Yeah, I don’t know if that is the best approach, but I didn’t see a way to pause the Sound/SoundChannel object. So I just kept track of the current audio playhead position and passed that parameter to the play() method.

As for controlling the volume, I just set the volume property on a SoundTransform object.

Peter

Try something like the following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        paddingTop="0"
        paddingLeft="0"
        paddingRight="0"
        paddingBottom="0">

    <mx:Style>
        .playStyle {
            /* skin: Embed("assets/control_play.png"); */
        }
        .stopStyle {
            /* skin: Embed("assets/control_stop.png"); */
        }
        .pauseStyle {
            /* skin: Embed("assets/control_pause.png"); */
        }
    </mx:Style>

    <mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
        import flash.media.*;

        import mx.events.SliderEvent;

        [Bindable]
        [Embed(source="song.mp3")]
        public var sndCls:Class;

        public var pos:Number = 0;

        public var snd:Sound = new sndCls() as Sound;

        public var sndChannel:SoundChannel;

        public function playSound():void {
            sndChannel = snd.play(pos);
        }

        public function stopSound():void {
            sndChannel.stop();
            pos = 0;
        }

        public function pauseSound():void {
            pos = sndChannel.position;
            sndChannel.stop();
        }

        public function volume_change(evt:SliderEvent):void {
            var sndTransform:SoundTransform = sndChannel.soundTransform;
            sndTransform.volume = evt.value;
            sndChannel.soundTransform = sndTransform;
        }
    ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ControlBar paddingBottom="0" paddingTop="0">
        <mx:Button id="playButton"
                label="play"
                styleName="playStyle"
                click="playSound();" />
        <mx:Button id="stopButton"
                label="stop"
                styleName="stopStyle"
                click="stopSound();" />

        <mx:Button id="pauseButton"
                label="pause"
                styleName="pauseStyle"
                click="pauseSound();" />

        <mx:HSlider id="volume"
                minimum="0.0"
                maximum="1.0"
                value="1.0"
                snapInterval="0.01"
                liveDragging="true"
                change="volume_change(event);" />
    </mx:ControlBar>

</mx:Application>

Peter

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical" verticalAlign="middle" paddingTop="0" paddingLeft="0" paddingRight="0" paddingBottom="0">
<mx:Style>
  .playStyle {
    skin: Embed('assets/control_play.png');
  }
  .stopStyle {
    skin: Embed('assets/control_stop.png');
  }
</mx:Style>
    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import flash.media.*;
            [Embed(source="h_suazo.mp3")]
            [Bindable]
            public var sndCls:Class;
            public var snd:Sound = new sndCls() as Sound;
            public var sndChannel:SoundChannel;
            public function playSound():void {
                sndChannel=snd.play();
            }
            public function stopSound():void {
                sndChannel.stop();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>
    <mx:ControlBar paddingBottom="0" paddingTop="0">
        <mx:Button styleName="playStyle" click="playSound();"/>
        <mx:Button styleName="stopStyle" click="stopSound();"/>

    </mx:ControlBar>
</mx:Application>

Thanks in advance…