Welcome to Kaboom! Special Edition, the software sensation with more than 500 sounds for developing web sites on your Macintosh. From juicy stabs to gushy splats, you'll find all the sounds you need to make compelling Java applets and Shockwave animations.

ABOUT THE SOUNDS

Kaboom! contains a tremendous variety of professionally recorded sound effects, ranging from farm animals to automobile noises to the vibrating hum of a dentist's office drill. All right, so they're not all pleasant sounds!

Still, it takes highly specialized talent and a huge investment of time and money to create sound effects that are more real than life. We are pleased to provide you with many such sounds under license from one of the motion picture industry's leading provider of sound effects.

By teaming the highest caliber of talent and experience with their multi-million dollar state-of-the-art digital studio, these sounds are unsurpassed in quality.

We think you're going to love the results! And if you do, be sure to ask your software retailer about Kaboom! 3.0, with over 1000 8- and 16-bit sounds for your Macintosh.

CREATING & EDITING SOUNDS

With the Kaboom! Factory you can create, edit, and personalize the sounds included with Kaboom! Special Edition, as well as any other sounds you might have. You'll become a sound expert overnight as you explore the magic of recording your own sounds and adding special effects. The Kaboom! Factory is powerful yet easy-to-use, and you'll be amazed at all you can do with it!

For starters, you can combine and mix sounds to create literally millions of combinations-say a doorbell and then a dog barking or a gunshot and then a police siren. What's more, you can amplify, echo, and add other effects to any sound.

In no time at all, you can make your own high-tech answering machine messages, disguise your voice to fool your friends-even play the Beatles' White Album backwards, if you like.

The Kaboom! Factory sound editor is covered in more detail in Parts Three and Four of this User Manual.

We hope you enjoy using Kaboom! Special Edition and look forward to your comments!