AS3 play and pause timeline as well as soundchannels

Question

I am trying to make global playback control buttons to play & pause the timeline as well as the sound channels. I have managed to get the buttons to function correctly with  controlling the timeline but I need them to also work with the  soundchannels too.
Here is the code I created for the buttons:
btnStop.visible = true;
btnPlay.visible = false;
var movieclip:MovieClip;
function stopMovieClip(mc:MovieClip):void{
mc.stop();
for (var i:int = 0; i < mc.numChildren; i++)
var mcChild = mc.getChildAt(i);
if (mcChild is MovieClip) stopMovieClip(mcChild);
btnPlay.visible = true;
btnStop.visible = false;
function playMovieClip(mcPlaying:MovieClip):void{
mcPlaying.play();
for (var j:int = 0; j < mcPlaying.numChildren; j++)
var mcPlay = mcPlaying.getChildAt(j);
if (mcPlay is MovieClip) playMovieClip(mcPlay);
btnStop.visible = true;
btnPlay.visible = false;
btnStop.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, stopAll);
function stopAll(event:MouseEvent):void
stopMovieClip(con);
btnPlay.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, PlayMC);
function PlayMC(event:MouseEvent):void
playMovieClip(con);
And the code for the soundchannels:
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
var strokeVOSound:strokeVO = new strokeVO();
var strokeVOChannel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
var bleedVOSound:bleedVO = new bleedVO();
var bleedVOChannel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
yellow_mc.visible=false;
blue_mc.visible=false;
strokebtn_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, displayStroke);
strokebtn_mc.buttonMode = true;
function displayStroke(e:MouseEvent):void {
trace ('Clicked')
yellow_mc.visible=true;
blue_mc.visible=false;
bleedVOChannel.stop();
strokeVOChannel = strokeVOSound.play();
bleedbtn_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, displaybleed);
bleedbtn_mc.buttonMode = true;
function displaybleed(e:MouseEvent):void {
yellow_mc.visible=false;
blue_mc.visible=true;
trace ('Clicked')
strokeVOChannel.stop();
bleedVOChannel = bleedVOSound.play();
The soundchannels are triggered by a movieclip which acts as a button.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks

Answer 1

For the two soundchannel sounds you have, you will need to keep track if and which one is playing so that you can use some logic to stop the sound right after you mark where the sound was (position)  so that you can resume playing it again when the play button is selected.
So if the stroke sound is started, you could assign a boolean variable named something like 'strokeplaying' to be true (setting the other sounds similar boolean false).  Then, in your pause function you would test to see if strokeplaying is true and if it is, store the position property and stop the channel playing. 
When play is selected, similarly, you test if that sound is true and if so you restart it using the position value you stored as the starting point.  You do the same for the other sound... remembering that it is possible neither is playing when pause it clicked.