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ArtToSpr/WavePlayer/Help/TextHelp/2f-Scripts
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Acorn User » AU 1998-02 A.adf » PDScheme |
| Filename: | ArtToSpr/WavePlayer/Help/TextHelp/2f-Scripts |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0897 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| WAVE PLAYER |
| � 1997, Matthew Wilson |
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| SCRIPTS |
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Usually, Wave Player plays one sample at a time. However, Wave Player can
be set to play a sequence of samples. The simplest way is to drag a
selection of samples to its icon/window *holding down Shift*. When Shift is
released, the samples commence playing. Note that this requires the use of a
Scrap directory (!Scrap).
Another way is to use Edit/Zap/StrongEd (et al) to create a list of sample
files. In most editors, instead of typing in the full pathname, drag the
sample to the text window holding down Shift. Every line must end with a
linefeed, including the last line, ie. press Return/Enter after each name.
Now save the file, and use the File->Settype filer menu to make the type
�WPScript�. If the pathname starts with a period '.', then
the sample is assumed to be in the same directory as the script file was. See
the examples directory for suitable files.
Each sample is played as if it had been dragged to Wave Player�s icon,
including unrecognised filetypes. Whenever the sample is stopped, either due
to the pressing of the Stop button, or when it has reached the end of the
sample, the next sample is loaded. If there are no more samples to play, then
the last sample is left loaded.
In addition to the pathnames, some commands can be used. They are added to the end of the pathname:
ADFS::MyDisc.$.Samples.Bang! -buffersize=31 -volume 40
The valid parameters are:
-buffersize=nn Set buffer size to nn kilobytes
-volume=nn Set the volume to nn% of full volume
-pause Start paused, as opposed to automatically playing
All the parameters may be used, and in any order, separated by spaces. The
parameters affect all samples past that point in the script.
00000000 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |+---------------| 00000010 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000040 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 0a 7c 20 |------------+.| | 00000050 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000060 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 57 | W| 00000070 41 56 45 20 50 4c 41 59 45 52 20 20 20 20 20 20 |AVE PLAYER | 00000080 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000090 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 7c 20 20 20 | |.| | 000000a0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 a9 20 31 39 39 37 2c 20 4d | . 1997, M| 000000c0 61 74 74 68 65 77 20 57 69 6c 73 6f 6e 20 20 20 |atthew Wilson | 000000d0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 000000e0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | |.+-----| 000000f0 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 00000130 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2b 0a 7c 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |------+.| | 00000140 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000150 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 43 52 49 50 54 | SCRIPT| 00000160 53 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |S | 00000170 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | 00000180 20 20 20 20 7c 0a 2b 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d | |.+---------| 00000190 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| * 000001d0 2d 2d 2b 0a 0a 20 20 55 73 75 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 |--+.. Usually, | 000001e0 57 61 76 65 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 20 70 6c 61 79 |Wave Player play| 000001f0 73 20 6f 6e 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 61 74 20 |s one sample at | 00000200 61 20 74 69 6d 65 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 72 2c |a time. However,| 00000210 20 57 61 76 65 20 50 6c 61 79 65 72 20 63 61 6e | Wave Player can| 00000220 0a 62 65 20 73 65 74 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 20 |.be set to play | 00000230 61 20 73 65 71 75 65 6e 63 65 20 6f 66 20 73 61 |a sequence of sa| 00000240 6d 70 6c 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 20 73 69 6d 70 6c |mples. The simpl| 00000250 65 73 74 20 77 61 79 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 64 72 |est way is to dr| 00000260 61 67 20 61 0a 73 65 6c 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f |ag a.selection o| 00000270 66 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 20 74 6f 20 69 74 73 |f samples to its| 00000280 20 69 63 6f 6e 2f 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 2a 68 6f | icon/window *ho| 00000290 6c 64 69 6e 67 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 53 68 69 66 74 |lding down Shift| 000002a0 2a 2e 20 57 68 65 6e 20 53 68 69 66 74 20 69 73 |*. When Shift is| 000002b0 0a 72 65 6c 65 61 73 65 64 2c 20 74 68 65 20 73 |.released, the s| 000002c0 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 20 63 6f 6d 6d 65 6e 63 65 20 |amples commence | 000002d0 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 2e 20 4e 6f 74 65 20 74 68 |playing. Note th| 000002e0 61 74 20 74 68 69 73 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 73 |at this requires| 000002f0 20 74 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 61 0a 53 63 | the use of a.Sc| 00000300 72 61 70 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 28 21 |rap directory (!| 00000310 53 63 72 61 70 29 2e 0a 0a 20 20 41 6e 6f 74 68 |Scrap)... Anoth| 00000320 65 72 20 77 61 79 20 69 73 20 74 6f 20 75 73 65 |er way is to use| 00000330 20 45 64 69 74 2f 5a 61 70 2f 53 74 72 6f 6e 67 | Edit/Zap/Strong| 00000340 45 64 20 28 65 74 20 61 6c 29 20 74 6f 20 63 72 |Ed (et al) to cr| 00000350 65 61 74 65 20 61 20 6c 69 73 74 20 6f 66 20 73 |eate a list of s| 00000360 61 6d 70 6c 65 0a 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 20 49 6e 20 |ample.files. In | 00000370 6d 6f 73 74 20 65 64 69 74 6f 72 73 2c 20 69 6e |most editors, in| 00000380 73 74 65 61 64 20 6f 66 20 74 79 70 69 6e 67 20 |stead of typing | 00000390 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 70 61 74 68 |in the full path| 000003a0 6e 61 6d 65 2c 20 64 72 61 67 20 74 68 65 0a 73 |name, drag the.s| 000003b0 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 |ample to the tex| 000003c0 74 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 68 6f 6c 64 69 6e 67 |t window holding| 000003d0 20 64 6f 77 6e 20 53 68 69 66 74 2e 20 45 76 65 | down Shift. Eve| 000003e0 72 79 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 6d 75 73 74 20 65 6e 64 |ry line must end| 000003f0 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 0a 6c 69 6e 65 66 65 65 64 | with a.linefeed| 00000400 2c 20 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 |, including the | 00000410 6c 61 73 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 2c 20 69 65 2e 20 70 |last line, ie. p| 00000420 72 65 73 73 20 52 65 74 75 72 6e 2f 45 6e 74 65 |ress Return/Ente| 00000430 72 20 61 66 74 65 72 20 65 61 63 68 20 6e 61 6d |r after each nam| 00000440 65 2e 0a 4e 6f 77 20 73 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 |e..Now save the | 00000450 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 75 73 65 20 74 68 |file, and use th| 00000460 65 20 46 69 6c 65 2d 3e 53 65 74 74 79 70 65 20 |e File->Settype | 00000470 66 69 6c 65 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 |filer menu to ma| 00000480 6b 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 79 70 65 0a 90 57 50 53 |ke the type..WPS| 00000490 63 72 69 70 74 91 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 |cript.. If the p| 000004a0 61 74 68 6e 61 6d 65 20 73 74 61 72 74 73 20 77 |athname starts w| 000004b0 69 74 68 20 61 20 70 65 72 69 6f 64 20 27 2e 27 |ith a period '.'| 000004c0 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 0a 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c |, then.the sampl| 000004d0 65 20 69 73 20 61 73 73 75 6d 65 64 20 74 6f 20 |e is assumed to | 000004e0 62 65 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 64 |be in the same d| 000004f0 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 20 |irectory as the | 00000500 73 63 72 69 70 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 61 73 2e |script file was.| 00000510 20 53 65 65 0a 74 68 65 20 65 78 61 6d 70 6c 65 | See.the example| 00000520 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6f 72 79 20 66 6f 72 20 |s directory for | 00000530 73 75 69 74 61 62 6c 65 20 66 69 6c 65 73 2e 0a |suitable files..| 00000540 0a 20 20 45 61 63 68 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 69 |. Each sample i| 00000550 73 20 70 6c 61 79 65 64 20 61 73 20 69 66 20 69 |s played as if i| 00000560 74 20 68 61 64 20 62 65 65 6e 20 64 72 61 67 67 |t had been dragg| 00000570 65 64 20 74 6f 20 57 61 76 65 20 50 6c 61 79 65 |ed to Wave Playe| 00000580 72 91 73 20 69 63 6f 6e 2c 0a 69 6e 63 6c 75 64 |r.s icon,.includ| 00000590 69 6e 67 20 75 6e 72 65 63 6f 67 6e 69 73 65 64 |ing unrecognised| 000005a0 20 66 69 6c 65 74 79 70 65 73 2e 20 57 68 65 6e | filetypes. When| 000005b0 65 76 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 |ever the sample | 000005c0 69 73 20 73 74 6f 70 70 65 64 2c 20 65 69 74 68 |is stopped, eith| 000005d0 65 72 20 64 75 65 0a 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 70 72 |er due.to the pr| 000005e0 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 53 74 |essing of the St| 000005f0 6f 70 20 62 75 74 74 6f 6e 2c 20 6f 72 20 77 68 |op button, or wh| 00000600 65 6e 20 69 74 20 68 61 73 20 72 65 61 63 68 65 |en it has reache| 00000610 64 20 74 68 65 20 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 |d the end of the| 00000620 0a 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 2c 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 78 |.sample, the nex| 00000630 74 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 69 73 20 6c 6f 61 64 |t sample is load| 00000640 65 64 2e 20 49 66 20 74 68 65 72 65 20 61 72 65 |ed. If there are| 00000650 20 6e 6f 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 | no more samples| 00000660 20 74 6f 20 70 6c 61 79 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 0a 74 | to play, then.t| 00000670 68 65 20 6c 61 73 74 20 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 20 69 |he last sample i| 00000680 73 20 6c 65 66 74 20 6c 6f 61 64 65 64 2e 0a 0a |s left loaded...| 00000690 20 20 49 6e 20 61 64 64 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 6f | In addition to| 000006a0 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 74 68 6e 61 6d 65 73 2c 20 | the pathnames, | 000006b0 73 6f 6d 65 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 63 61 |some commands ca| 000006c0 6e 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 2e 20 54 68 65 79 20 |n be used. They | 000006d0 61 72 65 20 61 64 64 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 |are added to the| 000006e0 20 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 74 68 | end of the path| 000006f0 6e 61 6d 65 3a 0a 0a 20 20 20 20 41 44 46 53 3a |name:.. ADFS:| 00000700 3a 4d 79 44 69 73 63 2e 24 2e 53 61 6d 70 6c 65 |:MyDisc.$.Sample| 00000710 73 2e 42 61 6e 67 21 20 2d 62 75 66 66 65 72 73 |s.Bang! -buffers| 00000720 69 7a 65 3d 33 31 20 2d 76 6f 6c 75 6d 65 20 34 |ize=31 -volume 4| 00000730 30 0a 0a 20 20 54 68 65 20 76 61 6c 69 64 20 70 |0.. The valid p| 00000740 61 72 61 6d 65 74 65 72 73 20 61 72 65 3a 0a 20 |arameters are:. | 00000750 20 20 20 2d 62 75 66 66 65 72 73 69 7a 65 3d 6e | -buffersize=n| 00000760 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 65 74 20 62 75 66 66 |n Set buff| 00000770 65 72 20 73 69 7a 65 20 74 6f 20 6e 6e 20 6b 69 |er size to nn ki| 00000780 6c 6f 62 79 74 65 73 0a 20 20 20 20 2d 76 6f 6c |lobytes. -vol| 00000790 75 6d 65 3d 6e 6e 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |ume=nn | 000007a0 20 53 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 76 6f 6c 75 6d 65 20 | Set the volume | 000007b0 74 6f 20 6e 6e 25 20 6f 66 20 66 75 6c 6c 20 76 |to nn% of full v| 000007c0 6f 6c 75 6d 65 0a 20 20 20 20 2d 70 61 75 73 65 |olume. -pause| 000007d0 09 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 53 74 61 72 74 20 |. Start | 000007e0 70 61 75 73 65 64 2c 20 61 73 20 6f 70 70 6f 73 |paused, as oppos| 000007f0 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 |ed to automatica| 00000800 6c 6c 79 20 70 6c 61 79 69 6e 67 0a 0a 20 20 41 |lly playing.. A| 00000810 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 70 61 72 61 6d 65 74 65 72 |ll the parameter| 00000820 73 20 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 75 73 65 64 2c 20 61 |s may be used, a| 00000830 6e 64 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 79 20 6f 72 64 65 72 2c |nd in any order,| 00000840 20 73 65 70 61 72 61 74 65 64 20 62 79 20 73 70 | separated by sp| 00000850 61 63 65 73 2e 20 54 68 65 0a 70 61 72 61 6d 65 |aces. The.parame| 00000860 74 65 72 73 20 61 66 66 65 63 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 |ters affect all | 00000870 73 61 6d 70 6c 65 73 20 70 61 73 74 20 74 68 61 |samples past tha| 00000880 74 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 73 |t point in the s| 00000890 63 72 69 70 74 2e 0a |cript..| 00000897
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