TBXL Dig!›By Bill Kendrick›New Breed Software 1993,1994›Player Code by Tony Ramos (c) ? 198?››The files present here are:››NLODPLAY.LST - A more programmer-›  friendly version of the Parrot›  LOADPLAY.LST BASIC program.  This›  is for TBXL and is controlled by›  EXEC's and string assignments.››DIGIPLAY.TBS - A simple Parrot .DIG›  file player for TurboBASIC XL.›  Enter the name of the file to list-›  en to (it plays only the first›  track - it was created to work with›  the next program).  Once loaded, it›  will prompt you with 'ok'.  Press›  any key to play the sound.  Depend-›  ing on the key you press, the sound›  will be played at different speeds.›  Typing [6] will play at the stand-›  ard Parrot sample rate of "54".›  Typing [Control][H] will play at›  a good speed for Macintosh sound›  files (created with the "Sound"›  Control Panel) after they have›  been converted with the next prog-›  ram.  To exit, press [ESC]. (Oops,›  <grin>, that means you can't play›  at the speed of 27.. I decided to›  leave this 'bug' in rather than›  make an elaborate, memory wasting›  exit routine).››CNVRT48.TBS - This program loads an›  8bit sample sound file (like .WAVs,›  .SNDs (Sound files from Macs), etc)›  and converts them to 4-bit Parrot›  format (including the Parrot's›  'RAW' header, etc.).  Files created›  by CNVRT48 will load properly in›  DIGIPLAY.TBS, NLODPLAY.LST,›  LOADPLAY.LST, the Parrot sampler/›  player programs, and any other›  Parrot-compatible sound programs›  (and even anything that just loads›  raw 4-bit data and ignores any›  headers).›  Speaking of ignoring headers, that›  is exactly what CNVRT48 does, so if›  you cannot STAND a little click or›  fuzzy noise at the beginning and/or›  end of your samples, you'll need to›  edit them out (either by hand or›  with Parrot or other sound editing›  software).››More on digisounds:›  Many demos and games have shown how›  great digitized sound is!  Take›  games like World Karate Champion-›  ship and MegaBlast for example.›  Not only do they play sounds while›  the screen is on, but also while›  other things are occuring (and›  MegaBlast does this to an EXTREME!)›  MOD players have been created (one›  using a >6<bit sound routine which›  I'm interested in <grin>), and›  great demos have been made, some›  (like the 1st demo in The Hard›  Software's Cool Emotion demo) not›  only play digital sound but also›  synthesized sound!  (The World of›  Wonders demo does this as well, but›  it plays more complex synth and›  uses digital sounds for drums and›  the like).››If you are especially interested in›sound software, contact the following›Atari 8bit users:››Dean Garraghty - creator of Digi-›  Studio, Journey Into Sound, and›  many other digital sound demos and›  utilities.››Torsten Karwoth - creator of Mega-›  Blast.››Ivo van Poorten - creator of MODPlay.››Friday - creator of Fampy (another›  MOD player)››Me (Bill Kendrick) - creator of a few›  digital music/sample demos.›››Most of the above people can be›reached via Internet.  Check the›comp.sys.atari.8bit newsgroup and›look for (or ask for) the "Who's Who"›file or just look for posts made›by those people.››Viven Las Ataris!›-Bill Kendrick    |›New Breed Software|›kendrick@vax.sonoma.edu››