sure you have a fresh web page in your cache. Many times problems are caused from viewing old pages. Try clicking "Reload" or "Refresh" on the afflicted web page and try the link again.
Many of the files you will find listed at SoundCentral do not reside on our computer. The files are spread all around the United States and the rest of the world on machines and web sites run by other sound enthusiasts. If you receive an "Error 404 - File not found" message, that means the remote site either deleted, moved, or renamed the file; or a mistake was made when we entered the file into the database. Please send us an email and let us know which exact file you were attempting to access when you received this message. We will correct the error as quickly as possible or remove the link if the files are no longer available on the host computer.
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