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MikMod Concepts
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   MikMod's sound output is composed of several sound _voices_ which are
mixed, either in software or in hardware, depending of your hardware
configuration. Simple sounds, like sound effects, use only one voice,
whereas sound modules, which are complex arrangements of sound effects,
use several voices.

   MikMod's functions operate either globally, or at the voice level.
Differences in the handling of sound effects and modules are kept
minimal, at least for the programmer.

   The sound playback is done by a _sound driver_. MikMod provides
several sound drivers: different hardware drivers, and some software
drivers to redirect sound in a file, or over the network. You can even
add your own driver, register it to make it known by the library, and
select it (this is exactly what the module plugin of xmms does).