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New to music and sound on computers
| You might want to start out by visiting the Tutorials page on the Beatnik Web site, where basic concepts like digital audio and MIDI are explained: http://www.beatnik.com/to?wida http://www.beatnik.com/to?miditutorial Then read Getting Started. It'll make a lot more sense once you have that background.
Experienced with MIDI or audio production, but new to Beatnik
| Jump straight to For Musicians for an overview of Beatnik's MIDI and sampling facilities. Then read Getting Started to see how to use the Beatnik Editor to create media to drive them. Later you may also want to learn about Advanced Techniques .
A Web developer or Multimedia developer
| Proceed to Getting Started. It should explain everything you need to know for most uses of RMF you'll encounter. You'll also need to understand how the RMF content you create with the Beatnik Editor relates to your Web authoring world. If you're working in JavaScript for Web browsers, you'll need Beatnik's Web Authoring Documentation - or if you're working in Lingo for Shockwave/Director, get familiar with the Beatnik Xtra User's Guide and, if you're working in Flash, the Flashnik Tutorial. http://www.beatnik.com/to/?music-object-doc http://www.beatnik.com/to/?xtra-doc http://www.beatnik.com/software/tutorials/ flashnik_authoring.html
A Software developer using BeOS, JavaSound or the Beatnik Audio Engine
| Proceed to Getting Started, which should cover everything you need to know for most uses of RMF you'll encounter. To understand how the RMF content you create with the Beatnik Editor relates to your programming world, please consult your BeOS or JavaSound documentation, or the BAE Developer Reference.

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