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.
About the Sound Input Manager
The Sound Input Manager uses sound input device drivers to allow applications to access sound input hardware in a device-independent way. A sound input device driver is a standard Macintosh device driver used to interface to an audio digitizer or other recording hardware. If you use the Sound Input Manager's high-level routines, the Sound Input Manager handles all communication with a sound input device driver for you. If, however, you need to use the Sound Input Manager's low-level routines, you must open a sound input device driver yourself. You might also need to get information about certain attributes of a sound input device. Sound input device drivers allow your application to query a device about such attributes.
Subtopics
- Sound Recording Without the Standard Interface
- Interaction With Sound Input Devices
- Sound Input Device Drivers