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First post, by BEEN_Nath_58

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I was looking for every DirectSound and DirectSound3D (and it's extensions') wrappers out there. And also the ones that emulate EAX and A3D and such, but the information is limited. Can the forum help in identitying more wrappers?

Here's the ones I have:

DirectSoundCtrl
IndirectSound
DSOAL
Creative ALchemy
3D Sound Back
A3D ALchemy
A3D-Live
Creative a3dx5 wrapper?
QSound A3D wrapper?

Last edited by BEEN_Nath_58 on 2023-02-01, 18:05. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 1 of 3, by BEEN_Nath_58

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A3D wrappers gave some promising yet preliminary results. Under the game Motorhead, which supports both A3D 1.2 and A3D 2.0, the "repackaged" Creative a3dx5 wrapper allowed the game to utilise A3D 1.2. However A3D ALchemy managed to pull of A3D 2.0 of the game. A3D-Live supported both A3D 1.2 and 2.0, but the latter had reduced engine noise.

EAX has been supported in most games (didn't test FMOD ones for my own ease) except a few need some patched files. I didn't verify the "authenticity" of the special effects, I just made sure if the positional sound is present or not...

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Reply 2 of 3, by BEEN_Nath_58

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Trying to find the original creative a3dx5 wrapper. There is repackaged one in PCGW but I am looking for the one as in an official site (probably in web archive).

Can't find any source on QSound A3D

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Reply 3 of 3, by 3DJ

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Here's what I've got so far: https://kutt.it/BinauralWrappers ( https://airtable.com/shrNC8TQOVrknviGs )
I'm also looking for official source/download URLs so let me know if you have changes/suggestions for my list, or the database for that matter: Binaural Audio Database (3D audio/surround sound/EAX emulation guides, demos, etc.)