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Windows has a function for this.<br />
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PlaySound function<br />
<a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd743680(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="ugc">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd743680(v=vs.85).aspx</a><br />
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Using PlaySound to Play System Sounds<br />
<a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd757667(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="ugc">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd757667(v=vs.85).aspx</a><br />
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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-42059504-1"><span>BOOL PlaySound(</span>
<span>   LPCTSTR pszSound,</span>
<span>   HMODULE hmod,</span>
<span>   DWORD   fdwSound</span>
<span>);</span>
</code></pre>
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It also has a core set of APIs for manipulating sounds.<br />
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About the Windows Core Audio APIs<br />
<a href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/dd370784(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="ugc">https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/dd370784(v=vs.85).aspx</a>
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I've never used it, but I've also read good things about The Synthesis Toolkit.<br />
<a href="https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/" rel="ugc">https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/stk/</a>
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But windows PlaySound can ony play from a file not generate the sound?
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Did you see I also provided a link to the full Core API for generating sounds and suggested a library that can do Midi?
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I'm looking for a simple library or function for generating a tone/sound with different pitch and volume.
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I'm looking for a simple library or function for generating a tone/sound with different pitch and volume.

simple library or function for sound generator

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