Multiple streaming sound manipulation

programming flash
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Hey there.
I have a site where as you click links, you move forwards through a city. I want to fade sound files in and out, overlapping, depending on where you are in the city. (The site is www.eskimojoe.net)
As yet, I can’t have two sounds playing at once.
I have found a site with the effect I want, it’s at
www.sofake.com
(Great site, by the way)
My code is as follows.
I have two sound loops at the moment, one of cicadas, one of a city at night, both saved as separate .swf files, which I have loaded onto the main timeline on layers 14 and 15.
The code for the two loops is:

cicadas.swf, FRAME 1

var volPercent = 20;
cicadas = new Sound(cicadas);
cicadas.setVolume(volPercent*2);

city.swf, FRAME 1

var volPercent = 20;
city = new Sound(cityMC);
city.setVolume(volPercent*2);

Once I load these two onto different levels, I get no sound.
If I delete one, the other will play.
I have tried loading the sound objects into empty movie clips, but then the entire file has to load before it will start playing. I need a way to stream multiple sound files, and have control over their volume. Is there a thread or tutorial out there that can solve my problem?
Sorry if this post is long and convoluted, it’s hard to explain
cheers,
stu

2

Have you seen this one?
http://kennybellew.com/tutorial/

scotty(-:

3

Thanks Scotty.
Bloody brilliant.

4

welcome:thumb:

scotty(-:

5

OK, that pretty much told me everything I needed to know about controlling sound files, EXCEPT, how do I loop a dynamically loaded streaming sound file…
My code, as far as I have got, is:

cicada = new Sound(cicadaMC);
cicada.loadSound(“sounds/cicadas.mp3”, true);
_root.cicada.start(0, 999);

If I delete the “true” condition, the sound will loop, but will not stream.
I have read the tute back to front, still can’t figure it out.

HELP!