Beatnik lets you experience interactive Web audio directly from Netscape Navigator, Internet Explorer, or America Online. Through the use of RMF (Rich Music Format) technology, Beatnik offers fast downloads and produces high-quality audio. It supports many music and audio file formats, including RMF, MIDI, MOD, AIFF, WAV, MP3, and AU. Beatnik also creates a new experience for Web users, one where sonified buttons respond instantly with clicks, where navigation bars respond to your movements, and where tempo and instruments can be changed by your interaction with the page or the Web site. This plug-in also supports secure interactive MP3 and can play MP3-compressed samples along with compressed instrument data, which can be wrapped into the RMF format. Other features include support for Internet Explorer, Netscape 6, and the AOL browser, more advanced reverbs for improved sound quality, better compatibility with other sound plug-ins (takes only RMF and MIDI file extensions), and more.

This version features support for Internet Explorer for the Macintosh.

Note: Because of a Web-based installation process, you must maintain your Internet connection after you double-click the downloaded installation file.