Inside Macintosh: Sound /

Chapter 3 - Sound Input Manager

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.

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Subtopics

Sound Recording Without the Standard Interface

Interaction With Sound Input Devices

Sound Input Device Drivers