Chris Robinson
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The old layout separated filters, scale deltas, phase deltas, and scale phase deltas into separate segments that each contained a numbers of scale and phase entries, Since processing a sample needed a filter and one of each delta entry relating to a particular scale and phase, the memory needed would be spread across the whole table. And since subsequent samples would use a different phase, it would jump around the table a whole lot as well. The new layout packs the data in a way more consistent with its use. The filters, scale deltas, phase deltas, and scale phase deltas are interleaved, such that for a particular scale and phase, the filter and delta entries used are contiguous. And the phase entries for a particular scale are kept together, so the ~500 to ~1000 samples processed per source update stay within the same 3KB to 6KB area of the 70+KB table, which is much more cache friendly.
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.