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    Console App Question

    Hello, I want to know if it would be possible to use sound in a console app? Such as using like FMOD or maybe OpenAL to produce sounds. If anyone knows if this is possible, tell me.
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    you can make *BEEP* sounds.. with '\a' i believe.. im not sure what it was but you can look it up

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    if you have console mode sound drivers ( not likely with windows boxes or macos ) then yup.
    linux, irix, and the bsds have console mode cd playing software.

    ( yes, listen to your cds while working in bash )

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    Nevermind. I found out how to make little beeps and stuff from a site. Thats all I really wanted anyway. Just use the Beep() function in <windows.h>, pretty cool.
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    "\a" doesnt work for you? or its just not the right beep, lol

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    What is "\a"? I didn't know what you were talking about, so I disregarded it, sorry. I am very sensitive about my beeps, lol.
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    '\a' is suppsed to be an 'audible bell'... doesn't work on my system, but there are alot of things that don't work on my system ATM
    Code:
    #include<iostream>
    
    int main()
    {
            std::cout<<"\a\a\a\a\a\a"<<std::endl;
            return 0;
    }
    escape sequences
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    Some terminals do not play the sound. Some give the option of brightening an icon whenever the bell character gets printed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rashakil Fol
    Some terminals do not play the sound. Some give the option of brightening an icon whenever the bell character gets printed.
    actually, now that I think of it... it does kinda work... it shows a little bell in the tab it's in (using Konsole)... I forgot about that
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    one of the joys of linux major small?
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    I would rather the bell not be audible... IIRC, I set that a while ago, but forgot I set it... but now that I remember, everytime I see that little bell I remember how happy I am that I can't hear it
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    I hear ya.

    I unplugged the speaker inside my case.
    and disable the sound system so it doesn't use sound card unless I specifically start the sound server and add the kernel module first.

    visual cues are as effective for notification.
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