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Learning Core Audio: A Hands-On Guide to Audio Programming for Mac and iOS
Audio can affect the human brain in the most powerful and profound ways. Using Apple's Core Audio, you can leverage all that power in your own Mac and iOS software, implementing features ranging from audio capture to real-time effects, MP3 playback to virtual instruments, web radio to VoIP support. The most sophisticated audio programming system ever created, Core Audio is not simple. In "Learning Core Audio," top Mac programming author Chris Adamson and legendary Core Audio expert Kevin Avila fully explain this challenging framework, enabling experienced Mac or iOS programmers to make the most of it. In plain language, Adamson and Avila explain what Core Audio can do, how it works, and how it builds on the natural phenomena of sound and the human language of audio. Next, using crystal-clear code examples, they guide you through recording, playback, format conversion, Audio Units, 3D audio MIDI connectivity, and overcoming unique challenges of Core Audio programming for iOS. Coverage includes: mastering Core Audio's surprising style and conventions; recording and playback with Audio Queue; synthesizing audio; perform effects on audio streams; capturing from the mic; mixing multiple streams; managing file streams; converting formats; creating 3D positional audio; using Core MIDI on the Mac; leveraging your Cocoa and Objective-C expertise in Core Audio's C-based environment, and much more. When you've mastered the "black arts" of Core Audio, you can do some serious magic. This book will transform you from an acolyte into a true Core Audio wizard.
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336 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2012
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April 26, 2022
A good description of how to work with low-level audio on mac/iOS, but slightly outdated.
May 31, 2012
Can't say that I've finished it, since it's still not officially released, but the Rough Cuts edition I have is excellent. I highly recommend the book to anyone who wants to use Core Audio in their apps.
Update: The latest versions of the Rough Cuts make only a few changes, but good ones. This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to do audio software on OS X or iOS.
Update: The latest versions of the Rough Cuts make only a few changes, but good ones. This book is a must-have for anyone who wants to do audio software on OS X or iOS.
November 23, 2013
This is the only book on the market for learning the Core Audio framework from Apple. This is a vast and complex subject that can't possibly be comprehensively covered by one book, but the author does his best to give the reader the tools they need to be able to continue the journey on their own. I wish there was more of a market for more advanced level books, but I will take what I can get!
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