This probably isn’t the best place on the web to ask for answers to code-related questions, but I’ve seen a few here in the past so I thought I’d drop mine in.
I’m writing some software for doing digital recording and I’d like to drop a meter in so the user can set the recording levels. Does anyone know of a site where I might find a discussion of how a VU meter works? Example code would be nice, but learning how things work makes them more fun.
On a related note, could anyone point me at a good site for asking oddball programming questions?
What programming language are you working in? Most programming boards are pretty language-specific. There’s probably some Active-X controls already written to do what you want with modification, and knowing which language you use will help me find one for you.
I’m using VB6. I know it’s the wrong tool for the job, but it’s what I’ve got the most experience in. I wrote a lot of signal processing code in VB at my last job.
I’ve found a couple of ActiveX controls that do metering, but since this is mostly a personal project I’d like to learn how they work. No sense in taking on a project if you don’t learn something along the way.