Is it possible to make a sound using only standard c++ libraries?

[yj1214]

It seems like libraries such as PortAudio and STK doesn't support MinGW for Windows. So I was wondering if C++ standard libraries support audio programming. I know that Python supports audio input/output and generating actual waveforms...

if not, is there's some audio libraries that supports MinGW(Windows not Linux)?

[ultifinitus]

I use MinGW with PortAudio :)

[yj1214]

Are you using Windows? if so, where do I find the dll file? i'm getting undefined reference errors...

[ultifinitus]

Make sure you include the .a library file, I am on windows, and use the static version without dlls.

I built the library from source and you can too - just use msys.bat in your mingw bin folder to build it (basically configure --disable-shared then make) and it will make the .a library to include in your project build options.

[yj1214]

I'm sorry but I still don't get it. I have MSYS.bat inside msys folder and I typed configure --disable-shared and it gives me "./configure: no such file or directory"

Do I have to use this in my PortAudio folder? (sorry for the newb question)

[ultifinitus]

Oh sorry, I'll give you more of an explanation:

PortAudio is an open source library, so we have the option to compile the code ourselves, to do that you'll need the source, not just the binary distribution.

http://www.portaudio.com/archives/pa_stable_v19_20140130.tgz

here's the latest source as of today (May 1, 2015)

Once you have the source untarred (unzipped) you need to open your command line and go directly to the folder's base directory (make sure you see a file called "configure" in your dir listing). In the base directory you'll want to type configure (for most libraries if you want to do a static build you'll --enable-static and --disable-shared, but I just checked and it didn't seem to affect my portaudio configure) once that is complete, in the same command line window type make.

Make will actually compile the code using the makefile that was configured with out configure command. Makefiles are black magic, look it up- you can do some cool stuff. They are ... kinda standardized, but mostly not standardized at all, for portaudio you'll find libportaudio.a inside the lib\.libs\ folder.

Inside code::blocks, go to the project menu > build options > (choose your project name on the left pane, not debug or release) > linker settings > add > (choose libportaudio.a)

Once that's done you maaaay need to include libwinmm.a from the lib directory of your mingw installation folder.

Next add the "include" folder in your portaudio folder to your search directory under the compiler tab (this is project > build options > search directories > compiler > add > (portaudio\include folder))

Then you should be able to use portaudio without any issues. They have some pretty good tutorials, once the library is set up you should be able to include the header file and be on with your life.

[yj1214]

Thanks!!! it worked. I guess I have to study more about how libraries work :)

[ultifinitus]

Glad to hear it! For how important libraries are it is quite interesting how difficult it is to find reliable documentation on how to use them.