How to use an Audio Unit on the iPhone

Question

I\'m looking for a way to change the pitch of recorded audio as it is saved to disk, or played back (in real time). I understand Audio Units can be used for this. The iPhone off

Answer 1

Regarding changing pitch on the iPhone, OpenAL is the way to go. Check out the SoundManager class available from www.71squared.com for a great example of an OpenAL sound engine that supports pitch.

Answer 2

I've used the NewTimePitch audio unit for this before, the Audio Component Description for that is

var newTimePitchDesc = AudioComponentDescription(componentType: kAudioUnitType_FormatConverter,
        componentSubType: kAudioUnitSubType_NewTimePitch,
        componentManufacturer: kAudioUnitManufacturer_Apple,
        componentFlags: 0,
        componentFlagsMask: 0)

then you can change the pitch parameter with an AudioUnitSetParamater call. For example this changes the pitch by -1000 cents

err = AudioUnitSetParameter(newTimePitchAudioUnit,
        kNewTimePitchParam_Pitch,
        kAudioUnitScope_Global,
        0,
        -1000,
        0)

The parameters for this audio unit are as follows

    // Parameters for AUNewTimePitch
enum {
      // Global, rate, 1/32 -> 32.0, 1.0
  kNewTimePitchParam_Rate                         = 0,
      // Global, Cents, -2400 -> 2400, 1.0
  kNewTimePitchParam_Pitch                        = 1,
      // Global, generic, 3.0 -> 32.0, 8.0
  kNewTimePitchParam_Overlap                      = 4,
      // Global, Boolean, 0->1, 1
  kNewTimePitchParam_EnablePeakLocking            = 6
};

but you'll only need to change the pitch parameter for your purposes. For a guide on how to implement this refer to Justin's answer

Answer 3

- (void)modifySpeedOf:(CFURLRef)inputURL byFactor:(float)factor andWriteTo:(CFURLRef)outputURL {

    ExtAudioFileRef inputFile = NULL;
    ExtAudioFileRef outputFile = NULL;

    AudioStreamBasicDescription destFormat;

    destFormat.mFormatID = kAudioFormatLinearPCM;
    destFormat.mFormatFlags = kAudioFormatFlagsCanonical;
    destFormat.mSampleRate = 44100 * factor;
    destFormat.mBytesPerPacket = 2;
    destFormat.mFramesPerPacket = 1;
    destFormat.mBytesPerFrame = 2;
    destFormat.mChannelsPerFrame = 1;
    destFormat.mBitsPerChannel = 16;
    destFormat.mReserved = 0;

    ExtAudioFileCreateWithURL(outputURL, kAudioFileCAFType,
                              &destFormat, NULL, kAudioFileFlags_EraseFile, &outputFile);

    ExtAudioFileOpenURL(inputURL, &inputFile);

    //find out how many frames is this file long
    SInt64 length = 0;
    UInt32 dataSize2 = (UInt32)sizeof(length);
    ExtAudioFileGetProperty(inputFile,
                            kExtAudioFileProperty_FileLengthFrames, &dataSize2, &length);

    SInt16 *buffer = (SInt16*)malloc(kBufferSize * sizeof(SInt16));

    UInt32 totalFramecount = 0;

    AudioBufferList bufferList;
    bufferList.mNumberBuffers = 1;
    bufferList.mBuffers[0].mNumberChannels = 1;
    bufferList.mBuffers[0].mData = buffer; // pointer to buffer of audio data
    bufferList.mBuffers[0].mDataByteSize = kBufferSize *
    sizeof(SInt16); // number of bytes in the buffer

    while(true) {

        UInt32 frameCount = kBufferSize * sizeof(SInt16) / 2;
        // Read a chunk of input
        ExtAudioFileRead(inputFile, &frameCount, &bufferList);
        totalFramecount += frameCount;

        if (!frameCount || totalFramecount >= length) {
            //termination condition
            break;
        }
        ExtAudioFileWrite(outputFile, frameCount, &bufferList);
    }

    free(buffer);

    ExtAudioFileDispose(inputFile);
    ExtAudioFileDispose(outputFile);

}

it will change pitch based on factor

Answer 4

There are some very good resources here (http://michael.tyson.id.au/2008/11/04/using-remoteio-audio-unit/) for using the RemoteIO Audio Unit. In my experience working with Audio Units on the iPhone, I've found that I can implement a transformation manually in the callback function. In doing so, you might find that solves you problem.