When you've had a little more practice with making music, then you can get a little more involved, by using the PEEK function. PEEK is a function that is equal to the value currently in the indicated memory location.

   X=PEEK(MEM)

The value of the variable X is set equal to the current contents of memory location MEM.

Of course, your programs include other BASIC commands, but for a full explanation of them, refer to the BASIC Statements section of this manual.

Let's jump right in and try a simple program using only one of the three voices. Computer ready? Type NEW, then type in this program, and save it on your Commodore DATASSETTE^TM or disk. Then, RUN it.

EXAMPLE PROGRAM 1:

 5 S=54272
 10 FORL=STOS+24:POKEL,0:NEXT:REM CLEAR SOUND CHIP
 20 POKES+5,9:POKES+6,0
 30 POKES+24,15              :REM SET VOLUME TO MAXIMUM
 40 READHF,LF,DR
 50 IFHF<0THENEND
 60 POKES+1,HF:POKES,LF
 70 POKES+4,33
 80 FORT=1TODR:NEXT
 90 POKES+4,32:FORT=1TO50:NEXT
 100 GOTO40
 110 DATA25,177,250,28,214,250
 120 DATA25,177,250,25,177,250
 130 DATA25,177,125,28,214,125
 140 DATA32,94,750,25,177,250
 150 DATA28,214,250,19,63,250
 160 DATA19,63,250,19,63,250
 170 DATA21,154,63,24,63,63
 180 DATA25,177,250,24,63,125
 190 DATA19,63,250,-1,-1,-1

Here's a line-by-line description of the program you've just typed in. Refer to it whenever you feel the need to investigate parts of the program that you don't understand completely.