Whether it's popular music for a video, funny noises on a children's game, or the audio track for an animation, sound is everywhere. An audio player can read a page's content out loud for people who have a visual impairment. More podcasts are being produced than ever before. And music lovers can preview samples before downloading a song.

Sound without control is just noise, however. Just as someone may opt to turn off ringtones on their phone in favor of the vibrate setting, not everyone wants to be forced to listen to the sounds on a web page.

In this lesson, we'll discuss using HTML to add audio to your page, and we'll go over information on compatible files for the web, the basic use audio editing software, and choosing file types.