SOUND - a device I/O statement that generates sound through the speaker Syntax SOUND frequency,duration - frequency, a numeric expression that has an integer value between 37 and 32,767, is the frequency of the sound in cycles/second, or hertz - duration, a numeric expression that has an unsigned integer value between 0 and 65,535, is the number of system clock ticks the sound lasts. There are 18.2 clock ticks per second. See Also