al_set_default_mixer(3)

💖 NAME 💖

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al_set_default_mixer — an Allegro 5 API function that sets the default mixer. That’s the whole name vibe 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

bool al_set_default_mixer(ALLEGRO_MIXER *mixer)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here’s the tea, bestie: al_set_default_mixer sets the default mixer. Periodt. 💅

When you do that, all samples started with al_play_sample(3) will be stopped, and all sample instances returned by al_lock_sample_id(3) will be invalidated. Yes, literally all of them — that’s the important caveat, so don’t say I didn’t warn you 😭

If you’re using your own mixer, this should be called before al_reserve_samples(3). That ordering is highkey the move 🫶

It returns true on success and false on error. Simple as that, no cap ⭐

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• al_reserve_samples(3)
• al_play_sample(3)
• al_get_default_mixer(3)
• al_restore_default_mixer(3)

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