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From: mperdue@iquest.net (Mario Perdue)
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Subject: Re: Which function Plays Sound effects?
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 19:26:33 GMT
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Colin,

I was going to answer you here, but Stuart did such a great job in the
SCEE newsgroups that I'll just refer you to it.

Mario

On Wed, 09 Jul 1997 03:05:38 -0700, colin adams
<colin@cobradev.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I am at the Sound Effects Stage in my project. Although
>I have read all of the stuff on sound in the manuals, I still
>cannot play single sound effects, i.e. gunshots ect.
>
>This is the situation-:
>
>1. I have converted my *.wavs to *.vags.
>
>2. I have converted my *.vags to *.vab.
>
>3. I have split them into vb & vh data forms. 
>
>4. I verified them by playing them in a simple *.seq
>   via vabplay (can't you play them singly?)
>
>5. I have loaded them to SRAM via SsVabTransfer i.e.
> status=SsVabTransfer((u_char*)vh_address,(u_char*)vb_address,1,1);
> status returns 1 so its OK.
>
>6. Which function Plays Them as single sound effects?
>
>I played around with SsUtKeyOn() with no success, but I was confused
>as to certain parameters which needed to be passed. if this is the  
>function which plays them could someone explain the parameters tone,
>note, fine? This problem is holding up my Development time as my demo is
>almost finished, & f****ing good it is too.
>
>Thanks in Advance 
>
>--
>Cobra