'Subj:  Re: AdamS60982
'Date:  94-04-17 20:38:07 EDT
'From:  AdamS60982
'
'I couldn't really recommend any SB books since I don't have any.  :)
'About the FM, the following example is the best I could find that uses the
'information found in the SB
' SBSOUND.BAS by Brett Levin 1992                 
'                                                    
'These routines were made entirely from a pretty detailed(techie, but
'not that I mind <G>) text file on programming the FM ports on the AdLib/SB.
'You are free to use this in any program what so ever, as long as you
'give credit where credit is due.. (stole that line from Rich!) :)

                                                            
DEFINT A-Z
DECLARE FUNCTION DetectCard% ()
DECLARE SUB SBInit ()
DECLARE SUB WriteReg (Reg%, Value%)
DECLARE SUB SBPlay (note%)
                                                            
CONST false = 0, true = NOT false
SCREEN 0: CLS
                                                            
IF DetectCard = true THEN
  PRINT "AdLib-compatible sound card detected."
ELSE
  PRINT "Unable to find/detect sound card."
  BEEP
  SYSTEM
END IF
PRINT " Initalizing..."; : SBInit
PRINT " Done."
FOR nt = 0 TO 255
   SBPlay nt
NEXT nt
PRINT
PRINT "  These routines only support one channel/voice of the FM chip, but"
PRINT "eventually I may fix them so you can have a bunch o'instruments on"
PRINT "at once.  I'd also like to write a replacement for SBFMDRV.COM, but"
PRINT "that's far off, and probably not in QB anyway.  This is too fast"
PRINT "compiled, so if you are going to use it in anything, add a delay."
PRINT "                                  Enjoy!         -Brett 11 / 12 / 92"
PRINT
FOR nt = 255 TO 0 STEP -1
   SBPlay nt
NEXT nt
PRINT "[Press any key to end]"
SLEEP
CALL WriteReg(&HB0, &H0) 'Makes sure no extra sound is left playing

FUNCTION DetectCard%
   '  Purpose:   Detects an AdLib-compatible card.   
   '             Returns -1 (true) if detected and 0 (false) if not.
   '  Variables: Nope                                  
                                                               
   CALL WriteReg(&H4, &H60)
   CALL WriteReg(&H4, &H80)
   b = INP(&H388)
   CALL WriteReg(&H2, &HFF)
   CALL WriteReg(&H4, &H21)
   FOR x = 0 TO 130
      a = INP(&H388)
   NEXT x
   c = INP(&H388)
   CALL WriteReg(&H4, &H60)
   CALL WriteReg(&H4, &H80)
   Success = 0
   IF (b AND &HE0) = &H0 THEN
     IF (c AND &HE0) = &HC0 THEN
       Success = -1
     END IF
   END IF
   DetectCard% = Success
END FUNCTION

SUB SBInit
   '  Initialize the sound card                        
                                                               
   '(This is the "quick-and-dirty" method; what it's doing is zeroing out

   '  all of the card's registers.  I haven't had any problems with this.)
   FOR q = 1 TO &HF5
     CALL WriteReg(q, 0)
   NEXT q
END SUB

SUB SBPlay (freq%)
'  Purpose:      Plays a note                        
'  Variables:    freq% - Frequency (00-FF hex)       
'                duration% - Duration (n seconds) (not used)
'  I'm still working on this part, it may be ugly, but it works <g>.
'  The first group of WriteRegs is the modulator, the second is the
'  carrier.                                        
'  If you just want to know how to create your own instrument, play around
'  with the second values in the first four calls to WriteReg in each group.
'  :-)  Have fun!  - Brett                         
                                                            
CALL WriteReg(&H20, &H7)    ' Set modulator's multiple to F
CALL WriteReg(&H40, &HF)    ' Set modulator's level to 40 dB
CALL WriteReg(&H60, &HF0)   ' Modulator attack: quick, decay: long

CALL WriteReg(&H80, &HF0)   ' Modulator sustain: medium, release: medium
CALL WriteReg(&HA0, freq%)
                                                            
                                                            
CALL WriteReg(&H23, &HF)   ' Set carrier's multiple to 0
CALL WriteReg(&H43, &H0)   ' Set carrier's level to 0 dB
CALL WriteReg(&H63, &HF0)  ' Carrier attack: quick, decay: long

CALL WriteReg(&H83, &HFF)  ' Carrier sustain: quick, release: quick
CALL WriteReg(&HB0, &H20)  ' Octave                  
                                                            
CALL WriteReg(&HE0, &H0)   ' Waveform argument for Tom..
                           ' &H00 is the default, but I felt like
                           ' dropping it in for you.. :)
                                                            
' I originally had an extra argument, duration!, but for some reason
' I wanted to do the timing outside of this sub..  You can change it back
' if needs require..                               
                                                            
'TimeUp! = TIMER + duation!                          
'WHILE TimeUp! > TIMER: WEND  ' Worst you can be off is .182 of a second

END SUB

SUB WriteReg (Reg%, Value%)
                   'Purpose:   Writes to any of the SB/AdLib's registers
                   'Variables: Reg%: Register number,                
                   'Value%: Value to insert in register   
                   '(Note: The registers are from 00-F5 (hex))
OUT &H388, Reg%    '388h = address/status port, 389h = dataport
FOR x = 0 TO 5     'This tells the SB what register we want to write to
   a = INP(&H388)  'After we write to the address port we must wait 3.3ms
NEXT x
OUT &H389, Value%  'Send the value for the register to 389h
FOR x = 0 TO 34    'Here we must also wait, this time 23ms
   a = INP(&H388)
NEXT x
END SUB