exsample(3)

✨ exsample ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about exsample from the Allegro manual — yes, that Allegro, the game programming library, and yes, this page is literally about playing digital samples 🎧🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <allegro.h>

Example exsample

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this program is a whole demo of how to play samples, and honestly? it's giving tutorial energy in the best way. 🫶

here's the deal: you have to run this example from the command line, and the first parameter you pass in has to be a WAV or VOC sound file. that's the file it's gonna play. no cap.

if the file loads successfully — and we're all rooting for it to load successfully 🙏 — the sound will play in an infinite loop. forever. iconic behaviour, honestly. it just keeps going. 🔁

and while it's playing, you're not just sitting there, you're the main character. so:

• smash the left and right arrow keys to modify the panning of the sound 🎚️
• smash the up and down arrow keys to modify the pitch 🎵

that's it! that's the whole program! tiny, adorable, and genuinely useful for learning how samples work. obsessed. 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next, bestie, they're all part of the family:

• END_OF_MAIN(3)
• SAMPLE(3)
• SCREEN_H(3)
• SCREEN_W(3)
• adjust_sample(3)
• allegro_error(3)
• allegro_init(3)
• allegro_message(3)
• clear_to_color(3)
• desktop_palette(3)
• destroy_sample(3)
• font(3)
• install_keyboard(3)
• install_sound(3)
• install_timer(3)
• key(3)
• load_sample(3)
• makecol(3)
• play_sample(3)
• poll_keyboard(3)
• rest(3)
• screen(3)
• set_display_switch_mode(3)
• set_gfx_mode(3)
• set_palette(3)
• textprintf_centre_ex(3)

no warnings, no bugs, no deprecated stuff on this one — it's just a lil demo doing lil demo things. go play with it 🧚

and that's the page, babe 🎀 this was Allegro, version 4.4.3, serving exsample(3) realness. mwah. 💜✨🍓