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Trail: JDK(TM) 1.1 -- And Beyond!
Lesson: A Preview of Things to Come

## Audio Enhancements

> Audio enhancements include a new sound engine and a new `static` method.

> Java Sound replaces the existing sound engine with a new sound engine that provides playback for MIDI files and the full range of .wav, aiff and .au files. It also provides much higher sound quality. This introduces no new API.

> The `java.applet.Applet` class will include a new `static` method that allow applications to create `AudioClip`s without requiring an `AppletContext`.

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