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Welcome - and thanks for your interest in authoring Beatnik interactive audio.
Quick Start for Editor 2.0 Users: Be sure to review What's New in Version 2.1.
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.
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:
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.
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