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.
Format of a Typical Chapter
Almost all chapters in this book follow a standard structure. For example, the chapter "Sound Input Manager" contains these sections:
- "About the Sound Input Manager." This section provides an overview of the features provided by the Sound Input Manager.
- "Using the Sound Input Manager." This section describes the tasks you can accomplish using the Sound Input Manager. It describes how to use the most common routines, gives related user interface information, provides code samples, and supplies additional information.
- "Sound Input Manager Reference." This section provides a complete reference for the Sound Input Manager by describing the constants, data structures, routines, and resources it uses. Each routine description also follows a standard format, which presents the routine declaration followed by a description of every parameter of the routine. Some routine descriptions also give additional descriptive information, such as assembly-language information or result codes.
- "Summary of the Sound Input Manager." This section provides the Pascal and C interfaces for the constants, data structures, routines, and result codes associated with the Sound Input Manager. It also includes relevant assembly-language interface information.