What is tangoaudio?

TangoAudio is a Rust based framework aimed at building audio applications that process sound in real time with very low delay. Real time here means the processing has to keep up with live audio as it arrives, like a live effects processor or a streaming pipeline, rather than working through a recorded file at its own pace. The central idea is zero copy transfer, meaning audio data moves between processing stages without being duplicated in memory. Copying data takes time and uses extra memory, so removing those copies keeps latency, the delay between input and output, as short as possible and reduces how much memory the system needs. The README describes a modular, scalable design where developers can plug in different audio processing pieces, from basic effects and filters to more advanced machine learning algorithms, and assemble them into a pipeline suited to their application. Configuration is handled through a config.toml file. It is written in Rust, a programming language known for performance and memory safety that is increasingly used for systems level and audio software. The project is licensed under the MIT open source license. The README reads as a high level description of the architecture and does not include working code examples, detailed API documentation, or a demonstration of a specific audio use case, so the practical feature set beyond what is described here is not fully clear from the available text.