Sound - A DisplayBeep Daemon and Preferences Editor for AmigaDOS 2.0

Copyright 1991 Sylvan Technical Arts.
May be freely redistributed. All other rights reserved.

Introduction
	Sound is a set of two programs that can replace the system's DisplayBeep
flash with an audible beep or sampled sound.

Components
	Sound is composed of two parts. The first part is named SoundPrefs
is a patch to the DisplayBeep function, which is the function that
causes the display to flash when some problem or other noteworthy event
occurs. This patch (or daemon, as it can alternately be called) allows
a simple beeping sound or a sampled sound to play instead of (or in
conjunction with) the display flash.
	The second part is a preferences editor named Sound. It is very similar
to the system preference editors which allows you to modify the parameters
for the sound maker.
	Note: The names of these two programs may seem reversed, but they are
consistant with the names of standard preference editors and the Intuition
daemon (IPrefs).
 
Adding the SoundPrefs Daemon
	The simplest way is to drag the icon for SoundPrefs into the WBStartup
drawer. The next time the system is rebooted, the SoundPrefs daemon will
be installed. To get the SoundPrefs installed without first rebooting, just
double click on the icon.
	Alternately, the SoundPrefs program can be put in the C directory and
the following line can be added to your startup sequence:

	SoundPrefs

Adding the Sound Preferences Editor
	Drag the icon into the Prefs drawer, where all the other preferences
editors are kept.

Using the Editor
	Double click on the Sound icon to open up the editor. You will see
a number of gadgets.
	The Flash Display checkbox indicates whether or not a flash should occur
along with any sound.
	To the right of the Flash Display checkbox is a cycle button which
selects between no sound, simple beep or sampled sound.
	If you want a sample sound, you sill needed to indicate the filename of
the sound to play. You can either enter the complete path in the string
gadget or hit the New Sound button to get a file requester.
	The Test button will cause a DisplayBeep to occur with the currently
shown settings.
	The Cancel button exits the editor with no changes.
	The Use button changes the current sound setting but does not save them
to to permanent storage. The changes will be lost on a reboot. The editor
will then be exited.
	The Save button changes the current sound settings, saves them to
permanent storage, and the editor exits.
	In addition all the standard menus and command line/project features are
available. See the preference editor docs in the "Using the System Software"
manual.

Terminating the SoundPrefs Deamon
	The SoundPrefs program can be terminated by sending it a ctrl-c, by
typing

	SoundPrefs QUIT

or by double clicking on the SoundPrefs icon a second time.