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- Subj: Elvira Sounds..Wav Zip file
- Date: October 13, 1995
- From: Rainteam8
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- File: ELVIRA.ZIP (70154 bytes)
- DL time (19200 baud): < 1 minute
- Download count: 7133
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- NEEDS: .wav player or WAOL 2.5
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- This file contains all the Elvira Sounds zipped into a single file.
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- AMERICA ONLINE FOR WINDOWS: ONLINE SOUNDS!
- by Rob O'Daniel
-
- With the introduction of the new America Online for Windows, PC users can
- finally even the score! Macintosh and Apple IIgs users have had their
- America Online sessions filled with sounds for years and now, with WAOL, so
- can PC users! What's more, PC users can even exchange sounds with their
- Macintosh and Apple-owning friends on America Online.
-
- So how does this work? Well, the simplest introduction to this new feature
- is the Welcome sound you hear when signing-on! There are others that play
- automatically as you enjoy your online session, such as those alerting you to
- the receipt of New Mail or Instant Messages. If you have a sound card or the
- Windows PC speaker driver installed, you'll hear a friendly voice informing,
- "You've got mail!" when you receive E-mail. Similarly, when you receive an
- Instant Message, you'll hear a chime. Plus, the announcement "File's Done!"
- will let you know your download has finished. Like any regular Windows 3.1
- sound event, you can replace the default America Online sounds with your
- favorite Star Trek quote, a funny sound, or even your own voice.
-
- But the best is yet to come... During any online chat or conference, you can
- "send" sounds to other members in the same room. First, be sure you've
- enabled Chat Room sounds in your selection of Preferences. Then, you simply
- type {S FILENAME.WAV} and press ENTER. Anyone in the room who has AOL for
- Windows, an Apple IIgs, or a Mac system can hear that sound. Well, there is
- a hitch - in order to hear the sound, the other members must have a sound
- file with the same name. And this makes sense once you know how the feature
- works. You see, technically, AOL doesn't "send" a sound file - it simply
- triggers the playback of a sound on the systems of the members present in the
- chat room. So, if I type {S BEAM.WAV} and you have a WAV sound file on your
- system with that name, it will be played; however, the sound must be in your
- WAOL or WINDOWS directory or in the path specified in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- If your BEAM.WAV sounds different from mine, you'll hear yours. The FILENAME
- is the key here.
-
- You're now on your way to having a cacophony of online sounds, but there's
- still a minor problem. With DOS filenames being limited to 8 characters,
- it's difficult to remember that ARSENIO.WAV is actually a sound clip of
- Arsenio Hall saying, "It's a night thing!" The crafty folks at America
- Online have provided a way around that problem! You can assign a string of
- text with a filename by placing a line in your WIN.INI file under the
- [Sounds] section like this:
-
- It's a night thing!=C:\WINDOWS\SOUNDS\ARSENIO.WAV
-
- Then you can type:
- {S It's a night thing!}
- {S ARSENIO}
-
- and get the same results. By the way, the WAV extension and the ending
- bracket are optional plus the line is not case-sensitive, so you could also
- type
- {S it's a NIGHT THING!
- {S arsenio
-
- to send the same sounds. Remember, you must spell the filename or the
- associated string precisely or WAOL will not find the file to play it.
-
- Of course, you'll want to customize this to your system to tell Windows
- exactly where you keep your sound files. And be sure to add that same
- directory to your path. This way, you don't have to clutter up your WAOL or
- WINDOWS directories with sound files. Instead, you can place your WAV sounds
- in their own directory, as shown in the WIN.INI line above.
-
- Now that you know how to use the sounds, you'll no doubt want to collect a
- few WAV files so you can have some fun in the chat rooms. The LaPub staff
- and the Windows Forum have teamed-up to provide some great collections of
- sounds, plus the new Events WAV Library contains a number of short WAV files
- aptly suited for this purpose. The LaPub collections are mostly converted
- Macintosh sounds and provide a handy way to make sure you have many of the
- same sounds as your Mac & Apple buddies. To find these files, simply use
- keyword QUICKFIND and search for "WAOL and WAV" or Browse the Event Sounds
- Library under the Music & Sound item on the main menu of the Windows Forum
- (keyword WIN) or Music Forum (keyword PMU).
-
- {S Enjoy!!!}
-