Audio Processing with MAUI
Real-time audio is one of those features that feels intimidating until someone walks you through it. This hands-on tutorial builds a MAUI voice-changer app end to end, combining Plugin.Maui.Audio for capture, NWaves for DSP effects, and SkiaSharp for a live waveform.
What you’ll learn
- Project setup and the NuGet stack:
Plugin.Maui.Audio,NWaves, andSkiaSharp.Views.Maui - Capturing microphone input with an
AudioServiceand processing it with anAudioProcessor(pitch, echo, reverb, chorus) - Converting between
byte[]andfloat[]buffers and playing processed audio back - Rendering a real-time waveform visualization with SkiaSharp
- Advanced optimizations: zero-copy
Memory<byte>buffers, NWavesCircularBufferstreaming, and platform-specific low-latency tuning plus mic-permission setup for Android and iOS
A fun, practical project if you want to get hands-on with real-time DSP on mobile — note it needs a physical device for the microphone.