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From: zap@indic.se (Jonas Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: /dev/audio
Summary: play samples with upd
Keywords: samples upd
Message-ID: <1991Jun18.124041.9457@indic.se>
Date: 18 Jun 91 12:40:41 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.150718.27957@unibi.uni-bielefeld.de> <1044@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz>
Organization: Indic Computerised Air Quality Surveillance
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In article <1044@macuni.mqcc.mq.oz> s8922967@ipc05.mqcs.mq.oz.au (Murray John GILBERT) writes:
>[...]
>Anyway, aside from that, is theree an actual 'AUDIO:' like Dos device around
>on the Amiga which like /dev/audio on Unix I can just copy stuff to. I would
>be handier than getting out 'sound' or *tracker or the like to hear a sound.
>Preferably it should be able to handle several common audio formats as well
>as just plain samples.

[This is a bit off the unix subject, but he asked for it...]
Not quite, but close: I've written a deamon with an ARexx interface that
plays any sample you send to it (raw or 8SVX) using just the amount
of memory you specified when you started the daemon. Just type:

	'address PLAY FILE samplefile

... or make yourself an ARexx script if that's to much to type...
I considered making it a device, but decided ARexx was more flexible.
You can find it along with Arq on ab20 - perhaps I ought to post it?
It is called 'upd' (for micro player daemon) and has quite a few options.

		So long / Jonas
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