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Nick Payne a1eb465142 zero-alloc audio pipeline: pointer-based IO from ring buffer to stdout
Replace Data/AudioPacket allocations with raw pointer callbacks through
the entire audio pipeline. Ring buffer hands out direct pointers (or
linearizes into a pre-allocated scratch buffer on wrap-around), converter
accepts/emits pointers via its cached buffers, and output handler writes
to stdout via write(2) with EINTR handling.

Remove AudioPacket (dead code), --flush flag (no-op with raw write(2)).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-07 07:14:16 +00:00

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Swift

import AudioToolbox
import CoreAudio
import Foundation
public class AudioRecorder {
private var deviceID: AudioObjectID
private var ioProcID: AudioDeviceIOProcID?
private var finalFormat: AudioStreamBasicDescription!
private var audioBuffer: AudioBuffer?
private var outputHandler: AudioOutputHandler
private var converter: AudioFormatConverter?
/// The audio format this recorder produces (after any conversion).
public var outputFormat: AudioStreamBasicDescription {
return finalFormat
}
/// Whether this recorder is performing sample rate conversion.
public var isConverting: Bool {
return converter != nil
}
public init(
deviceID: AudioObjectID, outputHandler: AudioOutputHandler, convertToSampleRate: Double? = nil,
chunkDuration: Double = 0.2
) throws {
self.deviceID = deviceID
self.outputHandler = outputHandler
// Get source format and set up conversion if requested
let sourceFormat = try AudioFormatManager.getDeviceFormat(deviceID: deviceID)
// Set up the audio buffer using source format and configurable chunk duration
self.audioBuffer = AudioBuffer(format: sourceFormat, chunkDuration: chunkDuration)
if let targetSampleRate = convertToSampleRate {
// Validate sample rate
guard AudioFormatConverter.isValidSampleRate(targetSampleRate) else {
AudioTeeLogging.logger.error(
"Invalid sample rate", context: ["sample_rate": String(targetSampleRate)])
self.converter = nil
self.finalFormat = sourceFormat
return
}
do {
let converter = try AudioFormatConverter.toSampleRate(targetSampleRate, from: sourceFormat)
self.converter = converter
self.finalFormat = converter.targetFormatDescription
AudioTeeLogging.logger.info(
"Audio conversion enabled", context: ["target_sample_rate": String(targetSampleRate)])
} catch {
AudioTeeLogging.logger.error(
"Failed to create audio converter, using original format",
context: ["error": String(describing: error)])
self.converter = nil
self.finalFormat = sourceFormat
}
} else {
self.converter = nil
self.finalFormat = sourceFormat
}
}
public func startRecording() throws {
AudioTeeLogging.logger.debug("Starting audio recording")
// Log format info and send metadata for final format
AudioFormatManager.logFormatInfo(finalFormat)
let metadata = AudioFormatManager.createMetadata(for: finalFormat)
outputHandler.handleMetadata(metadata)
outputHandler.handleStreamStart()
try setupAndStartIOProc()
AudioTeeLogging.logger.info("Audio device started successfully")
}
// Note to self, what about installTap? Would require audio engine and a node?
// No; AudioEngine.installTap() can only fire as often as 100ms. too slow for us
private func setupAndStartIOProc() throws {
AudioTeeLogging.logger.debug("Creating IO proc")
var status = AudioDeviceCreateIOProcID(
deviceID,
{
(inDevice, inNow, inInputData, inInputTime, outOutputData, inOutputTime, inClientData)
-> OSStatus in
let recorder = Unmanaged<AudioRecorder>.fromOpaque(inClientData!).takeUnretainedValue()
return recorder.processAudio(inInputData)
},
Unmanaged.passUnretained(self).toOpaque(),
&ioProcID
)
guard status == noErr else {
throw AudioTeeError.ioProcCreationFailed(status)
}
AudioTeeLogging.logger.debug("Starting audio device")
status = AudioDeviceStart(deviceID, ioProcID)
if status != noErr {
cleanupIOProc()
throw AudioTeeError.deviceStartFailed(status)
}
}
private func processAudio(_ inputData: UnsafePointer<AudioBufferList>) -> OSStatus {
let bufferList = inputData.pointee
let firstBuffer = bufferList.mBuffers
guard let sourcePointer = firstBuffer.mData, firstBuffer.mDataByteSize > 0 else {
AudioTeeLogging.logger.error("Received empty audio buffer")
return noErr
}
// Copy directly from the Core Audio buffer into our ring buffer.
// This avoids creating an intermediate Data object (heap alloc + memcpy)
// on every IO callback (~10ms). The pointer is valid for the duration
// of this callback, so this is safe.
audioBuffer?.append(from: sourcePointer, count: Int(firstBuffer.mDataByteSize))
processAudioBuffer()
return noErr
}
public func stopRecording() {
processAudioBuffer()
outputHandler.handleStreamStop()
cleanupIOProc()
}
private func processAudioBuffer() {
audioBuffer?.processChunks { pointer, count in
if let converter = self.converter {
if !converter.transform(from: pointer, count: count, handler: { outPtr, outCount in
self.outputHandler.handleAudioData(outPtr, count: outCount)
}) {
// Conversion failed pass through unconverted audio
self.outputHandler.handleAudioData(pointer, count: count)
}
} else {
self.outputHandler.handleAudioData(pointer, count: count)
}
}
}
private func cleanupIOProc() {
if let ioProcID = ioProcID {
AudioDeviceStop(deviceID, ioProcID)
AudioDeviceDestroyIOProcID(deviceID, ioProcID)
self.ioProcID = nil
}
}
}