Introduction to Audio Developer Note
Describes the analog and digital audio capabilities of Mac computers.
Organization of This Document
This document is organized into the following articles:
Audio Concepts describes Apple's implementation of audio input and output and defines the key concepts you need to ensure that your audio device is compatible with Macintosh computers.
Audio Product-Specific Details provides details specific to particular Macintosh computers.
See Also
For specific information about a particular Macintosh computer, see the product Developer Note for that computer in Guides > Hardware & Drivers > Apple Hardware .
For a list of the standard units of measure and abbreviations used in this developer note, refer to Hardware Developer Note Terms and Abbreviations .
Apple offers the following additional resources for audio:
Getting Started with Audio & Video introduces audio-related resources for Macintosh developers.
Audio Device Driver Programming Guide describes the requirements for Mac OS X audio device drivers.
Apple Core Audio Format Specification 1.0 provides a detailed description of the format for Core Audio, Apple's audio architecture.
The Core Audio developer mail list provides a forum for those developing audio products compatible with Macintosh computers and Mac OS X.
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