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Can't find guide for OpenAL
Hello,
Can anyone offer guidance on learning OpenAl? I've spent all day searching, and there really aren't any comprehensive tutorials or guides. Even here on Cplusplus.com, a number of threads like this one - asking for help with OpenAl - were started and never received responses. If I were more experienced, I might do fine with the OpenAL Programmer's Guide and the documentation on Openal.org, but I'm a novice with only a few months experience in C++ and OpenGl.
In OpenGL I've made a bunch of objects that move in 3D space. Now I want to generate sin tones of different frequencies, located at the center of each of those objects. The only success I've had in generating a (not pre-loaded) sound in OpenAl involved using the sleep() function, which is impractical for me since I need the rest of the program to keep running as the sound plays and to hear multiple sounds at once.
I realize I'm not supplying any sample code here, but it's because I haven't yet found a foothold to start learning OpenAl. Can anyone suggest a good starting point for me, or even help me accomplish my specific goal?
I know there are OpenAl experts out there.. but how did you learn?
Thanks,
Jake
Can anyone offer guidance on learning OpenAl? I've spent all day searching, and there really aren't any comprehensive tutorials or guides. Even here on Cplusplus.com, a number of threads like this one - asking for help with OpenAl - were started and never received responses. If I were more experienced, I might do fine with the OpenAL Programmer's Guide and the documentation on Openal.org, but I'm a novice with only a few months experience in C++ and OpenGl.
In OpenGL I've made a bunch of objects that move in 3D space. Now I want to generate sin tones of different frequencies, located at the center of each of those objects. The only success I've had in generating a (not pre-loaded) sound in OpenAl involved using the sleep() function, which is impractical for me since I need the rest of the program to keep running as the sound plays and to hear multiple sounds at once.
I realize I'm not supplying any sample code here, but it's because I haven't yet found a foothold to start learning OpenAl. Can anyone suggest a good starting point for me, or even help me accomplish my specific goal?
I know there are OpenAl experts out there.. but how did you learn?
Thanks,
Jake
Hi there,
As far as I know, OpenAL is obsolete. The last stable version was released a decade ago.
You're probably better off working with FMOD or BASS.
FMOD:
http://www.fmod.org/
BASS:
http://www.un4seen.com/
As far as I know, OpenAL is obsolete. The last stable version was released a decade ago.
You're probably better off working with FMOD or BASS.
FMOD:
http://www.fmod.org/
BASS:
http://www.un4seen.com/
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