On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 01:41:26PM -0500, Ben Combee wrote: > > >Very interesting. Now, is there an alogorithm to generate in > >memory PCM data for, say, a musical note -- "A" for example? Or is it > >easier to encode that note in mp3 and convert it to PCM? > > A pure musical note is just a sine wave at a certain frequency. There are > whole software synthesis packages out there that will do this, along with > much more complex simulations of the sound profiles of different > instruments. > > However, if you just want to play an "A" note, why not use the MIDI > playback functions in Palm OS?
Thanks for all that info. It was really helpful. MIDI playback is good, but is that sampled sound? If it is not, then it's not as interesting I guess :) It would be great to synthesize the notes. Sythesizing is better than converting mp3 to PCM because if I don't like the sounds in a year I'll have to reconvert again. With synthesizing, everything is within the program but it's definitely more challenging since I know nothing about sound sythesis. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
