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to: WAYNE FOWLER
from: THOMAS GOHEL
date: 1996-12-25 00:00:00
subject: Re: MOD/MID playing in BASiC

In article "MOD/MID playing in BASiC" (on 22.12.96), Wayne Fowler@3:623/683 
says:
Hello Wayne !!
>     Hello again.  Umm, I have been trying to work out how tok play a MOD or
> a MIDI music file from within a BASiC program for a while now.
> I have tried POW, um, this other one but can't remember the name..  And
> I can't find anymore..
>
>     So I am back to ask again, if anyone has any source, or a library which
> will allow me to play Modules or Midi files in PowerBasic 3.0..
Some hints of the german PowerBASIC-FAQ: 
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    ================================================
    9. Available Shareware & Public Domain Solutions
    ================================================
    There are many more Toolboxes, but I just want to present you a few
    of the most important.
    9.1.  PBSOUND for PowerBASIC 3.0/3.2
    [...]
    9.6.  POW! - Sound Blaster Toolkit
    [...]
    9.13. BWSB - Bells, Whistles and Sound Boards
    [...]
    9.1. PBSOUND for PowerBASIC 3.0/3.2
    -----------------------------------
    Language: German / English
    Author  : Thomas Gohel
    Version : v1.80
    Price   : 40,-DM/80,-DM / $40/$80 (privat/commercial)
    Supply  : PowerBASIC filearea: PBSOUND
              Fido-Request with Magic 'PBSOUND' at 2:2410/330 (28.8 & ISDN)
              InterNet: http://www.snafu.de/~pbsound/
    File    : PBSOUND.ZIP  (v1.80)
    The recommended Operatingsystem for PBSOUND for PowerBASIC is MS-DOS
    in the Versions 5.0, 6.x, 7.0 or MS-Windows 95.
    Features:
             - support all Creative Labs Sound Blaster models, SB16 and
               SB32AWE incl. Upgradeboards such as WaveBlaster I+II and
               Roland SoundCanvas SCD10/15
             - supports the internal PC-Speaker
             - playback from MIDI- and VOC-Files in the background and within
               the IDE
             - no size limits with VOC-files
             - playback/recording up to 44100, Stereo and 16bit with a SB16
               or SB32AWE
             - support the SBPro/SB16 mixers
             - Speechsynthesis with SBTALKER.EXE
             - Online-Help for the PowerBASIC-IDE
             - PBPLAY, MIDI/VOC-player tool
             - PBREC, VOC-recording tool
             - PBSPEAK, VOC/WAV player for speaker
             - PBW2V, VOCWAV conversion program
             - with PBSOUND-library & EXE conception!
             - You can now create executable PowerBASIC files up to 4GigaByte
               with PBSOUND!
             - demo & introductoryprogram
             - complete with INSTALL & SETUP-Program
             - with source:
               to programming the CT-VOICE.DRV & the SBPro mixerchip
    [...]
    9.6.  POW! - Sound Blaster Toolkit
    ----------------------------------
    Language: English
    Author  : Tim Gerchmez
    Version : V1.0
    Price   : $39.95
    Supply  : PowerBASIC filearea: Sound Blaster
              ftp.eskimo.com/u/f/future (Tim's Homepage)
    File    : POW!1_0.ZIP
    Contents: - Replay of 8bit Samples using DMA
              - CMF-Replay using SBFMDRV.COM
              - Speechreplay using SBTALKER.EXE
              - POW-Library Concept for Samples
    [...]
    9.13. BWSB - Bells, Whistles and Sound Boards
    ---------------------------------------------
    Language: English
    Author  : Edward T. Schlunder
    Version : 1.20
    Price   : $30/$50 (normal/with ASM Sourcecode)
    Supply  : PowerBASIC filearea: Sound Blaster
              Internet: http://earthvision.asu.edu/~edward/
    File    : BWSB120A.ZIP
              BWSB120B.ZIP
    Contents: - Moduleplayer (S3M, MOD, 669, ULT, MED, FAR STM) for
                PowerBASIC
              - Suppots GUS, Sb1.x, SB2.x, SBPRO, SB16 & PAS
              - All routines in 386-Code (OBJ-Files)
              - also usable by QB, PDS, TP, C, C++ and ASM
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>                    Wayne
Regards,
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                              /  h o m a s
email  : author@pbsound.snafu.de
www    : http://www.snafu.de/~pbsound/ (PowerBASIC's Home in Germany)
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* Origin: PBSOUND, PBFILES (20MB), PBFAQ, PBRULES, PBHIVGA at:

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