Shakobox/PlayCommand Open Source

[Eric Chatonet]

Bonjour René,

I think that the problem comes from the fact that sounds actually may  
overlap in your second proposal.
Add a 'wait until the sound is "done" instead of a fixed value (10  
ms) in your first proposal and all should be fine in all cases.

Le 16 févr. 08 à 12:14, René Micout a écrit :

> Some précisions about that. With this handler :
>
> on mouseUp
>   repeat for 300
>     SBstartNote 1,60,80 -- 1 = piano, 60 = C
>     wait 10 ticks
>     SBstopNote 1,60
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
>
> all is good. But with this other one :
>
> on mouseUp
>   repeat for 300
>     SBstartNote 1,60,80	
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
>
> we can't heard more than 256 sounds.
>
> René from Paris
>
> Le 15 févr. 08 à 22:00, J. Landman Gay a écrit :
>
>> Some of you may know that my site has been the distribution point  
>> for the Shakobox PlayCommand Agent, written by Jonathan  
>> Bettencourt some years ago. This software allows Revolution to  
>> emulate the HyperCard "play" command on both Windows and Mac.  
>> HyperCard's "play" command is able to use scripted musical  
>> notation to play back songs on the fly. The PlayCommand Agent uses  
>> QuickTime to simulate what HyperCard could do natively.
>>
>> Recently it was reported that the PlayCommand Agent does not work  
>> when more than 256 notes were scripted. Jon is no longer  
>> supporting the software, but given the recent problem, he has  
>> released the code as open source.
>>
>> The info he posted to the HyperCard mailing list is below, and  
>> includes a link to the source code. I think it would be wonderful  
>> if someone would turn this into a Revolution external. I know that  
>> many people use PlayCommand Agent and would appreciate a more  
>> consolidated solution than the current one, which requires  
>> external files on disk and a few extra steps to get it working.
>>
>> If anyone would like to take a stab at this, please let me know.  
>> I'd be happy to continue distributing updates; I think it would be  
>> a good idea to keep any new versions in a central location. Also,  
>> it has always been a free offering and we would like to keep it  
>> that way.
>>
>> Jacque
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>>
>> I've decided to release the source code for the PlayCommand Agent
>> program that made playing HyperTalk note syntax using QuickTime
>> possible. It's available to download here:
>>
>> http://www.kreativekorp.com/swdownload/legacy/hypercard/ 
>> PlayCmdSrc.zip
>>
>> If someone has experience with a) RealBasic, b) a *real* language,  
>> and
>> c) the QuickTime API, then please be my guest to port it, make it an
>> XCMD, etc. :)
>>
>> You may distribute this message however you want. Post it on the Rev
>> list, for example.
>> --
>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com

Best regards from Paris,
Eric Chatonet.
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