Features§

  • playback of multiple signals at the same time (that’s why it’s called “mixer”)

  • play from buffer, play from ringbuffer

  • record into buffer, record into ringbuffer

  • multichannel support

  • NumPy arrays with data type 'float32' can be easily used (via the buffer protocol) as long as they are C-contiguous

  • fixed latency playback, (close to) no jitter (optional)

    • to be verified …

  • sample-accurate playback/recording (with known offset)

    • to be verified …

  • non-blocking callback function, using PortAudio ringbuffers

  • all memory allocations/deallocations happen outside the audio callback

Planned Features§

  • meticulous reporting of overruns/underruns

  • loopback tests to verify correct operation and accurate latency values

  • fade in/out?

  • loop?

  • playlist/queue?

Out Of Scope§

  • reading from/writing to files (use e.g. the soundfile module)

  • realtime signal processing (inside the audio callback)

  • signal generators

  • multiple mixer instances (some PortAudio host APIs only support one stream at a time)

  • resampling (apart from what PortAudio does)

  • fast forward/rewind

  • panning/balance

  • audio/video synchronization