Effect

Plays a music from the Music Keyboard, that has been

• saved in an array with CALL REC MK
• or loaded with BLOAD in a specific area of the computer RAM

Tip: Define first the playback mode with CALL BGM and optionally the recording mode with CALL RECMOD

Note: the foreground music can be stopped by pressing CTRL+STOP while you need to use CALL STOPM for the background music.

Syntaxes

• CALL PLAY MK
• CALL PLAY MK (<ArrayName>)
• CALL PLAY MK (<StartAddress>,<EndAddress>)

Parameters

Without parameter, the last recorded music is played.

<ArrayName> is an alphanumeric variable or a string, previously defined with the DIM instruction. When you play from an array, the background mode can't be used.

<StartAddress> and <EndAddress> are used to specify the area of the computer RAM. It is recommended to first protect this area with a CLEAR instruction, especially if you use the background mode.

Examples

10 DIM A(500)
20 CALL REC MK(A)
30 CALL PLAY MK(A)

10 CLEAR 300,&HA000
20 BLOAD"KMTEST"
30 CALL PLAY MK(&HA000,&HA2FF)

Related to

CALL APPEND MK, CALL BGM, CALL CONT MK, CALL MK STAT, CALL REC MK, CALL RECMOD, CALL STOPM, BLOAD, CLEAR, DIM

Compatibility

MSX-AUDIO BASIC