---
title: AVAudioBuffer
framework: avfaudio
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: avfaudio/avaudiobuffer
---

# AVAudioBuffer

An object that represents a buffer of audio data with a format.

## Declaration

```swift
class AVAudioBuffer
```

## Topics

### Getting the Buffer Format

- [format](avfaudio/avaudiobuffer/format.md)

### Getting the Audio Buffers

- [audioBufferList](avfaudio/avaudiobuffer/audiobufferlist.md)
- [mutableAudioBufferList](avfaudio/avaudiobuffer/mutableaudiobufferlist.md)

### Specialized Audio Buffers

- [AVAudioCompressedBuffer](avfaudio/avaudiocompressedbuffer.md)
- [AVAudioPCMBuffer](avfaudio/avaudiopcmbuffer.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Inherited By

- [AVAudioCompressedBuffer](avfaudio/avaudiocompressedbuffer.md)
- [AVAudioPCMBuffer](avfaudio/avaudiopcmbuffer.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSMutableCopying](foundation/nsmutablecopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Supporting data types

- [AVAudioPCMBuffer](avfaudio/avaudiopcmbuffer.md)
- [AVReadOnlyAudioPCMBuffer](avfaudio/avreadonlyaudiopcmbuffer.md)
- [AVAudioFile](avfaudio/avaudiofile.md)
- [AVAudioTime](avfaudio/avaudiotime.md)
- [Audio settings](avfaudio/audio-settings.md)