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sample on that channel is used. Only one sample may play on a channel at
a time, so playing a new sample will cancel an old one - even if there
has been no data supplied for the new sample. Though, if you are using a
"silence" sample (ie. no data, only used to turn off other samples) it
is polite to set its default volume to 0.

To determine what pitch the sample is to be played on, look up the
period in a table, such as the one below (for finetune 0). If the period
is 0, then the previous period on that 