Currently, the audio ecosystem in Rust is quite fragmented. There are many different audio-related crates each with different goals and approaches. See our overview of the current audio landscape. We also feel that this ecosystem is currently limited in its capabilities.

In short, the goal is to unify many of these efforts into a single organization with a shared vision, so that we can create the de-facto solution for audio in Rust that is both powerful and easy to use.

Why do this?

• Sharing knowledge between developers will help to create the best possible experience and set of features for users.
• Having a shared organization will ease the burden on maintainers, and lessen the chance of a project being abandoned.
• Having a single solution with multiple active maintainers will increase user's confidence in these libraries.

How will we do this?

• Chart the features needed by developers using audio, see: requirements
• Define a de-facto tech stack for audio in Rust, see techstack. To that end we are building a demo application to compare different audio engine choices.
• Move the key parts of the stack into a shared organization
• Build a single high level crate that handles most use-cases without requiring audio knowledge

Current state

We are at an early beginning. The text on this repo is a work in progress, it should be seen as a draft. It will change over time with more input.