Welcome - and thanks for your interest in authoring Beatnik interactive audio.
- Note: If you run into difficulty installing, registering, or using the Beatnik Editor, and can't
find an answer in the Online Help or User's Guide, then contact Customer Support via the
Beatnik Web site:
http://www.beatnik.com/?editor-support
This document you're reading is the Beatnik Editor User's Guide. It explains how to use the program,
and includes detailed reference materials and links to further information at the Beatnik
Web site.
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The Beatnik Editor is the leading tool for preparing RMF-format music and sound content for
Beatnik Platform interactive audio players - chiefly the Beatnik Player for Web browsers. It's a
big program that different kinds of people tend to use in different ways:
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- Musicians and Sound Designers: Think of the Beatnik Editor as a patch editor/librarian for
the MIDI synthesizer included in all Beatnik playback software, plus a tool to convert your
samples, MIDI files, and Beatnik patches into RMF format. The Beatnik Editor includes that
same synthesizer, with a Live MIDI Input that you can play from a MIDI sequencer program
or external instrument - just like any MIDI synth in your studio.
- Web content designers: Think of the Beatnik Editor as a file converter that turns standard
audio and music files (MP3, WAV, AIFF, AU, and MIDI) into RMF files for use on the Web.
You can control RMF file playback interactively using the Music Object interface for JavaScript
in Web browsers, or for Lingo in Shockwave and Director movies.
- How to Read this User's Guide
- About the Beatnik Editor
- About Beatnik and the RMF File Format
- Where to Go Next?
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