Wish for Version 1.5

[hanness]

A lot of discussion about version 1.5 lately, so I thought I would just check back to see if it's possible to fix this previously reported bug in time for the 1.5 release:

https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=1661.msg108916#msg108916

[FellippeHeitor]

Hi, hanness. Sound generation with QB64 is delegated to OpenAL, an external library.

All QB64 really does is pass your parameters and it generates a sound buffer, so I must assume the technical explanation RhoSigma offered in the original post has to be taken seriously as the reason to the effect you're experiencing.

Also, notice that using SOUND/PLAY is still supported, due to retrocompatibility with QBasic/QuickBASIC, but in this day and age you'd probably be better off by using wav, ogg or mp3 files recorded with the desired frequencies, so you can easily load them with _SNDOPEN and play them with _SNDPLAY/_SNDPLAYCOPY. There are several online utilities that will allow you to generate files with the desired frequency, like https://www.wavtones.com/functiongenerator.php

[hanness]

Thanks for that. I had already ruled that explanation out because looking at the frequency output with a meter verified that is was actually really a problem, not merely a perceived one.

Also, using recorded audio won't work in my application because I need highly accurate tones lasting 200mS, 500mS, 800mS, and 1S with seemless transitions from one to the next.

Thankfully, I have an alternative method for doing this now.

Thanks again for the response.