Re: Apple IIGS sound effects

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Jeff Blakeney wrote:
>   To: Michael J. Mahon
> On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:17:52 -0700, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> > limtc wrote:
> > > I am looking for either MIDI or MP3 format for sounds like the bong
> > > (CTRL-G), etc. Is there such a site?
> > Is the raw "bong" sound in ROM?  It shouldn't be hard to isolate
> > it and convert it to whatever form you like.
>
> I believe the standard IIgs beep that is played on power on is a
> synthesized sound as opposed to a digitized sound.  This is why you can
> change the pitch of the beep in the control panel without changing its
> duration.

That makes sense.  So the waveform and envelope must be in ROM.

-michael

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