What is a channel?

A "channel" can be a playing sample (HCHANNEL), a MOD music (HMUSIC), a sample stream (HSTREAM), or the CD (CDCHANNEL). Each BASS_Channel function can be used with one or more of these channel types.

The types of channel

HCHANNEL Returned by BASS_SamplePlay, BASS_SamplePlayEx, BASS_SamplePlay3D, BASS_SamplePlay3DEx.

HMUSIC Returned by BASS_MusicLoad.

HSTREAM Returned by BASS_StreamCreate, BASS_StreamCreateFile.

CDCHANNEL A handle reserved for the CD channel.

HCHANNEL	Returned by BASS_SamplePlay, BASS_SamplePlayEx, BASS_SamplePlay3D, BASS_SamplePlay3DEx.
HMUSIC	Returned by BASS_MusicLoad.
HSTREAM	Returned by BASS_StreamCreate, BASS_StreamCreateFile.
CDCHANNEL	A handle reserved for the CD channel.