Bleep

Richard Porter

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Oct 23, 2022, 5:42:21 AM10/23/22

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I have the audio output on my ARMX6 connected to an amp and speakers. When
I'm playing music or speech with !Amplayer the volume is fine. However the
warning bleep from an application or ASCII BEL code is a miserable,
scarcely audible little squeak. Can this be adjusted?

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Alan P Dawes

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Oct 23, 2022, 5:48:58 AM10/23/22

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In article <70aad13...@user.minijem.plus.com>,

Have you tried changing from Quiet beep to Loud beep? Double click !Boot
to bring up Configuration and then on Sound to alter to loud beep.

Alan

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Using an ARMX6

Richard Porter

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Oct 31, 2022, 10:20:56 AM10/31/22

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The date being 23 Oct 2022, Alan P Dawes <alan....@riscos.org> decided

to write:

> In article <70aad13...@user.minijem.plus.com>,
> Richard Porter <ri...@minijem.plus.com> wrote:
>> I have the audio output on my ARMX6 connected to an amp and speakers.
>> When I'm playing music or speech with !Amplayer the volume is fine.
>> However the warning bleep from an application or ASCII BEL code is a
>> miserable, scarcely audible little squeak. Can this be adjusted?

> Have you tried changing from Quiet beep to Loud beep? Double click !Boot
> to bring up Configuration and then on Sound to alter to loud beep.

> Alan

Thanks. That's a lot better. I just have to remember to turn the amp on!

Richard

Richard Porter

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Oct 31, 2022, 11:11:15 AM10/31/22

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The date being 31 Oct 2022, Richard Porter <ri...@minijem.plus.com> decided

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>> Have you tried changing from Quiet beep to Loud beep? Double click !Boot
>> to bring up Configuration and then on Sound to alter to loud beep.

>> Alan

> Thanks. That's a lot better. I just have to remember to turn the amp on!

Actually it doesn't solve the problem, which specifically is the bleep
from Messenger Pro. When I type "bleep" I get a nice loud bl**p from spell
checker but when something else happens - probably new mail arriving I get
a miserable little squeak. Loud bl**p is still set in Configure...

I can't see anything relevant in Messenger choices.

Richard

Chris Hughes

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Oct 31, 2022, 1:02:05 PM10/31/22

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When you updated the quiet beep to loud beep, did you check the two bars
in the above section were fully across?

Have you also got !PlayIt in your !Boot.Resources since Messenger Pro
seems to use this for playing its sounds. There is a 'chime' file within
Messenger.Resources

I think you can create your own sound file IIRC to use instead.

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Chris Hughes

b.b...@bcs.org

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Nov 1, 2022, 3:04:21 PM11/1/22

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On 31 Oct 2022, ri...@minijem.plus.com wrote:

> Actually it doesn't solve the problem, which specifically is the bleep
> from Messenger Pro. When I type "bleep" I get a nice loud bl**p from spell
> checker but when something else happens - probably new mail arriving I get
> a miserable little squeak. Loud bl**p is still set in Configure...

I too nowadays get the merest tiny almost inaudible ping from the module
Chime supplied with Messenger Pro. I have !PlayIt in Boot:Resources. It
was not always thus, so I assume some setup can be altered to restore the
sound, but what?

Bernard.
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Harriet Bazley

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Nov 1, 2022, 5:03:01 PM11/1/22

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On 1 Nov 2022 as I do recall,

I got the impression the issue was hardware-related, as when I got a new
computer Messenger's sounds went variously haywire (too soft/too
fast and/or inaudible). I suspect you need a version of PlayIt
suitable to your current hardware; I seem to have my custom sounds and
my chime sorted out now, and have a PlayIt which claims to be 7.13,
although it might have been someone's patched version... I don't
remember how I fixed the issue. :-(

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Richard Porter

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Nov 1, 2022, 6:26:42 PM11/1/22

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The date being 31 Oct 2022, Chris Hughes <new...@noonehere.co.uk> decided

to write:

> When you updated the quiet beep to loud beep, did you check the two bars
> in the above section were fully across?

I did. They were.

> Have you also got !PlayIt in your !Boot.Resources since Messenger Pro
> seems to use this for playing its sounds. There is a 'chime' file within
> Messenger.Resources

I have. There is. If I try to play Chime I just get a loud bleep.

b.b...@bcs.org

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Nov 1, 2022, 7:00:18 PM11/1/22

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On 1 Nov 2022, har...@bazleyfamily.co.uk wrote:

> I suspect you need a version of PlayIt suitable to your current hardware;
> I seem to have my custom sounds and my chime sorted out now, and have a
> PlayIt which claims to be 7.13, although it might have been someone's
> patched version... I don't remember how I fixed the issue. :-(

My PlayIt module is 1.73 (15-Apr-2012) which, assuming some finger trouble
somewhere, might be the same as yours?

I don't know what other elements in one's system affect its ability to
sound as expected.

Bernard
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Harriet Bazley

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Nov 1, 2022, 9:10:05 PM11/1/22

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On 1 Nov 2022 as I do recall,
b.b...@bcs.org wrote:

> On 1 Nov 2022, har...@bazleyfamily.co.uk wrote:
>
> > I suspect you need a version of PlayIt suitable to your current hardware;
> > I seem to have my custom sounds and my chime sorted out now, and have a
> > PlayIt which claims to be 7.13, although it might have been someone's
> > patched version... I don't remember how I fixed the issue. :-(
>
> My PlayIt module is 1.73 (15-Apr-2012) which, assuming some finger trouble
> somewhere, might be the same as yours?
>

Ah yes, 1.73. :-D

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Jean-Michel

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Nov 3, 2022, 7:13:14 AM11/3/22

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In message <2250c9405...@bazleyfamily.co.uk>

Harriet Bazley <har...@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:

> On 1 Nov 2022 as I do recall,
> b.b...@bcs.org wrote:

>> On 1 Nov 2022, har...@bazleyfamily.co.uk wrote:
>>
>>> I suspect you need a version of PlayIt suitable to your current hardware;
>>> I seem to have my custom sounds and my chime sorted out now, and have a
>>> PlayIt which claims to be 7.13, although it might have been someone's
>>> patched version... I don't remember how I fixed the issue. :-(
>>
>> My PlayIt module is 1.73 (15-Apr-2012) which, assuming some finger trouble
>> somewhere, might be the same as yours?
>>
> Ah yes, 1.73. :-D

!Verma report
PlayIt 1.73 (15 Feb 2018) © Rick Hudson, Christopher Martin
???

A small useful program !Mixvolume to test the level of Bleep, originally
created to adjust the audio level of Rhapsody4 and others like DigitalCd.
https://jeanmichelb.riscos.fr/Audio.html

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Jean-Michel