Creating sound

[WireLord55]

Hi,

Would i be able to translate the chords of this song into

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SOUND

commands? It seems a little tedious.

[youtube=]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4_uIwsW9Oc[/youtube]

Would someone tell me an easier way to play sounds/ songs?

Thanks,

WireLord55

[Orion_]

you could use DMA Sound from STe to play wav samples instead of "beep" sound.
I don't know GFA language, but there seems to be DMA commands here: http://freddo.chez.com/GfaBasic/GFABASIC.TXT
If you want an 8bits style sound, I'm afraid you will have to learn how to use an YM sound editor (like Maxymizer) to create your own music
but, it will be "tedious".
Programming on retro machines such as the Atari, is not easy, especially if you want to do advanced stuff like music, animation etc...
If you want easy programming, just use a Game Maker tool on PC.

[WireLord55]

Hi,

Yeah, nah. Not GM8, I'm looking for a real retro look and feel so..

Isn't

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DMASOUND

the same as

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SOUND

(sort of )?

Thanks,

WireLord55

[mjvans]

DMASOUND is used for playing recorded music on the STe.

Sound is for playing notes using the ST YM sound chip. Combine with WAVE command for sound effects.
it sounds retro and is fun but takes time to create something yes

example:
' sound voice 1, volume 15, note G, octave 3, 1 second
sound 1,15,8,3,50

example with wave:
' sound and fade away with wave
sound 1,15,8,3
wave 1,1,9,65535

example 3 voice sounds like a heli

sound 1,15,10,4
sound 2,15,1,1
sound 3,15,12,8
wave 56,7,10,400

[simonsunnyboy]

If yo uwant to do music, it is easier to use a suitable tracker and create a SNDH music file. These can be replayed with GFABASIC without having to program individual SOUND and WAVE statements.

[FedePede04]

If yo uwant to do music, it is easier to use a suitable tracker and create a SNDH music file. These can be replayed with GFABASIC without having to program individual SOUND and WAVE statements.

I have a question for you, how do you call a asm program in gfa, and does the program have to contain code to make it run in gfa. Like setting the program in supervice mode. And interrupt ect.

[simonsunnyboy]

The machine code used must be PC-relative for use with GFABASIC. Otherwise you have various options to call it, CALL, C:, RCALL

Supervisor is up to you, you can set it from the machine code but normally you would do beforehand from your GFA.

Check http://paradize.atari.org/ for lots and lots of examples for GFABASIC and machine code interaction.

[lp]

Other than what simonsunnyboy already said, if you use a3 to a6, make sure to restore them before returning to GFA.

[FedePede04]

Thx simonsunnyboy and lp.
when i get some time i will tried and convert my ymt player, so you can use it in GFA, and i will sure have a look at the link you poster and see if its something that i can do.
thx again.

[WireLord55]

Thanks guys