Wave APIs

Here is the list of all the Wave APIs that used for recording and playing audio in windows simply:

The APIs are given by calling steps, refer MSDN for the detail.

Recording

waveInOpen	Open the Wave device for recording.
waveInPrepareHeader	Prepare the Wave header for recording.
waveInAddBuffer	Add buffer
waveInStart	Start recording. Recorded data will be saved in a specified buffer.
waveInUnprepareHeader	After finishing the record process, should un-prepare Wave header.
waveInClose	Close the recording device.

Playing

waveOutOpen	Open the Wave device for playing.
waveOutPrepareHeader	Prepare the Wave header for playing.
waveOutWrite	Play the buffer.
waveOutUnprepareHeader	Un-prepare the Wave header.
waveOutClose	Close the playing device.

The most important tech on using there Api is the buffer and buffer size.