Generating sound in c#

Thibaut Dietsch

Hi,

I am currently trying to generate sounds for a project I am working on. I need to be able to produce a beep* sound based on a "frequency" and "decibel" level (it does not need to be accurate as the sound in mainly feedback for the user, but you should hear a difference that seems realistic). I am looking for advice on whether my idea makes sense or not.

Frequency does not appear to be an issue, being one of the parameter of the console.Beep function for instance; decibel might be a bit more tricky though.. I didn't find anything related to decibel in sound generation in c#, so my idea was to play on the current output volume to 'fake' changing the decibel output while playing my Beep on the set frequency =).

My first question is, does that somehow make sense? ^^' If not what would you do?

Then, in case you have any lead on how to programmatically change the output volume of speakers, please throw them that way, I must confess it's my first time doing things like that.

Thanks for your time.

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Roei Bar17y ago
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well my friend, the question is not if it sounds good or not to us but the needs you have and what you feel like doing, since every developer makes his own work of art.

i can recommend you 2 other things:

1. play different Beep, by different alert like this project :

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/messagebeep.aspx

2. using a ".WAV" file, and invoking it with differant volume levels,

you can use this tutorial for an howto explenation :

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showtopic45693.htm

best of luck
Thibaut Dietsch17y ago
Thanks mate,

Option 1 could be promising I'll take a look.

Option 2 on the other hand won't make it I think as I won't be able to change the frequency of the .WAVE.

What I need is really to be able to generate a beep at different frequency and on different levels (to fake the decibel thingy).

I will look more into this, I am pretty sure there is a solution =).