Controlling sound file with play, stop and mute button in AS3.0?

Question

the method for stopping/playing sound in 2.0 don't work for 3.0.  i can stop the sound by going to a different page/frame on the site.  but i want the buttons. 
1. play button?
2.stop button?
3.mute button?
thanks in advance!

Answer 1

for pause (example 2) :
for volume -mute (example 1) :
package
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.StageAlign;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.media.Sound;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
import flash.media.SoundTransform;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.utils.Timer;
public class SoundTransformExample extends Sprite
  private var url:String = "MySound.mp3";
  private var soundFactory:Sound;
  private var channel:SoundChannel;
  private var positionTimer:Timer;
  public function SoundTransformExample()
   stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
   stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
   var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
   soundFactory = new Sound();
   soundFactory.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, ioErrorHandler);
   soundFactory.load(request);
   channel = soundFactory.play();
   stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, mouseMoveHandler);
  private function ioErrorHandler(event:Event):void
   trace("ioErrorHandler: " + event);
  private function setPan(pan:Number):void
   trace("setPan: " + pan.toFixed(2));
   var transform:SoundTransform = channel.soundTransform;
   transform.pan = pan;
   channel.soundTransform = transform;
  private function setVolume(volume:Number):void
   trace("setVolume: " + volume.toFixed(2));
   var transform:SoundTransform = channel.soundTransform;
   transform.volume = volume;
   channel.soundTransform = transform;
  private function mouseMoveHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
   var halfStage:uint = Math.floor(stage.stageWidth / 2);
   var xPos:uint = event.stageX;
   var yPos:uint = event.stageY;
   var value:Number;
   var pan:Number;
   if (xPos > halfStage)
    value = xPos / halfStage;
    pan = value - 1;
   else if (xPos < halfStage)
    value = (xPos - halfStage) / halfStage;
    pan = value;
   else
    pan = 0;
   var volume:Number = 1 - (yPos / stage.stageHeight);
   setVolume(volume);
   setPan(pan);
 package
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.media.Sound;
import flash.media.SoundChannel;
import flash.net.URLLoader;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
public class SoundChannel_stopExample extends Sprite
  private var snd:Sound = new Sound();
  private var channel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
  private var button:TextField = new TextField();
  public function SoundChannel_stopExample()
   var req:URLRequest = new URLRequest("MySound.mp3");
   snd.load(req);
   button.x = 10;
   button.y = 10;
   button.text = "PLAY";
   button.border = true;
   button.background = true;
   button.selectable = false;
   button.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.CENTER;
   button.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler);
   this.addChild(button);
  private function clickHandler(e:MouseEvent):void
   var pausePosition:int = channel.position;
   if (button.text == "PLAY")
    channel = snd.play(pausePosition);
    button.text = "PAUSE";
   else
    channel.stop();
    button.text = "PLAY";