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Mac OS X features a new, modern audio architecture that has been designed completely from the ground up. Core Audio includes a comprehensive set of audio and MIDI services that are available to hardware and application developers.
If you are interested in client or application usage of these services, or in audio authoring, you should read this document.
About Core Audio
Additional Resources
Last updated: 2004-03-25