diff --git a/src/channel_layout.c b/src/channel_layout.c
index bcefa9a..b3a3257 100644
--- a/src/channel_layout.c
+++ b/src/channel_layout.c
@@ -9,23 +9,25 @@
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutIdMono] = {
+static struct SoundIoChannelLayout *make_builtin_channel_layouts()
+{
+    static struct SoundIoChannelLayout layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutIdMax];
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutIdMono] = {
         "Mono",
         1,
         {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter,
         },
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutIdStereo] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutIdStereo] = {
         "Stereo",
         2,
         {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeft,
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight,
         },
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId2Point1] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId2Point1] = {
         "2.1",
         3,
         {
@@ -33,8 +35,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         },
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId3Point0] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId3Point0] = {
         "3.0",
         3,
         {
@@ -42,8 +44,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId3Point0Back] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId3Point0Back] = {
         "3.0 (back)",
         3,
         {
@@ -51,8 +53,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId3Point1] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId3Point1] = {
         "3.1",
         4,
         {
@@ -61,8 +63,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId4Point0] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId4Point0] = {
         "4.0",
         4,
         {
@@ -71,8 +73,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutIdQuad] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutIdQuad] = {
         "Quad",
         4,
         {
@@ -81,8 +83,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackLeft,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackRight,
         },
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutIdQuadSide] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutIdQuadSide] = {
         "Quad (side)",
         4,
         {
@@ -91,8 +93,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdSideLeft,
             SoundIoChannelIdSideRight,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId4Point1] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId4Point1] = {
         "4.1",
         5,
         {
@@ -102,8 +104,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point0Back] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point0Back] = {
         "5.0 (back)",
         5,
         {
@@ -113,8 +115,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackLeft,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackRight,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point0Side] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point0Side] = {
         "5.0 (side)",
         5,
         {
@@ -124,8 +126,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdSideLeft,
             SoundIoChannelIdSideRight,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point1] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point1] = {
         "5.1",
         6,
         {
@@ -136,8 +138,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdSideRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point1Back] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId5Point1Back] = {
         "5.1 (back)",
         6,
         {
@@ -148,8 +150,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point0Side] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point0Side] = {
         "6.0 (side)",
         6,
         {
@@ -160,8 +162,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdSideRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point0Front] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point0Front] = {
         "6.0 (front)",
         6,
         {
@@ -172,8 +174,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutIdHexagonal] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutIdHexagonal] = {
         "Hexagonal",
         6,
         {
@@ -184,8 +186,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point1] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point1] = {
         "6.1",
         7,
         {
@@ -197,8 +199,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point1Back] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point1Back] = {
         "6.1 (back)",
         7,
         {
@@ -210,8 +212,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point1Front] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId6Point1Front] = {
         "6.1 (front)",
         7,
         {
@@ -223,8 +225,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point0] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point0] = {
         "7.0",
         7,
         {
@@ -236,8 +238,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackLeft,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackRight,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point0Front] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point0Front] = {
         "7.0 (front)",
         7,
         {
@@ -249,8 +251,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point1] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point1] = {
         "7.1",
         8,
         {
@@ -263,8 +265,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point1Wide] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point1Wide] = {
         "7.1 (wide)",
         8,
         {
@@ -277,8 +279,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point1WideBack] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutId7Point1WideBack] = {
         "7.1 (wide) (back)",
         8,
         {
@@ -291,8 +293,8 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter,
             SoundIoChannelIdLfe,
         }
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelLayoutIdOctagonal] = {
+    };
+    layouts[SoundIoChannelLayoutIdOctagonal] = {
         "Octagonal",
         8,
         {
@@ -305,357 +307,226 @@ static struct SoundIoChannelLayout builtin_channel_layouts[] = {
             SoundIoChannelIdBackRight,
             SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter,
         }
-    },
+    };
+    return &layouts[0];
 };
+static struct SoundIoChannelLayout *builtin_channel_layouts = make_builtin_channel_layouts();
 
 #define CHANNEL_NAME_ALIAS_COUNT 3
-static const char *channel_names[][CHANNEL_NAME_ALIAS_COUNT] = {
-    [SoundIoChannelIdInvalid] = {
-        "(Invalid Channel)",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeft] = {
-        "Front Left",
-        "FL",
-        "front-left",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight] = {
-        "Front Right",
-        "FR",
-        "front-right",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter] = {
-        "Front Center",
-        "FC",
-        "front-center",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdLfe] = {
-        "LFE",
-        "LFE",
-        "lfe",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBackLeft] = {
-        "Back Left",
-        "BL",
-        "rear-left",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBackRight] = {
-        "Back Right",
-        "BR",
-        "rear-right",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftCenter] = {
-        "Front Left Center",
-        "FLC",
-        "front-left-of-center",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter] = {
-        "Front Right Center",
-        "FRC",
-        "front-right-of-center",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter] = {
-        "Back Center",
-        "BC",
-        "rear-center",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdSideLeft] = {
-        "Side Left",
-        "SL",
-        "side-left",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdSideRight] = {
-        "Side Right",
-        "SR",
-        "side-right",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopCenter] = {
-        "Top Center",
-        "TC",
-        "top-center",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeft] = {
-        "Top Front Left",
-        "TFL",
-        "top-front-left",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontCenter] = {
-        "Top Front Center",
-        "TFC",
-        "top-front-center",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRight] = {
-        "Top Front Right",
-        "TFR",
-        "top-front-right",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopBackLeft] = {
-        "Top Back Left",
-        "TBL",
-        "top-rear-left",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopBackCenter] = {
-        "Top Back Center",
-        "TBC",
-        "top-rear-center",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopBackRight] = {
-        "Top Back Right",
-        "TBR",
-        "top-rear-right",
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBackLeftCenter] = {
-        "Back Left Center",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBackRightCenter] = {
-        "Back Right Center",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftWide] = {
-        "Front Left Wide",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightWide] = {
-        "Front Right Wide",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftHigh] = {
-        "Front Left High",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenterHigh] = {
-        "Front Center High",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightHigh] = {
-        "Front Right High",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeftCenter] = {
-        "Top Front Left Center",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRightCenter] = {
-        "Top Front Right Center",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopSideLeft] = {
-        "Top Side Left",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdTopSideRight] = {
-        "Top Side Right",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdLeftLfe] = {
-        "Left LFE",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdRightLfe] = {
-        "Right LFE",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdLfe2] = {
-        "LFE 2",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBottomCenter] = {
-        "Bottom Center",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBottomLeftCenter] = {
-        "Bottom Left Center",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdBottomRightCenter] = {
-        "Bottom Right Center",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdMsMid] = {
-        "Mid/Side Mid",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdMsSide] = {
-        "Mid/Side Side",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicW] = {
-        "Ambisonic W",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicX] = {
-        "Ambisonic X",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicY] = {
-        "Ambisonic Y",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicZ] = {
-        "Ambisonic Z",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdXyX] = {
-        "X-Y X",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdXyY] = {
-        "X-Y Y",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesLeft] = {
-        "Headphones Left",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesRight] = {
-        "Headphones Right",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdClickTrack] = {
-        "Click Track",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdForeignLanguage] = {
-        "Foreign Language",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdHearingImpaired] = {
-        "Hearing Impaired",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdNarration] = {
-        "Narration",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdHaptic] = {
-        "Haptic",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdDialogCentricMix] = {
-        "Dialog Centric Mix",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux] = {
-        "Aux",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux0] = {
-        "Aux 0",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux1] = {
-        "Aux 1",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux2] = {
-        "Aux 2",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux3] = {
-        "Aux 3",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux4] = {
-        "Aux 4",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux5] = {
-        "Aux 5",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux6] = {
-        "Aux 6",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux7] = {
-        "Aux 7",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux8] = {
-        "Aux 8",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux9] = {
-        "Aux 9",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux10] = {
-        "Aux 10",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux11] = {
-        "Aux 11",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux12] = {
-        "Aux 12",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux13] = {
-        "Aux 13",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux14] = {
-        "Aux 14",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
-    [SoundIoChannelIdAux15] = {
-        "Aux 15",
-        NULL,
-        NULL,
-    },
+typedef const char *channel_names_t[CHANNEL_NAME_ALIAS_COUNT];
+static channel_names_t *make_channel_names()
+{
+    static channel_names_t names[SoundIoChannelIdMax];
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdInvalid][0] = "(Invalid Channel)";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdInvalid][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdInvalid][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeft][0] = "Front Left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeft][1] = "FL";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeft][2] = "front-left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight][0] = "Front Right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight][1] = "FR";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRight][2] = "front-right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter][0] = "Front Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter][1] = "FC";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenter][2] = "front-center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLfe][0] = "LFE";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLfe][1] = "LFE";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLfe][2] = "lfe";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackLeft][0] = "Back Left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackLeft][1] = "BL";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackLeft][2] = "rear-left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackRight][0] = "Back Right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackRight][1] = "BR";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackRight][2] = "rear-right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftCenter][0] = "Front Left Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftCenter][1] = "FLC";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftCenter][2] = "front-left-of-center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter][0] = "Front Right Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter][1] = "FRC";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightCenter][2] = "front-right-of-center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter][0] = "Back Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter][1] = "BC";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackCenter][2] = "rear-center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdSideLeft][0] = "Side Left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdSideLeft][1] = "SL";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdSideLeft][2] = "side-left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdSideRight][0] = "Side Right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdSideRight][1] = "SR";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdSideRight][2] = "side-right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopCenter][0] = "Top Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopCenter][1] = "TC";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopCenter][2] = "top-center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeft][0] = "Top Front Left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeft][1] = "TFL";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeft][2] = "top-front-left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontCenter][0] = "Top Front Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontCenter][1] = "TFC";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontCenter][2] = "top-front-center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRight][0] = "Top Front Right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRight][1] = "TFR";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRight][2] = "top-front-right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackLeft][0] = "Top Back Left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackLeft][1] = "TBL";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackLeft][2] = "top-rear-left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackCenter][0] = "Top Back Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackCenter][1] = "TBC";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackCenter][2] = "top-rear-center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackRight][0] = "Top Back Right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackRight][1] = "TBR";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopBackRight][2] = "top-rear-right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackLeftCenter][0] = "Back Left Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackLeftCenter][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackLeftCenter][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackRightCenter][0] = "Back Right Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackRightCenter][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBackRightCenter][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftWide][0] = "Front Left Wide";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftWide][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftWide][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightWide][0] = "Front Right Wide";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightWide][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightWide][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftHigh][0] = "Front Left High";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftHigh][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontLeftHigh][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenterHigh][0] = "Front Center High";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenterHigh][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontCenterHigh][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightHigh][0] = "Front Right High";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightHigh][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdFrontRightHigh][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeftCenter][0] = "Top Front Left Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeftCenter][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontLeftCenter][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRightCenter][0] = "Top Front Right Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRightCenter][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopFrontRightCenter][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopSideLeft][0] = "Top Side Left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopSideLeft][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopSideLeft][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopSideRight][0] = "Top Side Right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopSideRight][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdTopSideRight][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLeftLfe][0] = "Left LFE";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLeftLfe][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLeftLfe][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdRightLfe][0] = "Right LFE";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdRightLfe][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdRightLfe][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLfe2][0] = "LFE 2";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLfe2][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdLfe2][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomCenter][0] = "Bottom Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomCenter][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomCenter][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomLeftCenter][0] = "Bottom Left Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomLeftCenter][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomLeftCenter][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomRightCenter][0] = "Bottom Right Center";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomRightCenter][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdBottomRightCenter][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdMsMid][0] = "Mid/Side Mid";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdMsMid][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdMsMid][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdMsSide][0] = "Mid/Side Side";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdMsSide][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdMsSide][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicW][0] = "Ambisonic W";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicW][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicW][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicX][0] = "Ambisonic X";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicX][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicX][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicY][0] = "Ambisonic Y";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicY][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicY][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicZ][0] = "Ambisonic Z";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicZ][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAmbisonicZ][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdXyX][0] = "X-Y X";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdXyX][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdXyX][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdXyY][0] = "X-Y Y";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdXyY][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdXyY][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesLeft][0] = "Headphones Left";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesLeft][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesLeft][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesRight][0] = "Headphones Right";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesRight][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHeadphonesRight][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdClickTrack][0] = "Click Track";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdClickTrack][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdClickTrack][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdForeignLanguage][0] = "Foreign Language";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdForeignLanguage][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdForeignLanguage][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHearingImpaired][0] = "Hearing Impaired";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHearingImpaired][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHearingImpaired][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdNarration][0] = "Narration";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdNarration][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdNarration][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHaptic][0] = "Haptic";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHaptic][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdHaptic][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdDialogCentricMix][0] = "Dialog Centric Mix";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdDialogCentricMix][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdDialogCentricMix][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux][0] = "Aux";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux0][0] = "Aux 0";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux0][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux0][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux1][0] = "Aux 1";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux1][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux1][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux2][0] = "Aux 2";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux2][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux2][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux3][0] = "Aux 3";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux3][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux3][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux4][0] = "Aux 4";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux4][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux4][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux5][0] = "Aux 5";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux5][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux5][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux6][0] = "Aux 6";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux6][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux6][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux7][0] = "Aux 7";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux7][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux7][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux8][0] = "Aux 8";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux8][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux8][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux9][0] = "Aux 9";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux9][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux9][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux10][0] = "Aux 10";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux10][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux10][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux11][0] = "Aux 11";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux11][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux11][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux12][0] = "Aux 12";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux12][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux12][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux13][0] = "Aux 13";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux13][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux13][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux14][0] = "Aux 14";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux14][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux14][2] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux15][0] = "Aux 15";
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux15][1] = NULL;
+    names[SoundIoChannelIdAux15][2] = NULL;
+    return &names[0];
 };
+static channel_names_t *channel_names = make_channel_names();
 
 const char *soundio_get_channel_name(enum SoundIoChannelId id) {
     if (id >= ARRAY_LENGTH(channel_names))
diff --git a/src/soundio.c b/src/soundio.c
index 5e12418..5b0c043 100644
--- a/src/soundio.c
+++ b/src/soundio.c
@@ -33,36 +33,29 @@ static const enum SoundIoBackend available_backends[] = {
     SoundIoBackendDummy,
 };
 
-static int (*backend_init_fns[])(struct SoundIoPrivate *) = {
-    [SoundIoBackendNone] = NULL,
+typedef int (*backend_init_t)(struct SoundIoPrivate *);
+static backend_init_t *make_backend_init_fns()
+{
+    static backend_init_t fns[6] = { 0 };
 #ifdef SOUNDIO_HAVE_JACK
-    [SoundIoBackendJack] = soundio_jack_init,
-#else
-    [SoundIoBackendJack] = NULL,
+    fns[SoundIoBackendJack] = soundio_jack_init;
 #endif
 #ifdef SOUNDIO_HAVE_PULSEAUDIO
-    [SoundIoBackendPulseAudio] = soundio_pulseaudio_init,
-#else
-    [SoundIoBackendPulseAudio] = NULL,
+    fns[SoundIoBackendPulseAudio] = soundio_pulseaudio_init;
 #endif
 #ifdef SOUNDIO_HAVE_ALSA
-    [SoundIoBackendAlsa] = soundio_alsa_init,
-#else
-    [SoundIoBackendAlsa] = NULL,
+    fns[SoundIoBackendAlsa] = soundio_alsa_init;
 #endif
 #ifdef SOUNDIO_HAVE_COREAUDIO
-    [SoundIoBackendCoreAudio] = soundio_coreaudio_init,
-#else
-    [SoundIoBackendCoreAudio] = NULL,
+    fns[SoundIoBackendCoreAudio] = soundio_coreaudio_init;
 #endif
 #ifdef SOUNDIO_HAVE_WASAPI
-    [SoundIoBackendWasapi] = soundio_wasapi_init,
-#else
-    [SoundIoBackendWasapi] = NULL,
+    fns[SoundIoBackendWasapi] = soundio_wasapi_init;
 #endif
-    [SoundIoBackendDummy] = soundio_dummy_init,
-};
-
+    fns[SoundIoBackendDummy] = soundio_dummy_init;
+    return &fns[0];
+}
+static backend_init_t *backend_init_fns = make_backend_init_fns();
 
 SOUNDIO_MAKE_LIST_DEF(struct SoundIoDevice*, SoundIoListDevicePtr, SOUNDIO_LIST_NOT_STATIC)
 SOUNDIO_MAKE_LIST_DEF(struct SoundIoSampleRateRange, SoundIoListSampleRateRange, SOUNDIO_LIST_NOT_STATIC)