play-note(s) (modification of post by karl prosser view diff)
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code to play distinct “musical” notes using Console.Beep allowing you to specify the note/octave/duration as well as speaking
-Karl Prosser
- function Play-Note([string]$note,[int] $duration = 5)
- {
- if (!($note -match '(\d+)')) { $note+='4' };[void]($note -match '([A-G#]{1,2})(\d+)')
- [console]::Beep((440 * [math]::Pow([math]::pow(2,(1/12)),
- (([int] $matches[2]) - 4)* 12 + $( switch($matches[1])
- { 'A' { 0 } 'A#' { 1 } 'Bb' { 1 } 'B' { 2 } 'C' { 3 } 'C#' { 4 } 'Db' { 4 }
- 'D' { 5 } 'D#' { 6 } 'Eb' { 6 } 'E' { 7 } 'F' { 8 } 'F#' { 9 } 'Gb' { 9 }
- 'G' { 10 } 'G#' { 11 } 'Ab' { 11 }
- }))),$duration * 100 )
- }
- function Speak-words ([string]$words,[bool]$pause = $true)
- { $flag = 1
- if ($pause) {$flag = 2}
- $voice = new-Object -com SAPI.spvoice
- $voice.speak($words, [int] $flag) # 2 means wait until speaking is finished to continue
- }
- function Play-Notes
- {
- $defaultduration = 5;if($args[0] -is [int]) {$defaultduration = $args[0]}
- for($i = 0;$i -lt $args.length;$i++)
- { $duration = $defaultduration
- if ($i -lt $args.length-1) { if ($args[$i+1] -is [int]) {$duration = $args[$i+1] } }
- if ($args[$i] -is [string]) {
- if ($args[$i].startswith("!")) { speak-words $args[$i].replace('!','') } else
- { play-note $args[$i] $duration }
- }
- }
- }
- play-notes A B C 20 E 10 B 10
- play-notes A B C 20 E 10 B 10
- play-notes F5 2 E5 2 D5 2 C5 2 B5 2 A5 2 G 4 F5 2 E5 2 D5 2 C5 2 B5 2 A5 2 G 4
- play-notes 2 F5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G 4 F5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G 4
- play-notes 4 F5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G F5 E5 D5 C5 B5 A5 G
- play-notes "!here we go now" Db5 Db Eb Gb Ab "C#" 6 !YEAH
- play-notes A "!$([datetime]::now)" C
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