PLAY

PLAY string

Play musical notes, a mp3 or ogg sound file. The music string is composed of the following building blocks:

String	Description
A-G[-	+
On	Octave n = 0..6, n = < moves down one octave, n = > moves up one octave
Nn	Play note n = 0..84 (0 = pause)
Pn	Pause n = 1..64
Ln	Length of note n = 1..64 (1/nnn)
Tn	Tempo n = 32..255. Number of 1/4 notes per minute.
MS	Staccato (1/2)
MN	Normal (3/4)
ML	Legato
Vn	Volume n = 0..100
MF	Play on foreground
MB	Play on background
Q	Clear sound queue

To play a sound file use file://filename as string. When playing on background, program execution continuous. If the end of the program is reach, the playback will stop.

Example 1: Play a note

play "L2A"    ' note A with length 1/2

Example 2: Play multiple notes

' Set volume to 50%
play "V10"  
' Play Menuet by J. Sebastian Bach
play "T180L8O3MN O4D4O3MLGABO4C O4D4O3MNG4MLG4 O4MNE4MLCDEF# O4G4O3MNG4MLG4 O4MNC4MLDCO3BA O3MNB4MLO4CO3BAG O3MNA4MLBAGF# G2.MN"

Example 3: Play notes on background

play "MBL2A"    ' note A with length 1/2 on background
pause           ' make sure, that program will not end

Example 4: Play a sound file

' Copy a mp3 file to the working directory and name it test.mp3

play "file://test.mp3"
pause                    ' make sure, that program will not end

AT BEEP CAT CLS DEFINEKEY FORM INKEY INPUT LINEINPUT LINPUT LOCATE LOGPRINT NOSOUND PEN PLAY PRINT SOUND TAB

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PLAY

Example 1: Play a note

Example 2: Play multiple notes

Example 3: Play notes on background

Example 4: Play a sound file