Hypercard play command

[Mick Collins]

>
Thank you Kenji and Sarah,
At first look, the MakeSMF seems exactly what I need.  I had tried  
writing routines to accompany rev's play and also speech, but got  
nowhere fast.
    -  Mick

> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:47:54 -0500
> From: Kenji Kojima <index at kenjikojima.com>
> Subject: Re: Hypercard play command
> To: How to use Revolution <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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> Mick,
>
> Download UDI's stack MakeSMF.
>
> Go to
> http://homepage.mac.com/udi/stack/tool.html
>
> If you cannot read Japanese.
> http://homepage.mac.com/udi/stack/makeSMF133.hqx
> There are English and Japanese docs in it.
>
> --
> Kenji Kojima
> RGB MusicLab: Pixels into Music
> http://www.kenjikojima.com/rgbmusiclab/
>
>
>
> On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:25 PM, Mick Collins wrote:
>
>> Any ideas on emulating hypercard's play command?
>>
>> It's been a long time but I think the syntax was:
>>
>> play soundname  -- to set the default tone/voice/etc
>> play stop -- to stop the sound
>> play "c4e" --   the note (c in a particular octave) and its length
>> e(ighth)
>>
>> those might be a little off, and there was a little more to it.
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated.
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> Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:04:50 +1000
> From: "Sarah Reichelt" <sarah.reichelt at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Hypercard play command
> To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
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>
> There still is a "play" command, but it only works with audio/video
> clips or with audio/video files. Audio clips can be wav, aiff or au
> and they can be imported into your stack or played from an external
> file.
>
> e.g.
> play audioclip "Beep"
> stop playing audioclip "Beep"
>
> There is no built-in equivalent to Hypercard's note playing, but the
> Midi stack previously recommended might do what you need.
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
>