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Asked: 2026-05-20T00:26:28+00:00

Hello nice computer persons, Per to a question I had earlier concerning accessing the

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Hello nice computer persons,

Per to a question I had earlier concerning accessing the samples in an audio file, I now realize that the Core Audio Format may not be the way to go.

Especially since on page 15 of the spec it mentions something about the use of C being a ‘notational convenience’ i.e. you can’t just crack it open with some c functions and do what you want with it.

That said, if I want to open an audio file and then run some C, C++ or Objective-C code on it to play around with the sample values, which format would be best to do this on: WAV? AIFF? other?

Please keep in mind I would like this to be able to run on iOS.

Thanks!

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  1. Editorial Team

    Uncompressed WAV is the defacto standard for audio editing. You can use various libraries to manipulate them easily. If you simply want completely raw samples without even the WAV header go with PCM however you will have to know your sample rate, frequency, etc ahead of time as you won’t have that info that would normally be in the WAV header all you get is the uncompressed samples.

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