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Add Vamp SDK for OS/X
author Chris Cannam
date Thu, 09 Jan 2014 09:17:21 +0000
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Chris@4 1 README for PortAudio
Chris@4 2
Chris@4 3 /*
Chris@4 4 * PortAudio Portable Real-Time Audio Library
Chris@4 5 * Latest Version at: http://www.portaudio.com
Chris@4 6 *
Chris@4 7 * Copyright (c) 1999-2008 Phil Burk and Ross Bencina
Chris@4 8 *
Chris@4 9 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
Chris@4 10 * a copy of this software and associated documentation files
Chris@4 11 * (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction,
Chris@4 12 * including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,
Chris@4 13 * publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software,
Chris@4 14 * and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
Chris@4 15 * subject to the following conditions:
Chris@4 16 *
Chris@4 17 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
Chris@4 18 * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
Chris@4 19 *
Chris@4 20 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
Chris@4 21 * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
Chris@4 22 * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
Chris@4 23 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR
Chris@4 24 * ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
Chris@4 25 * CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
Chris@4 26 * WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Chris@4 27 */
Chris@4 28
Chris@4 29 /*
Chris@4 30 * The text above constitutes the entire PortAudio license; however,
Chris@4 31 * the PortAudio community also makes the following non-binding requests:
Chris@4 32 *
Chris@4 33 * Any person wishing to distribute modifications to the Software is
Chris@4 34 * requested to send the modifications to the original developer so that
Chris@4 35 * they can be incorporated into the canonical version. It is also
Chris@4 36 * requested that these non-binding requests be included along with the
Chris@4 37 * license above.
Chris@4 38 */
Chris@4 39
Chris@4 40
Chris@4 41 PortAudio is a portable audio I/O library designed for cross-platform
Chris@4 42 support of audio. It uses either a callback mechanism to request audio
Chris@4 43 processing, or blocking read/write calls to buffer data between the
Chris@4 44 native audio subsystem and the client. Audio can be processed in various
Chris@4 45 formats, including 32 bit floating point, and will be converted to the
Chris@4 46 native format internally.
Chris@4 47
Chris@4 48 Documentation:
Chris@4 49 Documentation is available in "/doc/html/index.html"
Chris@4 50 Also see "src/common/portaudio.h" for API spec.
Chris@4 51 Also see http://www.portaudio.com/docs/
Chris@4 52 And see the "test/" directory for many examples of usage
Chris@4 53 (we suggest "test/patest_saw.c" for an example)
Chris@4 54
Chris@4 55 For information on compiling programs with PortAudio, please see the
Chris@4 56 tutorial at:
Chris@4 57
Chris@4 58 http://portaudio.com/trac/wiki/TutorialDir/TutorialStart
Chris@4 59
Chris@4 60 We have an active mailing list for user and developer discussions.
Chris@4 61 Please feel free to join. See http://www.portaudio.com for details.
Chris@4 62
Chris@4 63
Chris@4 64 Important Files and Folders:
Chris@4 65 include/portaudio.h = header file for PortAudio API. Specifies API.
Chris@4 66 src/common/ = platform independant code, host independant
Chris@4 67 code for all implementations.
Chris@4 68 src/os = os specific (but host api neutral) code
Chris@4 69 src/hostapi = implementations for different host apis
Chris@4 70
Chris@4 71
Chris@4 72 Host API Implementations:
Chris@4 73 src/hostapi/alsa = Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA)
Chris@4 74 src/hostapi/asihpi = AudioScience HPI
Chris@4 75 src/hostapi/asio = ASIO for Windows and Macintosh
Chris@4 76 src/hostapi/coreaudio = Macintosh Core Audio for OS X
Chris@4 77 src/hostapi/dsound = Windows Direct Sound
Chris@4 78 src/hostapi/jack = JACK Audio Connection Kit
Chris@4 79 src/hostapi/oss = Unix Open Sound System (OSS)
Chris@4 80 src/hostapi/wasapi = Windows Vista WASAPI
Chris@4 81 src/hostapi/wdmks = Windows WDM Kernel Streaming
Chris@4 82 src/hostapi/wmme = Windows MultiMedia Extensions (MME)
Chris@4 83
Chris@4 84
Chris@4 85 Test Programs:
Chris@4 86 test/pa_fuzz.c = guitar fuzz box
Chris@4 87 test/pa_devs.c = print a list of available devices
Chris@4 88 test/pa_minlat.c = determine minimum latency for your machine
Chris@4 89 test/paqa_devs.c = self test that opens all devices
Chris@4 90 test/paqa_errs.c = test error detection and reporting
Chris@4 91 test/patest_clip.c = hear a sine wave clipped and unclipped
Chris@4 92 test/patest_dither.c = hear effects of dithering (extremely subtle)
Chris@4 93 test/patest_pink.c = fun with pink noise
Chris@4 94 test/patest_record.c = record and playback some audio
Chris@4 95 test/patest_maxsines.c = how many sine waves can we play? Tests Pa_GetCPULoad().
Chris@4 96 test/patest_sine.c = output a sine wave in a simple PA app
Chris@4 97 test/patest_sync.c = test syncronization of audio and video
Chris@4 98 test/patest_wire.c = pass input to output, wire simulator