ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH(3alleg5)

💖 ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Allegro 5 API corner of the manual, this one's ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH(3alleg5) and it's literally all about how your audio samples are shaped. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

enum ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this enum is giving sample depth, sample type, and also signedness — like, all three at once, main character energy fr fr. 💅

the tea on mixers: they only mess with 32-bit signed float (that's the -1..+1 range, cutie) or 16-bit signed integers. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

and the signedness situation? it's not a separate enum, no no. it's an “unsigned” bit-flag that gets applied on top of the depth value. sneaky but iconic. ✨

here's the whole lineup of depth values:

• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_INT8
• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_INT16
• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_INT24
• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_FLOAT32
• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_UNSIGNED

and because the Allegro girlies are thoughtful like that, for convenience you also get the unsigned ones pre-combined, no bit-math required:

• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_UINT8
• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_UINT16
• ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_UINT24

lowkey important: that ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH_UNSIGNED is a flag you OR onto a depth, it's not a depth on its own. iykyk. 🧚

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okay that's the whole page, you ate it, you understood it, periodt. 👑

this was served fresh from the Allegro reference manual, page ALLEGRO_AUDIO_DEPTH(3alleg5) — mwah, go make some sounds bestie 💖🎀🦋🌸💅