Core Audio

Core Audio

Developer(s)	Apple Inc.
Stable release	3.2.6
Operating system	Mac OS X, iOS
Type	System Utility
License	Proprietary
Website	Apple Developer Audio & Video

Core Audio is a low-level API for dealing with sound in Apple's Mac OS X and iOS operating systems. It includes an implementation of the cross-platform OpenAL library.^[1]

Apple's Core Audio documentation states that "in creating this new architecture on Mac OS X, Apple’s objective in the audio space has been twofold. The primary goal is to deliver a high-quality, superior audio experience for Macintosh users. The second objective reflects a shift in emphasis from developers having to establish their own audio and MIDI protocols in their applications to Apple moving ahead to assume responsibility for these services on the Macintosh platform."

History

It was introduced in OS X version 10.3 (Panther).^[2]

See also

• Audio Units

References

1. ^ "Core Audio Overview: OpenAL (Open Audio Library)". Apple Inc. 2007-01-08. http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MusicAudio/Conceptual/CoreAudioOverview/WhatsinCoreAudio/chapter_3_section_9.html. Retrieved 2007-09-16. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=-zLS2TwB2VkC&pg=PA52&dq=when+was+core+audio+introduced%3F

External links

• Apple's Core Audio page
• Apple's Core Audio documentation developer page
• Apple's mailing list for developers using Core Audio and MIDI APIs (C or Java) on Mac OS X
• A simple Cocoa Core Audio demo application for developers