Adding sound to animation

[christine conley8]

I want to add sound to a 3-1/2 minute animation I have almost completed. I want to be able to project the animation (I don't know if that changes anything).

2 questions:

1)Is it best to add the sound in Animate? What I research seems to suggest that, but 6 years ago when I made an animation in Flash, I exported it before adding sound. Can't remember much about it. 

2)My animation file has 33 folders, each with several layers. Is it best to make a separate folder for sound or add sound layers to each pertinent visual folder? I plan to add a lot of separate sound effects. I imagine organization would be easier if I add each sound layer to the pertinent folder.

thank you

[kglad]

it's easy to add sound in animate, and i'm not aware of any advantage to adding sound outside animate.

[christine conley8]

Thank you. I am starting - was able to import a .wav but not an mp3,
although what I see says I should be able to import .mp3s to Animate
projects. In Zapsplat you can upgrade for a reasonable charge and get
.wav files. But I'm curious as to why i'm unable to import the .mp3
file to the library or the stage. Any ideas?

[kglad]

open in audition and resave with 44.1 sample rate, 8 or 16 bit.  then import into animate.

[christine conley8]

Ok. I’ll install Audition and try. Thanks.

[kglad]

you're welcome.

[christine conley8]

Ready for another question? The subscription, according to Zapsplat gives
you access to better quality .wavs. Especially since I want to be able to
project the video, do you think the sound quality would be much different?
Thanks in advance.

[kglad]

if this is a higher quality music recording, yes.  you should be able to test wav's vs mp3, if not on zapsplat, then elsewhere to compare.