Hi Tom,
I'm scowering the net and just can't find what I'd need. I found a very old
sdk for openAl, 1.2 I think, but that's it, and there's no code for 3d audio
so I don't even think it supported it back then. I am finding a lot about
openGl on the net, and even some things having to do with vb.net, but
nothing relating to openAl. Do you have the software for it or know where I
can find it, plus maybe some sample code? I feel very over my head already
and haven't even written a simple line of code in vb.net yet lol
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 12:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Best Audio Engine for vb.net
Hi Ken,
Technically OpenAL and XAudio2 are called audio APIs not audio
engines. In the future you might want to refer to them as APIs or
libraries when speaking to other developers. :D
Anyway, in terms of audio libraries I would strongly recommend OpenAL
over XAudio2. The reason is that XAudio2 has a few bugs in it, and by
using OpenAL with VB .NET you can actually develop cross-platform
games using the Mono Framework for Mac and Linux if you choose to take
that route. OpenAL-Soft also has some advanced hardware processing
which is reasonably good on Creative Labs sound cards. There are a
couple of different OpenAL .NET wrappers, I haven't tried either, but
I think OpenAL.NET probably is your best bet.
As far as XAudio2 goes it comes with the DirectX SDK, and is shipped
by default with Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. If you want to
develop games using XAudio2 and VB .Net you need to download SlimDX
which is a .NET wrapper for Microsoft DirectX.
HTH
On 10/12/13, Ken Downey <kenwdow...@thepionear.net> wrote:
I'm looking to find a freeware audio engine for vb.net. Would you
recommend
OpenAl or XAudio2? Also, I can't seem to find a download location for
XAudio2. thoughts?
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