Looking for DLL to play Mod music

[Scott Rossi]

Recently, Alejandro Tejada wrote:

> I've tested some windows dll's for
> playing mod music, but none of them
> is recognized by MetaCard.
> In the Stack properties dialog, I
> choose the dll in the externals tab,
> but when I run from the message box:
> "put the externalfunctions" or the
> related "put the externalscommands"
> nothing is returned from these dll's.
> 
> I read the advantages and problems of
> using this music format, so I think
> it's worth a try.

You might have better luck with Macs in this area, albeit older models.  As
I recall, there were at least two sound externals that were capable of
playing MOD files in HyperCard: MusicBox and Sound Trekker, the latter also
being available as a standalone app.  Since these externals work in
HyperCard, there's a good chance they work MC/Rev.  (Another good sound
handling external was SndChannel, but I don't think this one played MODs.)
Anyway, using these would involve copying a set of resources to the resource
fork of your stack using ResEdit or equivalent.  The biggest problem is
these are quite old (1994) and more than likely will not work under OSX.

A quick Web search turned up two links:

http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/hypercard/xcmd/musicboxxcmd3.0.cpt.hqx
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/hypercard/xfcn/playmodxfcn2.0.sit.hqx

Seeing this stuff brings back a lot of pleasant memories of messing around
with audio on the Mac...  :-)

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director

Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
Email: scott at tactilemedia.com
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