Design and implement audio subsystem

[Witek902]

Select portable API(s) (XAudio2, PortAudio, Alsa, Fmod, etc.) that supports 3D sound (or implement it from the scratch).

Core features:

• New entity types: sound source, sound listener.
• New resource type: sound sample.
• Audio streaming support.
• Support for WAV, AAC, Vorbis and optionally FLAC formats.
• Multiple speakers support (with detection).
• In-engine configurable mixer:
  • per-bus effects: equalizer, filter, delay, reverb, etc.
  • attaching sound sources and listeners as mixer bus ouputs and inputs (needs thinking through)
• 3D features: sound medium effects (delay, occlusion, attenuation, etc.), Doppler effect, HRTF.

High-level features:

• sound banks management
• seamless music blending

[lookeypl]

It is worth noting, that Oculus VR created a free 3D Audio SDK as well. Since we plan to support the Rift, it might be worth checking out. I did not look that much into it though.