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From: Jim.Spencer@p510.f22.n282.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Async sound ?
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Date: 30 Mar 91 06:10:28 GMT
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V.s. Suresh Kumar writes in a message to All

VSK>  How can I play sound asyncronoulsly ? I have a game that uses 
VSK> some 'snd ' resources, but each time I play them using PlaySnd(nil, 
VSK> sndHandle, True), the program slows down enormously. In fact 
VSK> it does nothing till it completes playing the sound. By the way, 
VSK> these 'snd ' resources are those that I created using the built 
VSK> in microphone on my IIsi, edited with SoundEdit and pasted as 
VSK> resources in my resource file. Is there any way I could play 
VSK> these sounds in the background of my game ?

See the March MacTutor which has an article specifically on playing sounds asynchronously.