Re: playing music with GP

As Hans says, the key is setting up the Windows Subsystem for Linux.

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM Hans L <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's part of package "alsa-utils" on ubuntu
> sudo apt install alsa-utils
> you'll probably need to run pari through wsl too (package name "pari-gp")
>
> -Hans
>
> On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM Michael Day <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Nobody's asked you yet - perhaps they're all unix users -
>> does this work under Windows?   "aplay" appears to be
>> a unix/linux/... app.    I run Windows 11 & do have a
>> ubuntu 24 emulation,  but I don't know how to install s/w
>> for it!
>>
>> Not desperately important (!),  but it looks as if it might be fun to try.
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
>> On 09/07/2025 22:14, Bill Allombert wrote:
>> > Dear PARI lovers,
>> >
>> > I have written a GP script to play music using GP (really play music,
>> not just sending MIDI data).
>> >
>> > One need the "aplay" alsa utility. the instrument is the formula in the
>> playnote
>> > function.
>> >
>> > If you use the latest GIT version, you can use the first "start"
>> function
>> > instead of the second one.
>> >
>> > Can you recognize the music (without reading the score) ?
>> > (Sorry in advance for any error in the score)
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Bill.
>>
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