(User.programs) Item: 384 by akcs.brassb@hpcvbbs.cv.hp.com Author: [William R. Brassfield] Subj: MUSIC48.RFD, some music for your HP-48 Date: Mon Apr 13 1992 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Mini-instructions: Press keys & listen. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� This is a collection of music and sound effects that I have put into my calculator over a period of a week or so. Here are the contents: 1. Minuet in D minor, by Johann Sebastian Bach 2. Minuet in G Major, by Johann Sebastian Bach 3. Invention #8, by Johann Sebastian Bach 4. For Elise, by Ludwig van Beethoven 5. DOWN1 arpeggio sound effect by W.R. Brassfield 6. UP1 arpeggio sound effect by W.R. Brassfield 7. UP2 arpeggio sound effect by W.R. Brassfield 8. UPFAST arpeggio sound effect ("score" in a game) by W.R. Brassfield 9. ZAP sound effect ("ray gun" effect) by W.R. Brassfield 10. BLIP sound effect (as in a video game) by W.R. Brassfield These files are all in a directory called MUSIC48. [Note: I compressed it with RF and put it on the disk as MUSIC48.RFD, 8718 bytes, instead of the raw directory, which was over 42K! -jkh-] These music and sound programs are written in a "stupid" or "brute-force" manner, with 2000 .3 BEEP 3000 .15 BEEP etc. type of a structure. I didn't want to take the time to get fancy and write up some type of music interpreter program. [Wanna see one? Check out TUNE on this disk. -jkh-] As simple-stupid as these programs are, they do sound quite good. The notes sound reasonably accurate in pitch (probably as good as the HP48 can do it), and the rhythm is correct (except when the HP48 decides to do memory cleanup during execution, which is rare). These programs were originally written in a more "human" form for ease of note/duration entry. They were then processed by a Turbo Pascal program that I wrote (named "compose"), which converted them to HP48 language (freq, duration, BEEP). The process actually doesn't take that much time; For Elise took maybe an hour to code. If anyone has any music requests or is interested in my "compose" program, let me know. I probably don't want to spend a lot of time coding more music, but if I'm inspired, I might add a few more tunes to the list. HAPPY LISTENING! (or, happy zapping!) --- Big Bad Bill "the cat" Brassfield --- AAAAAACCCCKKKK! OOOOOOPPP! (Oh, no! not another hairball!)