Microphone Input

Question

Is there a way to get a microphone input event in c#? I would like to display a progress bar that goes up and down with the voice level.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '10 at 00:58

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This link may help:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/coding4fun/archive/2009/10/08/9905168.aspx

The post includes instructions on capturing the microphone level, etc.

answered Oct 13 '10 at 00:58

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The current version of this page is at [Channel9](https://channel9.msdn.com/coding4fun/articles/NET-Voice-Recorder). – David Bremner Aug 08 '18 at 16:28

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '10 at 00:45

What you're looking for is example source code for a VU meter. You can get the audio capture buffer with the Win32 API, but I've found it is far easier to use the BASS library. There is a .NET wrapper for it that is used by many projects out in the wild.

BASS: http://www.un4seen.com/

BASS.NET: http://www.un4seen.com/download.php?z/4/Bass24.Net.zip

In the examples zip file, you find some code for a VU meter. Their DLL does all of the work for you.