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Secret Sound

Posted by Dave Rosen February 24, 2006

When I tell people I’m into Flashing, they usually peg me as an animator or give me an odd look wondering where I keep my trench coat.

The Flash Platform has far outgrown its ‘flashy’ childhood. Now everything from mobile phones, to video game consoles, benefit from the ability to use Flash content – and it’s not just animation.

Recently I helped 37signals play sound around the Campfire.

Embedding a tiny hidden Flash movie that loads and plays mp3 files achieved this. Rather than worry about a FlashUI, it’s all controlled via JavaScript (view the source of this page for details).

It’s great to see… well at least hear… Flash used by such a great company and such a great application.

Here’s another sound way of using Flash.

Can you guess the secret sound?

Listen to the Secret Sound!

The first person to get the right answer will get a postcard from the city hosting this years Commonwealth Games (and a Mockingboard t-shirt once I get around to printing off some).

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  1. Miha said about 4 hours later:
    Thump, click, click? :)
  2. Dave Rosen said about 5 hours later:
    Close but no cigar.
  3. Umesh said about 12 hours later:
    Its a watch ticking
  4. DAVE ROSEN said about 23 hours later:
    Nice guess but no. :)
  5. Miha said 4 days later:
    Closing and double-locking a box?
  6. DAVE ROSEN said 4 days later:
    Nope. Here's a clue: the sound is not from a home.
  7. Umesh said 4 days later:
    Btw i just found out that the play sound is not working in this page http://xhtmlize.com/articles/2006/02/24/secret-sound I think the sound is of zippo's? :-)
  8. DAVE ROSEN said 4 days later:
    Oh nice spotting - I need to embed the javascript on this page too. Using a lighter.... nope but great guess!
  9. DAVE ROSEN said 4 days later:
    Umesh, you can now play the sound on the page :) Thanks again.
  10. Jeff said 4 days later:
    It's a dishwasher starting!
  11. John D. said 4 days later:
    Opening a can of coke?
  12. Magda said 4 days later:
    Hanging up the phone?
  13. Dave Rosen said 5 days later:
    Jeff, John, Magda - sorry it's none of those either!

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