Re: [microsound] text to sound conversion

[Phil Thomson <philthom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

OS X doesn't have a /dev/audio , and I don't know the equivalent. And I
have no access to a "play" command in OS X.

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004, devslashnull wrote:

> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:40:06 -0700
> From: devslashnull <dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: microsound <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [microsound] text to sound conversion
>
> did you try it in a terminal window yet? i got "operation not supported"
>
>
> On Thursday, January 29, 2004, at 01:53 PM, Phil Thomson wrote:
>
> >
> > Anyone know how this could be done in OS X?
> >
> >
> >>>
> >>> The easiest way to convert text to sound, if you're
> >>> using unix,
> >>> it to simply redirect sound to the audio device:
> >>>
> >>> cat text_file > /dev/audio
> >>>
> >>> or:
> >>>
> >>> play -f s -c 2 -s w -r 11025 -t raw text_file
> >>>
> >>> I'd prefer to analyse text then produce some kind of
> >>> mediated
> >>> output based on my own algorithms, but this can be
> >>> fun.
> >>>
> >>> I'm doing a little project where I'm using the
> >>> binaries of audio
> >>> programs to create sounds, something I find ironic
> >>> in a way,
> >>> and I used this to get started.
> >>>
> >>> I find:
> >>>
> >>> play -f s -c 2 -s w -r 11025 -t raw `which csound`
> >>>
> >>> to have an awesome, wholesome groove.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> http://alex.bash.sh
> >
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