Re: Questions About Making Or Controlling Sounds

  • From: "inthaneelf" <inthaneelf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:59:40 -0700

Jim,
hmmm, well it will be either a small learning curve, you still will need to learn the functions available with the Microsoft media (MM) control if you use it, not a ton to learn but as V T, said, a few things,.
or the larger curve for direct x, but its a good one to have under your belt and at your fingertips. direct x gives you far more control and versatility, and depending on how complex your sounds needs are, you may well be able to still find enough of them on the web or out of things like themes and such! I had/have quite a collection myself, if I can get at them, unfortunately I can't even get at the computer I need to see if there accessible yet, due to some moved items by the owner of the place, which are supposed to be moved by this weekend but, well... the person will be late to there own funeral so it may be a few more days.
jaffer offered his collection and I have access to a few, what would you need wav wise? 

and I have found it much simpler actually to use wav files
another item, I have a copy of Justin Daubenmire's tutorial on direct x, and he seems to have boiled the basics down to a point where, me, the not a programmer, was getting the jist of it without having to strain my brain and cook the hair on my head from overheating. 

I can give you the URL as well
it's:
http://www.bscgames.com

I don't recall the link on the page but it was fairly easy to find it.
and although I'm no dx guru, I may be able to help out finding sounds, so think on what you want to do and ask away, smile 

take care,
inthane
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----- Original Message ----- From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:39 AM
Subject: Re: Questions About Making Or Controlling Sounds



Hi,
I don't have expensive music software or an orchestra at my disposal, so I
was thinking that I needed to go with the lowest common denominator, which
would be whatever sound card someone might have on board.  Am I thinking
correctly? Some game music does sound pretty cheesy. And, this is a first
effort, so I didn't want to have to learn everything at once.

Thanks.

Jim

James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810

"It's more important for me to start to do the right thing than it is to
wait until I think I
can do it just right."





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hey Jim, there is, or is, a Microsoft media control in VB, and I think its
available in C#, but for all you wish to do I think direct x is the way you 

want to go, and MS has a nice sdk with examples and all that you should
need
ready to download.

I'm sure that there are many others you can use, but DX seems to satisfy
all
who have needed it to my knowledge.

and to modify and or generate sound yes you will need something, gold wave
should be able to satisfy your needs, though I would go with either .wav or 

.ogg files instead of midi's, they sound so flatly artificial

HTH,
inthane
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----- Original Message -----
From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 11:49 AM
Subject: Questions About Making Or Controlling Sounds




Hi,
Does anyone know where I can read about using C# to manipulate sounds? At
this point I'm unsure of specific questions about code, but here is some
general direction about what I want to do. I have a game I'd like to try
to
computerize if possible.

Create a sound if necessary.
Possibly use my sound card to play music using its standard MIDI sounds.
Play a sound.
Pan a sound as it is playing.
Control how loudly or softly a sound plays.
Play a background sound loop.
Make sounds play based on an event like a key press.

I guess it would be good if I could find some sounds I could just use
royalty-free, but that would be a bonus.

Would I need to use a program like Goldwave to work with my sounds? I

have

Goldwave already.

Thanks.

Jim
James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810

"It's more important for me to start to do the right thing than it is to
wait until I think I
can do it just right."


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