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=============================================================================
*** How to use ***
Add "echo.c" and "echoblob.h" in your program files. Then include the header
"echo.h" in whatever source files you need to access the Echo API, i.e.
#include "echo.h"
(these files are present in the "c" directory)
Then use echo_init to initialize Echo and load the instrument list (see
below). After that you can use Echo as needed (e.g. call echo_play_bgm to
start playing music, etc.).
The file "echoblob.h" is the Z80 binary turned into a C array. If you want to
change the blob, just use the included blob2c tool. It's invoked as follows:
blob2c «input.bin» «output.h»
=============================================================================
*** Initialization ***
void echo_init(const void **list)
Initializes Echo. Loads the instrument list, loads the Z80 engine and gets
it running. You need to call this before you can use Echo (usually when
the program is just starting).
The parameter 'list' is a pointer to an array of pointers, where each
entry points to the EIF/EEF/EWF data of each instrument. The list ends
with a NULL pointer. For example:
const void* const list[] = {
instrument1,
instrument2,
instrument3,
NULL
};
(if NULL isn't defined for whatever reason just use 0 instead)
=============================================================================
*** Background music ***
void echo_play_bgm(const void *esf)
Starts playback of the specified background music. The parameter 'esf'
points to the ESF data for the background music.
void echo_stop_bgm()
Stops playback of background music. Used both to stop and to pause music
(the latter can be undone with echo_resume_bgm, see below).
void echo_resume_bgm()
Resumes playback of whatever background music was playing last time before
echo_stop_bgm was called. Used when you want to unpause music.
=============================================================================
*** Sound effects ***
void echo_play_sfx(const void *esf)
Starts playback of the specified sound effect. The parameter 'esf' points
to the ESF data for the sound effect.
void echo_stop_sfx()
Stops playback of sound effects.
=============================================================================
*** Control ***
uint16_t echo_get_status()
Gets the current status of Echo. Returns an OR of the following flags,
as relevant:
ECHO_STAT_BGM .... Background music is playing
ECHO_STAT_SFX .... Sound effect is playing
ECHO_STAT_BUSY ... Echo is busy (can't take commands)
The API will automatically wait if you try to send a command while Echo is
busy, so the only reason to check for that is if you don't want to halt
the 68000 until Echo is ready to take more commands.
=============================================================================
*** Settings ***
void echo_set_pcm_rate(uint8_t rate)
Changes the sample rate of PCM. Note this is a global parameter as it
affects both BGM and SFX. The value is what one would write in timer A of
the YM2612 register. Here are the approximate frequencies for some values
(default is 0x04):
NTSC PAL | NTSC PAL
-----------------------------|---------------------------
0x01 ... 26632Hz ... 26389Hz | 0x07 ... 6658Hz ... 6597Hz
0x02 ... 17755Hz ... 17593Hz | 0x08 ... 5918Hz ... 5864Hz
0x03 ... 13316Hz ... 13194Hz | 0x09 ... 5326Hz ... 5278Hz
0x04 ... 10653Hz ... 10556Hz | 0x0A ... 4842Hz ... 4798Hz
0x05 .... 8877Hz .... 8796Hz | 0x0B ... 4439Hz ... 4398Hz
0x06 .... 7609Hz .... 7539Hz | 0x0C ... 4097Hz ... 4060Hz
The higher the sample rate, the better quality, but also takes up more
space and, more importantly, reduces CPU time available for other things
(which can hamper Echo's ability to process complex streams). Be careful
if you increase the sample rate.
=============================================================================
*** Raw access ***
void echo_send_command(uint8_t command)
Sends an argument-less command to Echo. The parameter 'command' is the
command to send, and may be one of the following:
ECHO_CMD_STOPBGM ..... Stop background music playback
ECHO_CMD_RESUMEBGM ... Resume background music playback
ECHO_CMD_STOPSFX ..... Stop sound effect playback
void echo_send_command_addr(uint8_t command, const void *address)
Sends a command to Echo that takes an address as its argument. The
parameter 'command' is the command to send, while the parameter 'address'
is the address to use as argument. The command may be one of these:
ECHO_CMD_PLAYBGM .... Start background music playback
ECHO_CMD_PLAYSFX .... Start sound effect playback
ECHO_CMD_LOADLIST ... Load instrument list (warning: see below)
Do *NOT* use ECHO_CMD_LOADLIST unless you *REALLY* know you're doing, this
makes Echo load the instrument list by itself and it expects a different
format from the one used by the C API.
void echo_send_command_byte(uint8_t command, uint8_t byte)
Sends a command to Echo that takes a byte as its argument. The parameter
'command' is the command to send, while the parameter 'byte' is the byte
to use as argument. The command may be... just this for now:
ECHO_CMD_SETPCMRATE ... Change PCM sample rate
=============================================================================
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