Chapter 2 - Sound Manager / Sound Manager Reference

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Important: Inside Macintosh: Sound is deprecated as of Mac OS X v10.5. For new audio development in Mac OS X, use Core Audio. See the Audio page in the ADC Reference Library.

Playing Sound Resources
You can use the SysBeep procedure to play the system alert sound. Alert sounds are stored in the System file as format 1 'snd ' resources. You can use the SndPlay function to play the sounds that are stored in any 'snd ' resource, either format 1 or format 2.
The SysBeep and SndPlay routines are the highest-level sound routines that the Sound Manager provides. Depending on the needs of your application, you might be able to accomplish all desired sound-related activity simply by using SysBeep to produce the system alert sound or by using SndPlay to play other sounds that are stored as 'snd ' resources.

Subtopics

SysBeep

SndPlay

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