C++ Live Sound Control

Question

In C++ compiled with Visual Studio 2008 or 2010, am looking for a way to play a note on an instrument and then be able to change the pitch of that note (i.e. from a C to a D), its volume, and even the instrument that plays it in a program.

I know this sounds a lot like MIDI, but I'm not sure how to accomplish it. I would be fine or even prefer using a 3rd party program such as CSound, but again don't know how and cannot figure it out.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Edit: Using CSound is easy, but how do I control CSound through Visual Studio?

Answer 1

You need a C++ music synthesizer framework, such as:

• CLAM: http://clam-project.org/index.html
• STK: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/
• SuperCollider: http://supercollider.sourceforge.net/
• nsound: http://nsound.sourceforge.net/ (maybe the easiest)

playback through soundcard is possible with (I think) all of them.