Smacky is a cross platform C++ program for playing music on traditional speakers. The main objective of Smacky is to provide basic features for writing music scores and emulating them on a speaker. All scores are described in a simple XML file like the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<score tempo="150" name="My music score">
  <block loops="2">
    <block>
      <note value="C,4" />
      <note value="D,4" />
      <note value="E,4" />
      <note value="F,4" />
      <note value="G,4" />
      <note value="A,4" />
      <note value="B,4" />
    </block>
    <pause duration="3.0" />
    <block>
      <note value="B,5" />
      <note value="A,5" />
      <note value="G,5" />
      <note value="F,5" />
      <note value="E,5" />
      <note value="D,5" />
      <note value="C,5" />
    </block>
    <pause duration="3.0" />
  </block>
</score>
        

The syntax is relatively intuitive for beginners. This file format was almost chosen to ease the reading/writing of music scores for musicians and the sharing between users. However, adding support for other file formats is straightforward.Finally, many famous songs are provided with the software. Feel free to send me your wishlist for adding features ;)

• 30/08/2011 - Release 1.6.0 : beta version of Smacky.

• Software : latest version can be downloaded here.
• Documentation : latest version can be viewed online here.

• PC speaker on Wikipedia.

For any question/suggestion about this project, feel free to send an email at . I will respond as soon as possible.