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diff --git a/audio/portaudio/DESCR b/audio/portaudio/DESCR index ea9b3c87917..b7c2e3a37ff 100644 --- a/audio/portaudio/DESCR +++ b/audio/portaudio/DESCR @@ -1,12 +1,9 @@ -PortAudio is a free, cross platform, open-source, audio I/O library. It -lets you write simple audio programs in 'C' that will compile and run on -many platforms including Windows, Macintosh (8,9,X), Unix (OSS), SGI, and -BeOS. PortAudio is intended to promote the exchange of audio synthesis -software between developers on different platforms, and was recently -selected as the audio component of a larger PortMusic project that includes -MIDI and sound file support. +PortAudio is a free, cross-platform, open-source, audio I/O library. It +lets you write simple audio programs in C or C++ that will compile and run +on many platforms including Windows, Macintosh OS X, and Unix (OSS/ALSA). + +It is intended to promote the exchange of audio software between developers +on different platforms. PortAudio provides a very simple API for recording and/or playing sound -using a simple callback function. Example programs are included that -synthesize sine waves and pink noise, perform fuzz distortion on a guitar, -list available audio devices, etc. +using a simple callback function or a blocking read/write interface. |