Bob Macklin wrote:
> Jim
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> Thanks for yoyr comments. I have 2 of Charles Petzold's book but not
> the one you reference. Did your book have a CD with the the samples?
Yes it had all the examples plus a compiled exe ...
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> I did find something about the wave/in & wave/out functions in the
> help files. They are Win32 SDK functions. I don't know if I have them
> installed on this machine. I do also hve VC++ Ver3. I can look in that
> one.
The wavexx functions are the ones to use and he covers most of them in
his book ... the ones not covered I got off the web along with some
other (mixer) examples ... 24 bit sound cards was not used yet and I
have not found good information in using the 24 bit cards yet ... maybe
a more up to date Multimedia SDK would cover them ...
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> It looks to me that Dsound only allows you to write to the sound card.
> But there may be a hidden function (ReadBuffer) that works with it.
> But it is not defined in the Dsound.h file.
>
> Did your VC++ Ver6 include the Win32 SDK?
No but if you have an older (1998-2000) copy of MSDN it installs as help
for VC++6 and covers the Win32 API ... when I bought the book, it
included a 2 year free MSDN subscription ... in the NEW book I seen a
month ago, I looked and the MSDN was not included but it is available on
the web ... the new (if it exists for download) MSDN would be infected
with MFC and C# and in my opinion be useless
Jim KI6MZ
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> Bob Macklin
> Seattle, Wa.
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> */Jim Hutchinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote:
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> Bob Macklin wrote:
> > I have been trying to learn how the sound card interface works.
> >
> > I use VC++ Ver 5 because it was the last version I bought brfore I
> > retired. And I am comfortable with it.
> >
> > I have found the DSOUND files but not much infomation on how it
> works.
> >
> > Is it possible to get any help from this group about how you
> read and
> > write to the sound card?
> >
> > I am a skilled programmer. At least I was when I retired 10
> years ago.
> >
> > Bob Macklin
> > K5MYJ
> > Seattle, Wa.
> >
> Hi Bob ... I use VC++ Ver 6 and program Win32 (no MFC) ... the book
> "Programming Windows Fifth Edition" by Charles Petzold taught me to
> program the sound card. It is at a more basic level than DSOUND and I
> think more functional, using the wavein waveout ect and the Win32 API
> ... the book came out about the time VC++5 and VC++6 was in use
> and it
> uses VC++6 ... It is still available (New) as I was in a Borders
> bookstore about one month ago and a new copy was on the shelves
> ... so
> it can be ordered ... My copy is very used and tattered and full
> of hand
> written notes and you would have to pry it from my cold dead
> fingers to
> get it (along with VC++6) ...the Microsoft Multimedia SDK would be
> nice also ... I have one that came with Vc++2 and is useful but
> not up
> to date ...
> Jim KI6MZ
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