Thread: Sound question

Hi,

[n00b]
I have a question about exactly what I can use for sound. Here is what I'm trying to do:

Code:

char sento[]="Text goes here.";

size=strlen(sento);  
for(x=0;x<size;x++)
{   
       sleep(40); 
       printf("%c",sento[x]);
}

I use this so that I can print my text one letter at a time. I also want to be able to have a note sound off for each letter as well (anyone familiar with Shining Force for Sega Genisis would know exactly what I'm talking about). Is it possible to stick something inside the for loop to accomplish this?

[/n00b]

I don't think you can play specific "wave" files in true DOS, more like large sets of soundbytes per se that are fed to your sound card.

But nonetheless... Look at this..
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...ight=DOS+Sound

especially what this guy says...

Bubba

Programming a sound engine in DOS is no simple feat. Unless you are fairly adept at assembly or very good at C, I would not attempt it. But if you like self-inflicted pain you can check out www.creative.com and go to their developer center. They have the old DOS manuals (legacy manuals) there which will tell you how to code for the older sound cards. Note that most modern cards do not support DOS at all so this information might not help. Also some of Creative's so-called backward compatibility with DOS does not always work very well. To program a DOS sound engine you should NOT be in a DOS session or you will get some very wacky results.

or look at...
http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...ight=DOS+Sound


...Maybe just start learning Windows Development and use the API to play sounds in time with your graphics (which is relatively simple)

Good luck no matter what you do!

Am adding this information onto this post....
Check out this site and download MidPak/DigPak (Drivers specifically designed for DOS)..
http://falkoris.tripod.com/libs.htm

Check out this page (which is very long) that mentions MidPak and DigPak....
http://sunsite.lanet.lv/ftp/mirror/x...ocs/gamfaq.txt
..for additional support look at...
http://courses.ece.uiuc.edu/ece291/r...und/sound.html
http://www.gamedev.net/reference/articles/article261.asp

Hey, Bubba, any chance you can send me that pdf file over email? It would be interesting to take a look at.

Thank you very much for the information