SoLoud

What it does

3D audio

SoLoud supports 3D positional audio and up to 8 surround speakers.checked 30 Sep 2001

Audio controls

Playback handles can be used to change volume, pan and relative play speed.checked 30 Sep 2001

Backends

Available backends include SDL/SDL2, MiniAudio, WinMM, ALSA, JACK, OpenAL, WASAPI, XAudio2, Nosound and a Null driver.checked 30 Sep 2001

Core features

Features include multiple voices, faders, real-time filters, mixing busses, gapless looping, queued sounds and atomic operations for several sounds.checked 30 Sep 2001

Formats

Supported formats include several WAV variants, Ogg Vorbis and MP3, with additional tracker and emulator sources.checked 30 Sep 2001

Language interfaces

A C API DLL provides access from environments including Python, Ruby, C#, BlitzMax and GameMaker Studio.checked 30 Sep 2001

License

SoLoud proper is licensed under the ZLib/LibPNG license and permits commercial use, alteration and redistribution subject to attribution and source-notice conditions.checked 30 Sep 2001

Limitations

The project states that it lacks artist tools, has limited engine integration and is probably not suited to multi-million-budget console games.checked 30 Sep 2001

Playback model

The primary interface is designed for fire-and-forget audio playback.checked 30 Sep 2001

Purpose

SoLoud is an easy-to-use, free, portable C/C++ audio engine for games.checked 30 Sep 2001

Release

The latest stable download listed is soloud_20200207.zip at approximately 47 MB, with a lite package of approximately 3 MB.checked 30 Sep 2001

Support

The project provides a Google Group, GitHub issue tracker and an IRC channel, while noting that it does not include the support offered by commercial libraries.checked 30 Sep 2001

Synthesizers

The package includes speech synthesis and an Sfxr sound-effects synthesizer.checked 30 Sep 2001

Web support

SoLoud works with Emscripten.checked 30 Sep 2001