arb2@hcx.uucp (BOB BARKER) (03/03/89)
I am new to the C language, and I would like to know if the language has
the capability to produce sound, or more specificly music.
Could anyone having any information on this subject please reply or
write me at
...!uunet!harris.cis.ksu.edu!hcx!arb2
If this is a foolish request, and there is a library function out there
somewhere that I just have to find, then I appologize for my ignorance.
Thanks for any help,
Allan R Bakerftw@masscomp.UUCP (Farrell Woods) (03/05/89)
In article <1917@cveg.uucp> arb2@hcx.uucp (BOB BARKER) writes: > I am new to the C language, and I would like to know if the language has > the capability to produce sound, or more specificly music. I don't know of a language that is specifically intended for making sound or music. Usually, such capabilities are added to the language by a vendor who supports a specific machine. These added features are not actually part of the language itself. For the ambitious, most C implementations allow easy access to the underlying hardware. If you compiler is lacking in the sound department, you could write your own functions to make sound. Good luck! -- Farrell T. Woods Voice: (508) 392-2471 Concurrent Computer Corporation Domain: ftw@masscomp.com 1 Technology Way uucp: {backbones}!masscomp!ftw Westford, MA 01886 OS/2: Half an operating system
jcbst3@cisunx.UUCP (James C. Benz) (03/10/89)
In article <1917@cveg.uucp> arb2@hcx.uucp (BOB BARKER) writes: > > I am new to the C language, and I would like to know if the language has > the capability to produce sound, or more specificly music. Uhh...depends a lot on the hardware. On an Amiga, or an Atari, sure can. Of course, a machine without a speaker and some hardware to drive it can only make music with a Midi port to a synthesizer, or something like that. C is *just* a language - it can't give your machine capabilities that weren't built into the hardware. -- Jim Benz jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu "Life is change University of Pittsburgh How it differs UCIR (412) 648-5930 from the rocks" -Lather-
jkl@csli.STANFORD.EDU (John Kallen) (03/10/89)
In article <16574@cisunx.UUCP> jcbst3@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (James C. Benz) groovily writes: >In article <1917@cveg.uucp> arb2@hcx.uucp (BOB BARKER) writes: >> >> I am new to the C language, and I would like to know if the language has >> the capability to produce sound, or more specificly music. > >Uhh...depends a lot on the hardware. On an Amiga, or an Atari, sure can. uhh... C as a language has *no* capability of producing sound, regardless of the hardware you're using. C has *no* I/O operations defined in the language (as opposed to something disgusting like BAS*C). I/O is taken care of by library functions or system calls. *If* you have a machine that does support sound, and *if* the libraries for your computer have sound routines that can be accessed from C as function calls, then you're set. But C alone won't help you at all... John. _______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | |\ | | /|\ | John Kallen | |\ \|/ \| * |/ | |/| | | PoBox 11215 "Life. Don't talk to me | |\ /|\ |\ * |\ | | | | Stanford CA 94309 about life." _|_|___|___|____|_\|___|__|__|_jkl%csli.stanford.edu@uunet.uu.net______________