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- README for the AIFF files:
-
- These files are sound files for the instruments in NetHack.
- There are 11 sounds, one for each distinct instrument.
- The sounds are in 8-bit 22kHz AIFF format, which should be
- readable by a broad range of platforms. Since the sounds
- came from Rolands S-750 sample library (most of them) there
- should be no copyright on them when we treat them like we
- do here (as instruments) - indeed, the sample library I
- got from Roland didn't even bear a (c) symbol.
-
- Some of the sounds are very adequate (Drum of Earthquake,
- Wooden Flute, Magic Harp) while some are less true to the
- original name (how does a Frost Horn sound?) Actually, I
- don't know what a Bugle is (Bugle horn?) so I took a trumpet
- sound for that. Correct me if I'm wrong.
-
- What does this have to do with the main code? Well, nothing
- so far. There are some places that are #ifdef MAC and calls
- mac_speaker; that function takes an object and a tune (in
- capital letters A-G) and plays the tune with the given
- instrument. When playing a specific tune, that tune is of
- course used. For "improvise," I use middle "C."
-
- Ideally, we should do something equal with sound that we
- have with displays, so we can use one common set of calls
- in the main code, and have ports do whatever seems appropriate
- for the available hardware.
-
- Any comment on the sounds or their use is welcome:
-
- h+@nada.kth.se
- Jon W{tte
- Mac Team
-