al_reserve_samples(3)                                    al_reserve_samples(3)

NAME
       al_reserve_samples - Allegro 5 API

SYNOPSIS

              #include <allegro5/allegro_audio.h>

              bool al_reserve_samples(int reserve_samples)


DESCRIPTION
       Reserves a number of sample instances, attaching them to the default
       mixer.  If no default mixer is set when this function is called, then
       it will create one and attach it to the default voice.  If no default
       voice has been set, it, too, will be created.

       If you call this function a second time with a smaller number of
       samples, then the excess internal sample instances will be destroyed
       causing some sounds to stop and some instances returned by
       al_lock_sample_id(3) to be invalidated.

       This diagram illustrates the structures that are set up:


                                                    sample instance 1
                                                  / sample instance 2
              default voice <-- default mixer <---         .
                                                  \        .
                                                    sample instance N


       Returns true on success, false on error.  al_install_audio(3) must have
       been called first.

SEE ALSO
       al_set_default_mixer(3), al_play_sample(3)

Allegro reference manual                                 al_reserve_samples(3)