Game Audio Programming

640 pages, parution le 26/03/2003

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Résumé

Covers the basic theory of sound, digital audio, modern hardware, and design theory.
Discusses both basic and advanced topics of DirectX audio, including DirectSound and DirectMusic.
Uses the foundation of a basic audio system, to illustrate how to create high-level audio systems, including script-driven sound templates. It also teaches readers how to build an interactive music system from the ground up.
Examines alternative file formats and the SDKs (Software Developer's Kits) needed to access them, including the Windows Media SDK (for WMA and MP3 files), Ogg Vorbis, and the Windows Audio Compression Manager. Additionally, readers learn how to create custom file system loaders using the standard COM Istream interface.
Covers advanced 3D techniques, including a number of cutting-edge 3D audio-related topics and the use of hardware extensions such as EAX, ZoomFX, and MacroFX.
Discuss how to play redbook audio from a CD, and a variety of other general optimizations and strategies.

ON THE CD-ROM

The GAP library sample library source, samples, and reference documentation - James Boer
Disk 2 demo - Dolby
Ogg Vorbis SDK and an encoder for wave file conversions - Ogg Vorbis
Sensaura's SDK with sample code, programs, libraries, etc.- Sensaura
Demo of a program for formatting C/C++ in a wide variety of styles - SourceStylerC++

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