Audio Architecture
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The following illustration shows the audio stack.
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The Audio Device Manager is a common name for the OS code between applications using the waveform audio API and audio device drivers. It manages audio devices, includes the software-based mixer in the kernel, and handles various aspects of security, inter-process communication, application callbacks.