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OS/2's DART (Direct Audio RouTines) libraries provide easy to use, low-latency access to sound output on Warp systems much like Be's Media Kit and Windows DirectSound do. DART is a fairly simple interface that allows you to send buffers of digitized sound directly to the sound card without having to wait for MMPM to play the sounds for you. MMPM can take up to a second to start playing a sound which means that when you pull the trigger you have to wait for the bang. DART allows you to reduce that delay to an unnoticeable hundred-or-so milliseconds. | OS/2's DART (Direct Audio RouTines) libraries provide easy to use, low-latency access to sound output on Warp systems much like Be's Media Kit and Windows DirectSound do. DART is a fairly simple interface that allows you to send buffers of digitized sound directly to the sound card without having to wait for MMPM to play the sounds for you. MMPM can take up to a second to start playing a sound which means that when you pull the trigger you have to wait for the bang. DART allows you to reduce that delay to an unnoticeable hundred-or-so milliseconds. | ||
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* [[Multiplatform Game Programming in OS/2 - Part 1]] | * Robert Basler: [[Multiplatform Game Programming in OS/2 - Part 1]], [[Multiplatform Game Programming in OS/2 - Part 2|Part 2]], [[Multiplatform Game Programming in OS/2 - Part 3|Part 3]] | ||
* [[Digital Sound & Music Interface for OS/2]] by [[Julien Pierre]] | |||
* [[Digital Sound & Music Interface for OS/2]] | |||
* [[Ultra-Fast Audio for Games and Multimedia]] by [[Linden deCarmo]] | * [[Ultra-Fast Audio for Games and Multimedia]] by [[Linden deCarmo]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:57, 10 March 2020
OS/2's DART (Direct Audio RouTines) libraries provide easy to use, low-latency access to sound output on Warp systems much like Be's Media Kit and Windows DirectSound do. DART is a fairly simple interface that allows you to send buffers of digitized sound directly to the sound card without having to wait for MMPM to play the sounds for you. MMPM can take up to a second to start playing a sound which means that when you pull the trigger you have to wait for the bang. DART allows you to reduce that delay to an unnoticeable hundred-or-so milliseconds.
Articles
- Robert Basler: Multiplatform Game Programming in OS/2 - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
- Digital Sound & Music Interface for OS/2 by Julien Pierre
- Ultra-Fast Audio for Games and Multimedia by Linden deCarmo
External Links
- Linden deCarmo: Fast as a Dart: OS/2's Direct Audio RouTines - PC Magazine (21 Jan 1997)