---
title: AUEventSampleTime
framework: audiotoolbox
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Alias
path: audiotoolbox/aueventsampletime
---

# AUEventSampleTime

Expresses time as a sample count.

## Declaration

```swift
typealias AUEventSampleTime = Int64
```

## Discussion

Discussion Sample times are normally positive, but hosts can propagate HAL sample times through audio units, and HAL sample times can be small negative numbers.

## See Also

### Audio Unit Types

- [ScheduledAudioFileRegion](audiotoolbox/scheduledaudiofileregion.md)
- [ScheduledAudioSlice](audiotoolbox/scheduledaudioslice.md)
- [ScheduledAudioFileRegionCompletionProc](audiotoolbox/scheduledaudiofileregioncompletionproc.md)
- [ScheduledAudioSliceCompletionProc](audiotoolbox/scheduledaudioslicecompletionproc.md)
- [MIDIChannelNumber](audiotoolbox/midichannelnumber.md)
- [AUAudioObjectID](audiotoolbox/auaudioobjectid.md)
- [AUMIDICIProfileChangedBlock](audiotoolbox/aumidiciprofilechangedblock.md)
- [AUAudioChannelCount](audiotoolbox/auaudiochannelcount.md)
- [AUAudioFrameCount](audiotoolbox/auaudioframecount.md)
- [AUAudioUnitStatus](audiotoolbox/auaudiounitstatus.md)
- [AUEventListenerProc](audiotoolbox/aueventlistenerproc.md)
- [AUEventListenerRef](audiotoolbox/aueventlistenerref.md)
- [AUImplementorValueObserver](audiotoolbox/auimplementorvalueobserver.md)
- [AUImplementorValueProvider](audiotoolbox/auimplementorvalueprovider.md)
- [AUInputHandler](audiotoolbox/auinputhandler.md)