Hey I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction.
I am building a Mac Audio App that I need to perform the following actions
Select audio input device
Show a live audio graph of device input (think GarageBand/ Logic)
Capture the audio for replay
Output the sound or make itself selectable as an input device for another app - Similar to how plugins work for GarageBand Logic etc
I have looked into using the following so far:
AudioKit
AVFoundation / AVCaptureDevice
AudioKit
This framework looks amazing and has sample apps for most of the things I want to do, however it seems that it will only accept the audio input that the Mac has selected in settings. This is a non starter for me as I want the user to be able to chose in App (like GarageBand does or Neural Dsp plugins)
Using AudioEngine I can get the available input devices, but everything I have found points to them not being changeable in App - here's code to display them
struct InputDevicePicker: View {
@State var device: Device
var engine: AudioEngine
var body: some View {
Picker("Input: \(device.deviceID)", selection: $device) {
ForEach(getDevices(), id: \.self) {
Text($0.name)
}
}
.pickerStyle(MenuPickerStyle())
.onChange(of: device, perform: setInputDevice)
}
func getDevices() -> [Device] {
AudioEngine.inputDevices.compactMap { $0 }
}
func setInputDevice(to device: Device) {
// set the input device on the AudioEngine
}
}
}
Alternatively
AVFoundation
This has a nice API for listing devices and setting the input, but when it comes to working with the data the delegate provides, I don't have the first clue how I would handle this in terms creating an audio graph and saving the data for replay. Here's the delegate method for reference
extension Recorder: AVCaptureAudioDataOutputSampleBufferDelegate {
func captureOutput(_ output: AVCaptureOutput,
didOutput sampleBuffer: CMSampleBuffer,
from connection: AVCaptureConnection) {
print("Audio data recieved")
// Needs to save audio here
// Needs to play through speakers or other audio source
// Need to show audio graph
}
}
It would be great if someone with experience using these could advise if this is possible on either and where I can look for examples / guidance
Any help pointers, life savers would be appreciated
Thanks if you got this far !
russ-nettle
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