Redirect Console.Beep

Question

How can I capture/redirect the sound produced by, say:

Console.Beep(400, 1000);

Either to some byte buffer or directly to a wav file would be fine.

I've searched, but only found ways to redirect the text output, not sounds.

Answer 1

You will not be able to redirect the beep sound.

Console.Beep() is implemented by a call to the Windows API Beep() function which calls into the Sound Card hardware if it can.

You have several options:

• You could use DirectShow's Audio Capture as described here.
• You could use an audio capture program such as described here.
• You could write a program to generate a wav file as described here.

I reckon the last of those is your best bet.