playing multi-sounds

[Judy Perry]

Thanks for that, Jacque,
That's what I thought I remembered.

And somebody, somewhere, made a nice set of digital musical instruments,
some of which were better than the some of the QT instruments are today!

I'll have to fix that old bondi blue iMac I have... a system 9 machine!

Then see if I can find my HC disks!

(hey -- I got the boo, er, eyeballs!)

;-)

Judy
http://revined.blogspot.com

On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 11:29 AM, J. Landman Gay
<jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:

> Judy Perry wrote:
>
>> Scott,
>>
>> Was that really the case for 2.4?
>>
>> I have a vague recollection of a SNDChannel external but don't recall
>> coming
>> across it in HC 2.4.  But I could be wrong.
>>
>
> Sound channels were implemented directly into the HC engine sometime after
> the 2.0 release (can't remember exactly when.)
>
> The advantage of this approach was that some very complex music could be
> created on the fly, using scripting only, without the need for large sound
> files. Similar to MIDI notation, long or complex music could be generated
> using only a short script, and the only resource necessary was a small
> sampling of an instrument sound file. The resulting music probably wasn't
> good enough for commercial work (with the exception possibly of some
> children's software,) but it was wonderful for dynamic music generation.
>
> The very best use of sound channels I ever found in HC was a rendition of a
> Bach Chorale. It employed 4-part synchronized harmony, played by the
> embedded "flute" sound that shipped with HyperCard, using a small and
> compact little script. I'm sorry I don't know who transcribed it. I'm also
> sorry that none of my emulators will play all the sound channels any more,
> as it was a beautiful little thing. :(
>
> -- from Bach, Choral(Cantata Nr.39, "Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot")
> -- 1-4
> put the soundChannel into originalLevel
>
> set the soundChannel to 4
> play flute tempo 80 b3bq a bb f g ae bb c4 c3 fq g a bb g fe eb fq b2bh
> set the soundChannel to 3
> play flute tempo 80 dq c b3b a bb c4 ce b3b aq d4 c b3be a bbq bb a fh
> set the soundChannel to 2
> play flute tempo 80 fq f f f fe e fq e c g f f eb f fe eb dh
> set the soundChannel to 1
> play flute tempo 80 bbq c5 d c b4b a g f bb c5 d eb d c b4bh
> -- 1-4repeat
> set the soundChannel to 4
> play flute tempo 80 b3bq a bb f g ae bb c4 c3 fq g a bb g fe eb fq b2bh
> set the soundChannel to 3
> play flute tempo 80 dq c b3b a bb c4 ce b3b aq d4 c b3be a bbq bb a fh
> set the soundChannel to 2
> play flute tempo 80 fq f f f fe e fq e c g f f eb f fe eb dh
> set the soundChannel to 1
> play flute tempo 80 bbq c5 d c b4b a g f bb c5 d eb d c b4bh
> -- 5-8
> set the soundChannel to 4
> play flute tempo 80 bb2q  c3  d  ebe  f  g  f  ebq  dh  d4q  bb3  eb  f ge
>  a  bbq  fh
> set the soundChannel to 3
> play flute tempo 80 fq  eb  a3e  b  c4q  bb3  eb4  a3h  bbe  c4  dq ebe  d
>  cq  bb3e  c4  d  e  fh
> set the soundChannel to 2
> play flute tempo 80 bbq  ae  g  f  gs  ab  gq  g  g  gbh  fq  bb  bb  a g
>  fe  g  ah
> set the soundChannel to 1
> play flute tempo 80 d5q  eb  f  eb  d  c  dh  fq  f  g  f  eb  d  ch
> -- 9-13
> set the soundChannel to 4
> play flute tempo 80 b3bq b2b c3 d3 ebe d cq b2be c3 dq g2h g3q d eb e fe eb
> d b2b f3h b2bh.
> set the soundChannel to 3
> play flute tempo 80 fe eb dq c f3 g a bb a gh bbq b c4 g3 a bb bb a fh.
> set the soundChannel to 2
> play flute tempo 80 bbq bb bbe a bb a g f ebq de e f#q gh gq ab ge a bbq ae
> g fq fq. ebe dh.
> set the soundChannel to 1
> play flute tempo 80 d5e eb fq eb de c b4bq c5 dh b4bh d5e eb fq eb d c d ch
> b4bh.
> set the soundChannel to originalLevel
>
>
> --
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>
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