System Sounds: Alerts and Sound Effects

#include <AudioToolbox/AudioToolbox.h>
#include <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h>

// Define a callback to be called when the sound is finished
// playing. Useful when you need to free memory after playing.
static void MyCompletionCallback (
    SystemSoundID  mySSID,
    void * myURLRef
) {
        AudioServicesDisposeSystemSoundID (mySSID);
        CFRelease (myURLRef);
        CFRunLoopStop (CFRunLoopGetCurrent());
}

int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
    // Set up the pieces needed to play a sound.
    SystemSoundID    mySSID;
    CFURLRef        myURLRef;
    myURLRef = CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath (
        kCFAllocatorDefault,
        CFSTR ("../../ComedyHorns.aif"),
        kCFURLPOSIXPathStyle,
        FALSE
    );

    // create a system sound ID to represent the sound file
    OSStatus error = AudioServicesCreateSystemSoundID (myURLRef, &mySSID);

    // Register the sound completion callback.
    // Again, useful when you need to free memory after playing.
    AudioServicesAddSystemSoundCompletion (
        mySSID,
        NULL,
        NULL,
        MyCompletionCallback,
        (void *) myURLRef
    );

    // Play the sound file.
    AudioServicesPlaySystemSound (mySSID);

    // Invoke a run loop on the current thread to keep the application
    // running long enough for the sound to play; the sound completion
    // callback later stops this run loop.
    CFRunLoopRun ();
    return 0;
}