| Core Audio | |
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| Developer | Apple Inc. |
| Initial release | 2003 |
| Stable release | 3.2.6[citation needed] |
| Operating system | macOS,iOS |
| Type | Developer library |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | https://developer.apple.com/documentation/coreaudio |
Core Audio is a low-levelAPI for dealing with sound inApple'smacOS andiOSoperating systems. It includes an implementation of the cross-platformOpenAL.[1]
Apple'sCore Audio documentation states that "in creating this new architecture on Mac OS X, Apple's objective in the audio space has been twofold. The primary goal is to deliver a high-quality, superior audio experience forMacintosh users. The second objective reflects a shift in emphasis from developers having to establish their own audio andMIDI protocols in their applications to Apple moving ahead to assume responsibility for these services on the Macintosh platform."[2]
It was introduced inMac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah).[3]
Core Audio supports plugins, which can generate, receive, or process audio streams; these plugins are packaged as abundle with the extension.component.[4]
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