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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
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Date: 2 Apr 88 19:34:42 GMT
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Aha!  At last an easy question!

>  DOES ANYONE KNOW OFF OR HAVE A PROGRAM
>  THAT SIMULATES A METRONOME USED
>  TO KEEP TIME FOR MUSIC.

Try this little BASIC program for this purpose:

100 ? "BEATS PER SECOND";:INPUT B
105 ? "TOCK SOUND";:INPUT TP
110 T=400/B:REM USE 447 FOR OMNIVIEW
120 SOUND 0,TP,10,15:SOUND 0,TP,10,11:SOUND 0,TP,10,7:SOUND 0,TP,10,3
130 SOUND 0,0,0,0
140 FOR I=1 TO T:NEXT I:GOTO 120

You can try different values of TP for the "Tock Sound".  This controls
the tone pitch that is used in the metronome sound.  A value of about
40 seems good to me, giving a kind of "woody" sound, while small values
around 3 or 4 seem more "metallic" to me.  If you pick a sound you like
best you can replace line 105 with a statement that just sets
that value, e.g. TP=40.

Enjoy!

-John Sangster / jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa