General Sound Tutorials |
Link | Description | Author |
DMA Play 5 |
If you want to play .wav files in your program, take a gander at this. This program can play 8-bit and 16-bit .wav files in both mono and stereo! |
Mike Huff, Martin Rampersad & Toshi Horie |
DMA Play 6 |
The newest version of the acclaimed QB WAV player.
| Toshi Horie |
DMA WAV |
A well-commented WAV player for QB. Reading over this program can give you a good understanding of the .WAV file format and how to create SoundBlaster sound effects.
| Ken Rockot |
Play.bas |
A good explanation of how to use the PLAY command, which is presented through a well-commented example program. This plays "All Apologies" by Nirvana.
| Mallard |
Music, Sounds, ON PLAY and Using the Soundcard |
A good overview of creating sound / music with QB's built-in sound statements. Toward the end, it goes into some more advanced topics like using the soundcard and the microphone.
| Anastasios Yalanopoulos |
Programming the SoundBlaster Card |
An introduction to programming the SoundBlaster and using the DSP (Digital Sound Processing chip). Gives the basics you'll need to play WAV, VOC or RAW files. (BASIX Fanzine #1)
| Peter Cooper |
Manipulating Sound In QBasic |
An old tutorial posted on a BBS with a wealth of information on using interrupts to play sound on both a soundcard and the internal speaker. (QB Cult Magazine #3)
| Edward Schlunder |
Soundcard Special |
How to program the Soundblaster Card, and an explanation of the MIDI file format. (QB Times #2)
| Nightwolf |
Making a basic GDM player |
Using BWSB's GDM sound format can be a pain -- but this tutorial will make it easy. (QB Times #3)
| Nekrophidius |
BWSB Revealed: Sound Effects |
Using the BWSB (Bells, Whistles and Soundboards) library to add complex sound effects into your QB program. (QB Times #4)
| Nekrophidius |
MOD Player Tutorial |
Create your own MOD audio player in QB. (QB:TM #11)
| Bill McDonald |
MIDI Composing |
Link | Description | Author |
MIDI Composing |
Be Mozart, thanks to 19day. An introduction to MIDI composing and the MIDI file format. (QB:TM #7)
| 19day |
MIDI Composing: Part II |
A continuation of this MIDI composing tutorial, with information on composing with WinJammer, and then a bit about putting them into your game. (QB:TM #8)
| 19day |
Basics of Tracking: Part One |
"For those of you unfamiliar with the term "tracking", in this sense, it refers to digital music creation. This is not a tutorial on how to make a MIDI, if you want that, go elsewhere. This is merely an informational article on a different style of music format that has been gaining popularity in the QB gaming world in the last years." (QBOA Issue 7)
| Nekrophidius |
Basics of Tracking: Part Two |
The second part of this series on Tracking. This explains how to make your own songs using the shareware program Modplug. (QBOA Issue 8)
| Nekrophidius |