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    Contents⊕
  
  
  OpenAL soft
  
  Source Install
  Utilities
  Configuration
  Acknowledgements
  
  
OpenAL soft
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OpenAL Soft is an LGPL-licensed, cross-platform, software
implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It's forked from the
open-sourced Windows version available originally from openal.org's SVN
repository (now defunct). OpenAL provides capabilities for playing audio
in a virtual 3D environment. Distance attenuation, doppler shift, and
directional sound emitters are among the features handled by the API.
More advanced effects, including air absorption, occlusion, and
environmental reverb, are available through the EFX extension. It also
facilitates streaming audio, multi-channel buffers, and audio
capture.
More information is available on the official website
Source Install
To install OpenAL Soft, use your favorite shell to go into the build/
directory, and run:
cmake ..
Assuming configuration went well, you can then build it, typically
using GNU Make (KDevelop, MSVC, and others are possible depending on
your system setup and CMake configuration).
Please Note: Double check that the appropriate backends were
detected. Often, complaints of no sound, crashing, and missing devices
can be solved by making sure the correct backends are being used.
CMake's output will identify which backends were enabled.
For most systems, you will likely want to make sure ALSA, OSS, and
PulseAudio were detected (if your target system uses them). For Windows,
make sure DirectSound was detected.
Utilities
The source package comes with an informational utility, openal-info,
and is built by default. It prints out information provided by the ALC
and AL sub- systems, including discovered devices, version information,
and extensions.
Configuration
OpenAL Soft can be configured on a per-user and per-system basis.
This allows users and sysadmins to control information provided to
applications, as well as application-agnostic behavior of the library.
See alsoftrc.sample for available settings.
Acknowledgements
Special thanks go to:

Creative Labs for the original source code this is based off
of.
Christopher Fitzgerald for the current reverb effect implementation,
and helping with the low-pass and HRTF filters.
Christian Borss for the 3D panning code previous versions used as a
base.
Ben Davis for the idea behind a previous version of the
click-removal code.
Richard Furse for helping with my understanding of Ambisonics that
is used by the various parts of the library.