music

[D.S]

I've noticed that some games have a bass and melody line both being played with what seems to be the QB PLAY command. Let me put this another way. Is it possible to have a bass and melody line using only the PLAY command?

[Steve]

Sure, if you know your music.

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                 Play c4
                    ^     ^
  The command  Plays note C in eights

[Nodtveidt]

Using tone toggling (playing two notes in rapid succession) is how it's usually done with PLAY.

[Mary]

can you give the code again? something doesn't work

[{Nathan}]

I am not sure what you mean, but just check QB's inline help, it really is pretty thourough. Also, mate, it needs to be in quotes cuz its a string.

[matt2jones]

but just check QB's inline help, it really is pretty thourough.

It doesn't cover this.

Play "c4"

Plays the note C for 1/4 the length of time that PLAY "C" plays it for.

matt

[MARY]

Yes but it gives only one sound and not as I understood the note and its bass?

[Guest]

The only way to do it is through tone toggling. The PC speaker has only one channel. You must learn to program the sound card in order to play both a bass line, and a melody, plus an additional amount of channels(that I coul not tell you because chances are my PC has a different sound card than yours...).

[Guest]

ok does anywhere know the actual note values or will i have to figure it out?
as in
sound 520, 50 is playing C from 2nd octave up from middle C for 50 miliseconts
now i need C# D D# and so on or will i have to figure them out myself