I want to code musical notes in vb.net. I don't want to use sound files

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I am accustomed to vb6 so I need to learn how to program in vb.net so I can code music or sound effects for a hobby.

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I tried to use my vb6 code but it is not quite the same as vb.net 2017. I just need a sample that doesn't use music files just type the values in code.

Posted 30-Nov-19 4:06am

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Updated 1-Dec-19 1:53am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2019-11-30T04:25:00

It's not simple! Have a look here: Virtual Piano in C#[^] - it uses a single WAV file which is programatically altered to change the frequency, which for music generation is probably a better "sound" than a "pure" tone.
The code is in C#, but it's pretty obvious, and online converters may help you convert it to VB for .NET

Though I'd strongly recommend you dump VB altogether, and switch to C#. VB6 is very, very different from "modern" VB and you will have a lot of VB6 habits which will not help you at all to produce "good" VB code. Switching to C# would "break the connection" to those bad habits, and hopefully make your long-term coding easier. An experienced coder should be able to pick up C# in between an afternoon and a week (depending on how experienced you are) - iutr;s teh .NET framework that takes the time to learn (and you need that for both "modern" VB and C# development).

There is a free book here: https://www.robmiles.com/c-yellow-book[^] which covers it well.

RickZeeland · Answer 2 · 2019-11-30T04:26:00

Solution 2

You probably can do it with the Naudio library: GitHub - naudio/NAudio: Audio and MIDI library for .NET[^]
I tried to find a VB.NET example for you, but could not find one, most examples are in C#.

Posted 30-Nov-19 4:26am

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Maciej Los 1-Dec-19 7:34am

5!

raddevus · Answer 3 · 2019-11-30T14:59:00

Solution 3

You can play a tone at any frequency with the following:

VB

Dim freq As Integer = Integer.Parse(txtFrequency.Text)
Dim duration As Integer = Integer.Parse(txtDuration.Text)

System.Console.Beep(freq, duration)

Posted 30-Nov-19 14:59pm

raddevus

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Maciej Los 1-Dec-19 7:31am

5ed!
Short And To The Point!

Maciej Los · Answer 4 · 2019-12-01T01:54:00

Solution 4

If you're interested in music notation, please read this: Music Notation in .NET[^]

Posted 1-Dec-19 1:54am

Maciej Los