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# Audio playback, recording, and processing

Play, record, and process audio; configure your app’s system audio behavior.

## Topics

### System audio

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/handling-audio-interruptions>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/responding-to-audio-route-changes>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/capturing-stereo-audio-from-built-in-microphones>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioSession>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioApplication>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioRoutingArbiter>

### Basic playback and recording

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioPlayer>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/AVAudioRecorder>

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/AVMIDIPlayer>

### Advanced audio processing

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AVFAudio/audio-engine>


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