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Play multiple audio files at once visual basic

IronRazerz

Question

Hi

I'm making a virtual piano in Visual Basic,VB.NET, Visual Studio Community 2013. However I found a
problem. I've been using the function "My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.C,
AudioPlayMode.Background)" to play a certain note, but then if I want to play another note it just cuts
the sound of the previous, when what I wanted was to play the two notes at the same time.

Isn't there any function that allows to play an entire audio file until the end?

Thanks in advance

Answers

Hi,

If all you want to be able to do is to Play multiple sounds at the same time and you want each one to
play to the end even when starting another sound then here is a small class you can add to your
program to do this. It is a class i made for playing multiple game sounds that i stripped out all
functionality except for Adding and Playing multiple sounds. If you need more functionality like
Pausing, Stopping, and Volume control of each sound then it needs to be reworked to include that too.

However, as with most every method you will find to play sound files, the files will have to be on the
hard drive. You can just keep them in a folder on the hard drive instead of adding them to the
Resources. If you really want them in the resources then you will have to do more work to write them
back to the hard drive first.

This code will play (.wav) or (.mp3) audio files. You can add the class to you project by clicking
(Project) on the VB menu and selecting (Add Class). Name it (MultiSounds.vb) and then copy this class
code to the new class.

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class MultiSounds

Private Snds As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
Private sndcnt As Integer = 0

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<DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint:="mciSendStringW")> _
Private Shared Function mciSendStringW(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)>
ByVal lpszCommand As String, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal
lpszReturnString As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal cchReturn As UInteger,
ByVal hwndCallback As IntPtr) As Integer
End Function

Public Function AddSound(ByVal SoundName As String, ByVal SndFilePath As

String) As Boolean
If SoundName.Trim = "" Or Not IO.File.Exists(SndFilePath) Then
Return False
If mciSendStringW("open " & Chr(34) & SndFilePath & Chr(34) & "
alias " & "Snd_" & sndcnt.ToString, Nothing, 0, IntPtr.Zero) <> 0 Then
Return False
Snds.Add(SoundName, "Snd_" & sndcnt.ToString)
sndcnt += 1
Return True
End Function

Public Function Play(ByVal SoundName As String) As Boolean

If Not Snds.ContainsKey(SoundName) Then Return False
mciSendStringW("seek " & Snds.Item(SoundName) & " to start",
Nothing, 0, IntPtr.Zero)
If mciSendStringW("play " & Snds.Item(SoundName), Nothing, 0,
IntPtr.Zero) <> 0 Then Return False
Return True
End Function
End Class

Then in your Form you can use it like this. When you add a sound you specify a Name you want to refer
to the sound as in the first parameter and the full path and name to the sound file in the second
parameter. That is shown in the Form Load event. One thing to note is that you can not use the same
Name twice.

Then to Play the sound you specify the Name of the sound you want to play. The Name is the Name you
gave it when you added the sound.

Public Class Form1

Private Snds As New MultiSounds

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Snds.AddSound("Note A", "C:\Test\Sound Folder\E Key.wav")
Snds.AddSound("Note G", "C:\Test\Sound Folder\G Key.wav")
Snds.AddSound("Note B", "C:\Test\Sound Folder\B Key.wav")
End Sub

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Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Snds.Play("Note A")
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Snds.Play("Note G")
End Sub

Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
Snds.Play("Note B")
End Sub
End Class

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

Edited by Monday, February 23, 2015 12:22 AM

Proposed as answer by Cor LigthertMVP Monday, February 23, 2015 5:55 PM

Marked as answer by FranciscoTA Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:55 PM

All replies

An entire audio file would not be a single note would it? My.Computer.Audio.Play is for playing audio
files of type .Wav I believe.

Other players can not play directly from resources and require a file to be written to disk first typically.

Even then trying to exactly coincide two different players to begin at the exact same moment, assuming
your two files are the same length in time, so they play together may be difficult.

La vida loca

This seems to work in some fashion after each Windows Media Player has begun playing a file from
Disk as I suppose each will then have buffered data ready maybe.

Anyhow the initial loop creates 88 Windows Media Players, to represent 88 piano keys, which are never

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displayed or added as controls to a Form. They are all added to a List(Of

WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer). And the index is 0 to 87 to use them from the List.

I used Audacity (which is free) to create four 1 minute long MP3 files of 300, 500, 700 and 900 hertz
sine waves. And the first four WMP's in the List are provided a single file each for their playlist as each
WMP is only suppose to ever play one tone.

All of the WMP's are started in the load event as that seems to get them to access their files and I
suppose buffer some data. They play for about 5 seconds and then the Timer shuts them all off. That
time could be shortened significantly I'm sure. Anyhow without doing this then the first time a Button
is selected there is a delay between the selection of the Button and its WMP playing a tone probably
because the WMP has to access the file on disk and I suppose has no buffered data in it yet.

Option Strict On

Imports WMPLib ' Project, Add Reference, Com, Type Libraries, Windows Media
Player

Public Class Form1

Dim WMPList As New List(Of WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer)

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles

MyBase.Load
Me.Location = New Point(CInt((Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Width
/ 2) - (Me.Width / 2)), CInt((Screen.PrimaryScreen.WorkingArea.Height / 2) -
(Me.Height / 2)))
For i = 1 To 88
WMPList.Add(New WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer)
Next
WMPList(0).currentPlaylist.appendItem(WMPList(0).newMedia("C:\Users
\John\Desktop\Tones\ThreeHundred.MP3"))
WMPList(1).currentPlaylist.appendItem(WMPList(1).newMedia("C:\Users
\John\Desktop\Tones\FiveHundred.MP3"))
WMPList(2).currentPlaylist.appendItem(WMPList(2).newMedia("C:\Users
\John\Desktop\Tones\SevenHundred.MP3"))
WMPList(3).currentPlaylist.appendItem(WMPList(3).newMedia("C:\Users
\John\Desktop\Tones\NineHundred.MP3"))
For i = 0 To 87
WMPList(i).controls.play()
Next
Timer1.Interval = 5000
Timer1.Start()
End Sub

Private Sub Button1_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button1.MouseDown

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WMPList(0).controls.play()
End Sub

Private Sub Button1_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button1.MouseUp
Try
WMPList(0).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(0).controls.stop()
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button2.MouseDown
WMPList(1).controls.play()
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button2.MouseUp
Try
WMPList(1).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(1).controls.stop()
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Button3_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button3.MouseDown
WMPList(2).controls.play()
End Sub

Private Sub Button3_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button3.MouseUp
Try
WMPList(2).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(2).controls.stop()
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Button4_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button4.MouseDown
WMPList(3).controls.play()
End Sub

Private Sub Button4_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button4.MouseUp
Try

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WMPList(3).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(3).controls.stop()
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Button5_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button5.MouseDown
WMPList(0).controls.play()
WMPList(1).controls.play()
WMPList(2).controls.play()
WMPList(3).controls.play()
End Sub

Private Sub Button5_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs)

Handles Button5.MouseUp
Try
WMPList(0).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(1).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(2).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(3).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(0).controls.stop()
WMPList(1).controls.stop()
WMPList(2).controls.stop()
WMPList(3).controls.stop()
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub

Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles

Timer1.Tick
Timer1.Stop()

For i = 0 To 87
WMPList(i).controls.currentPosition = 0
WMPList(i).controls.stop()
Next

End Sub

End Class

La vida loca

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Hi

I'm making a virtual piano in Visual Basic,VB.NET, Visual Studio Community 2013. However I
found a problem. I've been using the function "My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.C,
AudioPlayMode.Background)" to play a certain note, but then if I want to play another note it just
cuts the sound of the previous, when what I wanted was to play the two notes at the same time.

Isn't there any function that allows to play an entire audio file until the end?

Thanks in advance

I would try using Direct Play.

If you want something you've never had, you need to do something you've never done.

Don't forget to mark helpful posts and answers ! Answer an interesting question? Write a new article
about it! My Articles
*This post does not reflect the opinion of Microsoft, or its employees.

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Hi

I'm making a virtual piano in Visual Basic,VB.NET, Visual Studio Community 2013. However I
found a problem. I've been using the function "My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.C,
AudioPlayMode.Background)" to play a certain note, but then if I want to play another note it just
cuts the sound of the previous, when what I wanted was to play the two notes at the same time.

Isn't there any function that allows to play an entire audio file until the end?

Thanks in advance

I would try using Direct Play.

If you want something you've never had, you need to do something you've never
done.

Don't forget to mark helpful posts and answers ! Answer an interesting question? Write a new
article about it! My Articles
*This post does not reflect the opinion of Microsoft, or its employees.

This says it's deprecated Microsoft.DirectX.DirectPlay but with MS it's possible that it's not
deprecated just moved to some other namespace maybe.

La vida loca

Hi,

If all you want to be able to do is to Play multiple sounds at the same time and you want each one to
play to the end even when starting another sound then here is a small class you can add to your
program to do this. It is a class i made for playing multiple game sounds that i stripped out all
functionality except for Adding and Playing multiple sounds. If you need more functionality like
Pausing, Stopping, and Volume control of each sound then it needs to be reworked to include that too.

However, as with most every method you will find to play sound files, the files will have to be on the
hard drive. You can just keep them in a folder on the hard drive instead of adding them to the
Resources. If you really want them in the resources then you will have to do more work to write them
back to the hard drive first.

This code will play (.wav) or (.mp3) audio files. You can add the class to you project by clicking
(Project) on the VB menu and selecting (Add Class). Name it (MultiSounds.vb) and then copy this class
code to the new class.

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

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Public Class MultiSounds

Private Snds As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
Private sndcnt As Integer = 0

<DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint:="mciSendStringW")> _
Private Shared Function mciSendStringW(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)>
ByVal lpszCommand As String, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal
lpszReturnString As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal cchReturn As UInteger,
ByVal hwndCallback As IntPtr) As Integer
End Function

Public Function AddSound(ByVal SoundName As String, ByVal SndFilePath As

String) As Boolean
If SoundName.Trim = "" Or Not IO.File.Exists(SndFilePath) Then
Return False
If mciSendStringW("open " & Chr(34) & SndFilePath & Chr(34) & "
alias " & "Snd_" & sndcnt.ToString, Nothing, 0, IntPtr.Zero) <> 0 Then
Return False
Snds.Add(SoundName, "Snd_" & sndcnt.ToString)
sndcnt += 1
Return True
End Function

Public Function Play(ByVal SoundName As String) As Boolean

If Not Snds.ContainsKey(SoundName) Then Return False
mciSendStringW("seek " & Snds.Item(SoundName) & " to start",
Nothing, 0, IntPtr.Zero)
If mciSendStringW("play " & Snds.Item(SoundName), Nothing, 0,
IntPtr.Zero) <> 0 Then Return False
Return True
End Function
End Class

Then in your Form you can use it like this. When you add a sound you specify a Name you want to refer
to the sound as in the first parameter and the full path and name to the sound file in the second
parameter. That is shown in the Form Load event. One thing to note is that you can not use the same
Name twice.

Then to Play the sound you specify the Name of the sound you want to play. The Name is the Name you
gave it when you added the sound.

Public Class Form1

Private Snds As New MultiSounds

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

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Snds.AddSound("Note A", "C:\Test\Sound Folder\E Key.wav")

Snds.AddSound("Note G", "C:\Test\Sound Folder\G Key.wav")
Snds.AddSound("Note B", "C:\Test\Sound Folder\B Key.wav")
End Sub

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Snds.Play("Note A")
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Snds.Play("Note G")
End Sub

Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
Snds.Play("Note B")
End Sub
End Class

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

Edited by IronRazerz Monday, February 23, 2015 12:22 AM

Proposed as answer by Cor LigthertMVP Monday, February 23, 2015 5:55 PM

Marked as answer by FranciscoTA Wednesday, February 25, 2015 2:55 PM

Thanks a lot for your help, IronRazerz.

However, I couldn't run the code. I get an error saying:

"Snds' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level."

Do you have any idea of why this happens and what can I do to fix it?

Thanks in advance

Thanks a lot for your help, IronRazerz.

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However, I couldn't run the code. I get an error saying:

"Snds' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level."

Do you have any idea of why this happens and what can I do to fix it?

Thanks in advance

What line or lines is it giving you this error on ? Please show your full code if possible.

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

Edited by IronRazerz Monday, February 23, 2015 12:37 AM

I get an error everytime I use Snds. For example with just this sample of code:

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles
MyBase.Load
Snds.AddSound("NoteA", "C:\Music_Notes\A.wav")

End Sub

End Class

I get an error saying:""Snds' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level."

I heard of some bug in VS2013 that displayed this error. Is it related to that or a totally different thing?

I get an error everytime I use Snds. For example with just this sample of code:

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles
MyBase.Load
Snds.AddSound("NoteA", "C:\Music_Notes\A.wav")

End Sub

End Class

I get an error saying:""Snds' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level."

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I heard of some bug in VS2013 that displayed this error. Is it related to that or a totally different
thing?

I don't see this in your code "Private Snds As New MultiSounds" or anywhere that Snds was declared.
So how can you use it in your Form Load event if it's not declared anywhere?

Have you ever declared a variable? Like "Dim This As Integer = 0"? That would declare the variable
"This".

Do you realize why IronRazerz provided two sets of code in his post? Did you bother following the
instructions on how to use it? If you don't know much and then don't follow instructions how can you
expect your code to work by leaving things out of it?

La vida loca

Hi,

As Mr. Monkeyboy pointed out you did not declare Snds as was shown in my example. Your code
should look like this.

Public Class Form1

Private Snds As New MultiSounds 'you need to declare Snds as a new
MultiSounds class

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

Handles MyBase.Load
Snds.AddSound("NoteA", "C:\Music_Notes\A.wav")

End Sub

End Class

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

Edited by IronRazerz Monday, February 23, 2015 5:35 PM

Ray,

Great, tested and does what it should do.

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Success
Cor

Ray,

Great, tested and does what it should do.

Success
Cor

Thanks Cor. It is a really striped down version of a small class for Game Sounds i wrote a while ago
because of all the questions about playing multiple sounds at one time we get. There are several ways to
do it like using the MediaPlayer as you pointed out but, you know me, i love playing with API`s. 8)

EDIT - I thought i saw a post that you mentioned the MediaPlayer. Ether you removed it or i am
imagining things. 8()

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

Edited by IronRazerz Monday, February 23, 2015 6:32 PM

EDIT - I thought i saw a post that you mentioned the MediaPlayer. Ether you removed it or i am
imagining things. 8()

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

Removed

Success
Cor

Thanks I managed to correct that mistake.

But now, when I run the program and click on the buttons it doesn't play any sound. What can be the
cause?

I can`t see your code so i don`t know. You need to post your whole code.

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Also, make sure your MultiSounds class code looks exactly the same as i posted above. Make sure
your sound file exists and that your volume is turned up too.

The AddSound function will return True or False to tell you if the sound was opened and added
successfully. Try checking the return value to see what it is.

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

So I am curious... I started to use this code on my own piano that I am creating, and it works very well.
There were a few features I was hoping to add, such as stopping all sound happening rather than
waiting for the notes to taper off. I understand that when using the my.computer.audio.play built into
vb you can also use my.computer.audio.stop. Is there a way I can stop the audio using this code? I am
not exactly sure how to if you can. Thanks

@ tedw1662,

I am not sure if you are asking about my code or not, when you ask a question you should use an "@
PersonName" so we know who you are talking to. However, if you are asking me then yes, you can
change the MultiSounds class code as shown below to add a Stop function to it.

You can then start the sound as you already do.

Play("SoundName")

Then you can stop it using the Stop function.

Stop("SoundName")

Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

Public Class MultiSounds

Private Snds As New Dictionary(Of String, String)
Private sndcnt As Integer = 0

<DllImport("winmm.dll", EntryPoint:="mciSendStringW")> _
Private Shared Function mciSendStringW(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)>
ByVal lpszCommand As String, <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)> ByVal
lpszReturnString As System.Text.StringBuilder, ByVal cchReturn As UInteger,
ByVal hwndCallback As IntPtr) As Integer
End Function

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Public Function AddSound(ByVal SoundName As String, ByVal SndFilePath As

String) As Boolean
If SoundName.Trim = "" Or Not IO.File.Exists(SndFilePath) Then
Return False
If mciSendStringW("open " & Chr(34) & SndFilePath & Chr(34) & "
alias " & "Snd_" & sndcnt.ToString, Nothing, 0, IntPtr.Zero) <> 0 Then
Return False
Snds.Add(SoundName, "Snd_" & sndcnt.ToString)
sndcnt += 1
Return True
End Function

Public Function Play(ByVal SoundName As String) As Boolean

If Not Snds.ContainsKey(SoundName) Then Return False
mciSendStringW("seek " & Snds.Item(SoundName) & " to start",
Nothing, 0, IntPtr.Zero)
If mciSendStringW("play " & Snds.Item(SoundName), Nothing, 0,
IntPtr.Zero) <> 0 Then Return False
Return True
End Function

Public Function [Stop](ByVal SoundName As String) As Boolean

If Not Snds.ContainsKey(SoundName) Then Return False
If mciSendStringW("stop " & Snds.Item(SoundName), Nothing, 0,
IntPtr.Zero) <> 0 Then Return False
Return True
End Function
End Class

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

Edited by IronRazerz Thursday, December 31, 2015 6:46 PM

@ IronRazerz

Thanks for your help, and thanks for clarifying responses. I just joined the forums so it's much
appreciated.

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@ IronRazerz

Thanks for your help, and thanks for clarifying responses. I just joined the forums so it's much
appreciated.

You`re Welcome. 8)

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

@ IronRazerz

Actually, I do have one more question about the mutlisounds class, if you wouldn't mind. While making
my piano App I created buttons that are pressed when certain keys are pressed. In doing so I have made
it so that the specific note plays when the key is pressed. While holding the button though, there is a
slight delay before the note starts repeating rapidly. Is there any way to configure the coding so when I
press the button once and hold it won't rapidly replay?

Another thing I have discovered with some other piano application other people have made is that if
you press a key continually, the audio will obviously replay whenever the key is struck, but it is never
cut off. In my program I am in the situation where I will, for instance, strike a key three times. instead
of hearing the note end three times, or until it stops ringing, I will hear the note play and then cut off,
and begin on the next strike. It is kind of hard to explain I suppose... but if you understand what I am
talking about any input would be very much appreciated. Thanks!

Hi, upon implementing your code above IronRazerz (the code in 2 halves with the new class), I am
unsure on what to do in regards to the file location. I have my files in the resources section of the
program and where you have "C:\..." I have "My.Resouces.file name here. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

Edited by WickedJDG Wednesday, August 24, 2016 9:12 AM

Hi, upon implementing your code above IronRazerz (the code in 2 halves with the new class), I am
unsure on what to do in regards to the file location. I have my files in the resources section of the
program and where you have "C:\..." I have "My.Resouces.file name here. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

The method i use in the class can not play files directly from the application`s resources. You would
have to either write the files back to the hard drive first OR just keep your audio files in a folder along
side of your application and not in the resources.

If you choose to keep them in the resources, then it will depend on the type of audio files (.wav) or

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(.mp3) that you have added to the resources that will depend on the method you need to use to write
them back to the hard drive.

Below i give an example of writing both types to the hard drive from the resources. I would
recommend using the ApplicationData folder as i show here if you do not want the user to find them
easily. Otherwise you can just save them in a folder in the Documents folder.

However, if you have a bunch of audio files, it would be better to just keep them in a folder along side
your application.

Public Class Form1

Private MyAppDataFolder As String =
IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData),
My.Application.Info.AssemblyName)
Private WaveAudioFileName As String = IO.Path.Combine(MyAppDataFolder,
"My Wave Audio File.wav") 'give the wave file whatever name you want
Private Mp3AudioFileName As String = IO.Path.Combine(MyAppDataFolder,
"My Mp3 File.mp3") 'give the mp3 file whatever name you want

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As

System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load

'If MyAppDataFolder does not exist, then creat it

If Not IO.Directory.Exists(MyAppDataFolder) Then
IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(MyAppDataFolder)

'If the audio files are Wave Audio (.wav) types then you need to use
this method to write them from the resources to the hard drive.
'Check if the file exists, if it does not then write it to the hard
drive
If Not IO.File.Exists(WaveAudioFileName) Then
Dim bts(CInt(My.Resources.MyAudioFile.Length - 1)) As Byte
My.Resources.MyAudioFile.Read(bts, 0, bts.Length)
IO.File.WriteAllBytes(WaveAudioFileName, bts)
End If

'If the audio files are Mp3 types, then you need to use this method
to write them from the resources to the hard drive
'Check if the file exists, if it does not then write it to the hard
drive
If Not IO.File.Exists(Mp3AudioFileName) Then
IO.File.WriteAllBytes(Mp3AudioFileName, My.Resources.MyMp3File)

End Sub
End Class

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Play multiple audio files at once visual basic about:reader?url=https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-...

If you say it can`t be done then i`ll try it

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