PureBasic - Module

Overview

PureBasic can replay standard music modules to have nice music background during a game or an application. The modules are well known from Demo makers, as its an efficient way to build music on a computer. The tools used to create the modules are named 'Trackers' (ProTracker, FastTracker, Impulse Tracker...). The advantages of a module against a .wav/mp3 file are its very low size, a virtually endless length, the very fast replay, possible jump on a certain music part to fit to the screen action etc... It's of course possible to mix standard sound and module sound to have both played simultaneously.

On Windows, the MIDAS Sound System (later renamed to Housemarque Audio System) is used to have a perfect replay and multiple tracker support. Don't forget to include the midas11.dll in the final package as it's not a standard dll. DirectX is used if present, else it fall back to the standard sound output.

Command Index

FreeModule
GetModulePosition
GetModuleRow
InitModule
IsModule
LoadModule
ModuleVolume
PlayModule
SetModulePosition
StopModule

Example

Module.pb

Supported OS

Windows, AmigaOS