sndio is a small audio and MIDI framework part of the OpenBSD project and ported to FreeBSD, Linux and NetBSD.
It provides a lightweight audio & MIDI server and a fully documented user-space API to access either the server or the hardware directly in a uniform way. sndio is designed to work for desktop applications, but pays special attention to synchronization mechanisms and reliability required by music applications.
Reliability through simplicity are part of the project goals.
Many open-source programs, including major media-players, web-browsers, audio libraries and utilities have native sndio support.
This is free and open source software.
Website: sndio.org
Support:
Developer: Alexandre Ratchov and others
License: Open source
sndio is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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