BASIC PLAY SAMPLE Statement

PLAY SAMPLE

TYPE: BASIC System statement

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FORMAT: PLAY SAMPLE @page , address

Action: The PLAY SAMPLE statement is used to play an 8-bit digital sample stored at a specific memory address.

• @page is a number in the range 0 through 255 that specifies the memory page on which the sample data resides.
• address is a number in the range 0 through 16383 that specifies the starting address of the sample data.

Notes: To create a file in .SAQ (Sample for AQuarius) format:

1. Open an audio file in Audacity and edit as desired.
2. Select File --> Export Audio, then options...
   • Format: Other uncompressed files
   • Channels: Mono
   • Sample Rate: 8000, 11025, or 16000
   • Header: RAW
   • Encoding: Unsigned 8-bit PCM
   • ...and click Export
3. Ensure you have Python3 installed.
4. At the command line execute raw2saq.py...
   • python raw2saq.py filename.raw filename.saq rate
   • ...where rate is 8000, 11000, or 16000

Example of PLAY SAMPLE Statement:

LOAD "file.saq",@40,0

PLAY SAMPLE @40,0

Plays the audio sample "file.saq" stored on page @40, starting at address 0.