Algorithm to mix sound

Question

I have two raw sound streams that I need to add together. For the purposes of this question, we can assume they are the same bitrate and bit depth (say 16 bit sample, 44.1k

Answer 1

If you need to do this right, I would suggest looking at open source software mixer implementations, at least for the theory.

Some links:

Audacity

GStreamer

Actually you should probably be using a library.