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 How to play a sound sample?
Simply call the SamplePlay() with the id of the sound sample you want to play.
The id is the same from the sample file's name.
For details, see the Sound and Music chapter from the DizzyAGE book.
How to play a music?
Simply call the MusicPlay() with the id of the music you want to play.
The id is the same from the music file's name.
You can set eventual fade options with MusicFade, before calling the play function.
For details, see the Sound and Music chapter from the DizzyAGE book.
How to convert music formats?
AY to YM
Use the AYEmul player available on the "Download more" page.
Open the AY file and click on the PL button to open the PlayList dialog. Click on the song name
and choose convert to YM. Some YM songs may come out pretty long, like about 5 minutes.
That's because they may contain repeating loops, so further cropping may be needed.
Use the AudioWorks tool.
AY,YM to WAV
Use the same AYEmul player and choose to convert to WAV.
MOD,IT,XM,S3M to WAV
This is possible with a dedicated converter and there are plenty on the internet.
WAV to OGG or OGG to WAV
This can be done with the Audacity sound editor.
WAV to MP3, or MP3 to WAV
This can be done with the Audacity sound editor, but MP3 format is not supported by DizzyAGE.
The MOD,IT and S3M formats are compatible and you should be able to convert between them.
Search on the internet for the right convertor.
You CAN'T convert from other formats to AY or YM.
You CAN'T convert from other formats to MOD,IT,XM,S3M.
How to edit music files?
For YM files, you can crop and detect repeating loops using the AudioWorks tool.
Unfortunately, I don't know of a real editor that can be used to create and edit Z80 tunes on PC.
For MOD,IT,XM,S3M there are plenty of track editors. Search on the internet.
For WAV I recommend Audacity sound editor that is free.
For small Z80 sound effects, you can convert AY or YM to WAV, open them in the mentioned editor,
crop them, apply fade effects, etc and then, save them as OGG and use them in DizzyAGE.
How to crop YM files?
Some YM files, resulted from conversion of AY formats, may have repeating loops inside them.
That's because the music was ripped directly from the sound chip input, without knowing when it ended.
Sometimes, there might be an unique sequence at the begining of the file, and the loop starts
repeating only after that.
The AudioWorks tool helps you detect these loops (when possible).
It also helps you crop parts of a song. See the tool's help for details.
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