3-D Sound

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Using Microsoft DirectSound, you can locate sounds in space and apply Doppler shift to moving sounds. 3-D effects are applied to individual DirectSound buffers. Global parameters are set on an object called the listener.

The following topics cover some general aspects of 3-D sound.

• Coordinates of 3-D Space
• Perception of Sound Positions

Information about how to use 3-D sound in an application is found in the following sections.

• 3-D Buffers
• 3-D Listeners

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