BXAA Audio Library

BXAA is a 3D audio engine written in C++ designed to be used either in games or just in general applications.

There is two modes for the library:
First a 2D only mode which requires minimal setup and supporting code for use, this is ideal for desktop applications that need to play sounds with minimal coding time required, an example of initialization and usage is as follows:

BXAA::SoundMgr SndMgr();
SndMgr.Initialize();
BXAA::StreamWaveVoice *Sound = new BXAA::StreamWaveVoice("LongWaveFile.wav");
SndMgr.AddVoice(Sound);
Sound->Play();

Second a 3D mode which supports playing 2D sounds the same as 2D mode, but requires slightly more setup, the 3D engine supports Doppler effect and realistic volume fade over distance, the location of voices can be moved dynamically using direct control of the position of the voice, automatically updating the Doppler effect and volume balance. An example of initialization of a 3D sound using the 3D engine minimal (2D and 3D sounds).

BXAA::SoundMgr3d SndMgr(true);
BXAA::PhysData physdat;
ZeroMemory(&physdat, sizeof(BXAA::PhysData));
SndMgr.Initialize3d(&physdat);

//2D sound in 3D engine, same as 2D engine
BXAA::StreamWaveVoice *Sound = new BXAA::StreamWaveVoice("LongWaveFile.wav");
SndMgr.AddVoice(Sound);

//3D sound in 3D engine
BXAA::WaveVoice3d *Sound2 = new BXAA::WaveVoice3d("Short.wav");
SndMgr.AddVoice(Sound2);

Sound->Play();
Sound2->Play();

The sound engine creates and runs a lite thread in the background to do all of the processing related to keeping the streams playing and updating the positioning of the 3D sounds to whats been set via the interface. This gives you ability to 'play and forget' sounds, with minimal code required throughout your application for maintaining and using BXAA.