Salut! I lived in Oradea when I was a child... There must have been something in the water that gave us a knack for DSP.CalabiYauGuy wrote:I picked it up with just college math (from Romania)
Edit: I haven't yet established that I have a knack for this, just to be clear. haha yes, that null terminator is dangerous!Borogove wrote:If you do strncpy that way, you will avoid the immediate buffer overrun, but you now have a non-terminated string which won't print correctly (at best). I recommend that you never call strncpy directly, but instead make a function like:WilliamK wrote:Also, when using strings, remember to leave some extra chars at the end as a string END will use extra char information. EG: char Msg[10] you can't do strcpy(Msg,"1234567890"); Is best to use strncpy(Msg,"1234567890",10); This avoid problems. Most times use the strncpy to avoid buffer-overrun.In its current form, strncpy() is one of the most dangerous functions in the C library simply because it lulls intermediate programmers into a false sense of security.Code: Select all
char* strncpy_safe( char* dest, char* src, char* length ) { char* result = strncpy( dest, src, length ); dest[length-1] = 0; // good catch, stefan return result; }
but you are in for a tough time to start with. Unlike other languages C++ relies very heavily on libraries so you need to understand how to work with them first. doglios wrote:I'm on Mac 10.5.8 and I have to say, I haven't even been able to figure out how to get a f***ing sin wav output to my audio system using C++ after downloading like 5 different libraries and wasting a TON TON TON TON TON of time messing with Terminal and compilation issues.
It has been *extremely* disheartening, to say the least. I even got the BasicSynth book and can't get a f***ing thing to work on my computer with that, or with anything else. At this point I am packing it in and moving back to just messing with MIDI.
I honestly think if I could have just gotten a simple sin wav output up and running that would have been nice. It shouldn't be this hard - but I guess it is. I've got some updates in the mail and maybe, just maybe, they'll help.
But I have to say, I really am extremely frustrated.
That said I've only been programming for a few months, and only been using C++ for two weeks at this point.
Still... I can't help but feel sad. I have literally spent about a week straight trying and failing to get any libraries to work on my computer. I had a relatively complex program with a GUI and excellent features built in Python after picking up computer programming for the first time in my life - within a couple weeks!
You'd think there would just be a straightfoward guide to using built in stuff to make such a SIMPLE sin wav program without a f***ing library... but no.
I just want a god damn sin wav in real time, with some basic parameters, that doesn't use external libraries. I know that may sound stupid but I can't figure a f***ing thing out when every header file in any library (CoreAudio as well) has 1,000 things in it that have nothing to do with my problem.
I just don't get how it has to be this complicated to just build a sin wav with real time audio output in a single file without a header or ANYTHING overly complicated. I mean - that's literally the most basic level of audio output that there is. So yeah.
I had to rage somewhere.
#3 times 1000! very good book and demystified quite a bit for me.ChrisNilson wrote:doglios wrote:I'm on Mac 10.5.8 and I have to say, I haven't even been able to figure out how to get a f***ing sin wav output to my audio system using C++ after downloading like 5 different libraries and wasting a TON TON TON TON TON of time messing with Terminal and compilation issues.
It has been *extremely* disheartening, to say the least. I even got the BasicSynth book and can't get a f***ing thing to work on my computer with that, or with anything else. At this point I am packing it in and moving back to just messing with MIDI.
I honestly think if I could have just gotten a simple sin wav output up and running that would have been nice. It shouldn't be this hard - but I guess it is. I've got some updates in the mail and maybe, just maybe, they'll help.
But I have to say, I really am extremely frustrated.
That said I've only been programming for a few months, and only been using C++ for two weeks at this point.
Still... I can't help but feel sad. I have literally spent about a week straight trying and failing to get any libraries to work on my computer. I had a relatively complex program with a GUI and excellent features built in Python after picking up computer programming for the first time in my life - within a couple weeks!
You'd think there would just be a straightfoward guide to using built in stuff to make such a SIMPLE sin wav program without a f***ing library... but no.
I just want a god damn sin wav in real time, with some basic parameters, that doesn't use external libraries. I know that may sound stupid but I can't figure a f***ing thing out when every header file in any library (CoreAudio as well) has 1,000 things in it that have nothing to do with my problem.
I just don't get how it has to be this complicated to just build a sin wav with real time audio output in a single file without a header or ANYTHING overly complicated. I mean - that's literally the most basic level of audio output that there is. So yeah.
I had to rage somewhere.
My advices if you want to code audio application would be:
1°) Be sure to be okay with the basics of audio signal processing (no need to be a math expert be knowing what is the math behind a sinus wave is good)
2°) Study the basics of the programmation
3°) Read book. I would recommend you this one "Learning Core Audio: A Hands-On Guide to Audio Programming for Mac and iOS" by Chris Adamson, Kevin Avila
4°) Enjoy
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