Features complete instructions on audio capture/creation, preparation, and optimizing for Web developers. Includes a developer"s CD-ROM, with hundreds of dollars worth of sound clips, utilities, demo programs, interactive tutorials, sound effects, and music for use in Web pages. Provides access to the authors" Web page so you can test browser capabilities, plug-in modules, file formats, comparative efficiency, and hardware and software; and so you can get the latest updates for music sources and sound libraries. Contains an easy-to-understand explanation of the recording process, hardware and software tools, and more. Gives you a thorough explanation of licensing, contracts, and performance rights groups, with tips on how to prevent copyright infringement in cyberspace. Includes a quick reference of audio hardware and software vendors.