# TheAmazingAudioEngine/TheAmazingAudioEngine

Core Audio, Cordially: A sophisticated framework for iOS audio applications, built so you don't have to.

Repository: https://github.com/TheAmazingAudioEngine/TheAmazingAudioEngine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/theamazingaudioengine
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-05-19T10:32:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5071, "days_push": 1932, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3076, forks 566 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.760631+00:00)

## What it is
The Amazing Audio Engine is an Objective-C framework for building iOS audio applications on top of Apple's Core Audio, providing audio routing, effects, recording, and playback abstractions. It has been officially retired and is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- build an ios music app with audio effects
- record and play audio in an iphone app
- route audio between channels on ios
- build a guitar effects app for ios
- handle core audio without low-level boilerplate

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy iOS app already built on TAAE
- you need a proven Core Audio wrapper for older iOS targets

## When to avoid
- starting a new iOS audio project
- you need maintained code or modern Swift support
- you target recent iOS versions or tvOS-only features

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: abandoned
- function: audio-processing, gui
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: cpp
- tags: core-audio, objective-c, audio-units, retired, music-apps, audio, ios, mobile, swift

## Member repositories
- TheAmazingAudioEngine/TheAmazingAudioEngine (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.760631+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:27:54.637966+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TheAmazingAudioEngine/TheAmazingAudioEngine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.760631+00:00, sha a0fc00e6dfd2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.