# BASIC 256 - Language Documentation

en:sound

## Sound

### Format

sound frequency, duration
sound ( frequency, duration )
sound ( array )
sound array
sound {frequency1, duration1, frequency2, duration2, …}

### Description

Play a sound from the computer's speakers.Frequency is expressed in Hz and duration is expressed in milliseconds (1000 in a second). An array or list containing frequency and durations may also be passed. This eliminates any clicking between sounds when more than one is being output sequentially. Sound support for LINUX systems was added in version 0.9.5g. Sound was changed to use the default sound device in Windows in version 0.9.5h

### See Also

Volume

en/sound.txt · Last modified: 2011/03/29 11:56 (external edit)