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PLAY string

Play musical notes, a mp3 or ogg sound file. The music string is composed of the following building blocks:

String	Description
A-G[-	+
On	Octave n = 0..6, n = < moves down one octave, n = > moves up one octave
Nn	Play note n = 0..84 (0 = pause)
Pn	Pause n = 1..64
Ln	Length of note n = 1..64 (1/nnn)
Tn	Tempo n = 32..255. Number of 1/4 notes per minute.
MS	Staccato (1/2)
MN	Normal (3/4)
ML	Legato
Vn	Volume n = 0..100
MF	Play on foreground
MB	Play on background
Q	Clear sound queue

To play a sound file use file://filename as string. When playing on background, program execution continuous. If the end of the program is reach, the playback will stop.

Example 1: Play a note

play "L2A"    ' note A with length 1/2

Example 2: Play multiple notes

' Set volume to 50%
play "V10"  
' Play Menuet by J. Sebastian Bach
play "T180L8O3MN O4D4O3MLGABO4C O4D4O3MNG4MLG4 O4MNE4MLCDEF# O4G4O3MNG4MLG4 O4MNC4MLDCO3BA O3MNB4MLO4CO3BAG O3MNA4MLBAGF# G2.MN"

Example 3: Play notes on background

play "MBL2A"    ' note A with length 1/2 on background
pause           ' make sure, that program will not end

Example 4: Play a sound file

' Copy a mp3 file to the working directory and name it test.mp3

play "file://test.mp3"
pause                    ' make sure, that program will not end

Code samples using PLAY

005 challenge.bas 2048.bas 3d rotating cube with message.bas 3d wire cube v1.bas 3d wire cube.bas 3dtictac.bas 3dttt.bas 3dttt.bas 4tune.bas 7gables.bas agendus.bas analog clock.bas anball 1.0.bas bairstow.bas Balleta 2-11-15.bas betrayal: crows ii.bas biorythms.bas blackbox.bas Blackbox.bas blackjack.bas BlackJack.bas bolmo.bas bonkers.bas bowling7.bas bplus paddleball.bas btn 21.bas checkers.bas chess.bas clock.bas

Console

AT BEEP CAT CLS DEFINEKEY FORM INKEY INPUT LINEINPUT LINPUT LOCATE LOGPRINT NOSOUND PEN PLAY PRINT SOUND TAB

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