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Can you actually create a sound on iPhone?

createSound() seems to be a misnomer for 'play sound file'. Is there a way to create sound on the iPhone - e.g, like you could do with IBM BASIC 30 years ago? How do these 'Ocarina' - type apps work?

regards,

JH

— asked May 29th 2010 by John Holman
  • createsound()
  • iphone
  • sound
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  • Yeah, createSound follows our factory pattern for creating instances. But, in this case, it doesn't actually allow you to create a sound arbitrarily.

    Are you simply looking to be able to provide attributes like hertz, duration, pitch, etc?

    — answered May 29th 2010 by Jeff Haynie
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  • Yes, just a basic SOUND(frequency, duration) would be great for people doing games I would think. Surely the piano app on my iPod doesn't play a sound file every time I hit a key?

    regards,

    JH

    — answered May 29th 2010 by John Holman
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  • this sounds (ho ho) like a great idea for a sound generation module ;)

    jeff: I'd add 'shape' to that list too (ie: square, sine, sawtooth, etc) ;)

    I see there's something called 'SoundEngine' out there.

    — answered May 29th 2010 by Kosso
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    • This is open source and almost there - at least in playing short sharp sounds without a lag:
      http://github.com/zoul/Finch/
      JH

      — commented May 29th 2010 by John Holman
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