Chapter 4 High-Level Audio Services

This chapter explains how to use the high-level audio services of the Multimedia extensions to add sound to applications. For an overview of the audio services, see Chapter 3, “Introduction to Audio.”

This chapter covers the following topics:

Playing waveform sounds

Using the Media Control Interface (MCI) to play and record audio

Using the MIDI Mapper for device-independent MIDI file playback

Authoring MIDI files

This chapter assumes you have a basic knowledge of digital audio and MIDI. If you need additional information on these subjects, see “Further Reading” at the end of Chapter 3, “Introduction to Audio.”