Java Sound

Java Sound (javax.sound) is a core API of the Java platform, meaning that it is part of all Java runtime environments that support Java 1.3 and later. The Java Sound API is low-level, concerning itself with the input and output plus processing of both sampled audio and MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) data.

The Java Sounds API provides the lowest-level of sound support on the Java platform, which incorporates explicit control over the resources concerned with sound input and output. Among the abilities provided by the API are direct access to system resources such as MIDI synthesizers, audio mixers, audio and MIDI devices, converters between sound formats, and file-based I/O.

The capabilities provided by Java Sound partially ...

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