Sound Programming and Resources?

[First Spear]

Hey all. I am very happy to be here!


I am looking for PSG sound effect content/programming. I was wondering if there are (BASIC?) listings anywhere that, for example, tell the AY-3-8912 chip "use this data for Channel-A and that data for Channel-B and play it for .5 seconds" and the result would be a zapping sound.


Or, if anyone can recommend a Windows sound creator that would create sound effects that could be ported to the CPC for play by the PSG, that would be great also.




Thanks.

[Targhan]

Hi,
I don't know much about a Basic Wiki (but I'm sure people here will), but you can create sound effects with the PC software Arkos Tracker and have them played on CPC (actually, you will create one "silent" music and call the sound effects when needed). One drawback is that the sound player can't be called from Basic (I didn't think it was useful), but the music can. However, it is still possible to create a small and simple assembler program that will call the player to trigger your sounds. So basically, it is possible to call the sound effects in Basic . It will just need a tiny interface that needs to be programmed. If you ultimately choose Arkos Tracker, contact me again and I'll code that interface for you.

[Targhan]

On second thought, if you want to play simple sound effects from time to time, you can create music that will play specific sound effects (one music per sound effect. This is a very viable option if memory isn't a problem for you). For this you can still use Arkos Tracker (but this time the music player can be called directly from Basic, so it's very simple), or STarKos (which is the "father" of Arkos Tracker, but STarKos is a CPC software). STarKos also has a player that can be called directly from Basic.