Help in generating sound

[pedja]

Hi all, this is my first post. I have recently switched to LiveCode and still warming up and can not find any explanation how i can generate sounds in LiveCode. I found explanations about playing audio files, but nothing about generating tone of certain frequency. Any help on this? Thanks!

[Mark]

Hi,

You can't do that, apart from the "beep" command.

However, you might use an external (or make one in C++ or a similar language), which can generate sounds at a particular frequency. I have an external that plays MOD files, which was created by Andre, IIRC.

Moreover, this was published on the mailing list recently. Maybe it is something for you:

You can download for free my ABC external player at:
http://sunny-tdz.com/dwn

It comes with a LiveCode stack and some ABC tunes samples.

Available only for mac users.

You don't know what ABC is about ?
Then read this article: SunnYabc: Playing ABC tunes with LiveCode:
http://sunny-tdz.com/art-1003

For technical lovers, the external is written in Flex/Bison.

Kind regards,

Mark

[pedja]

Hi Mark, thanks for the info! I guess I will have to go with externals then.

[jacque]

SunnYmidi might be useful, depending on what you need.http://sunny-tdz.com/art-1000

This uses the midi intrument library and allows you to generate notes at standard frequencies.

[pedja]

Hey, just saw your post, thanks Jack!