OpenAL Soft Alternatives

OpenAL Soft is described as 'LGPL-licensed, cross-platform, software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It's forked from the open-sourced Windows version available originally from the SVN repository at openal.org' and is an app. There are seven alternatives to OpenAL Soft for Mac, Windows, Linux and Self-Hosted. The best OpenAL Soft alternative is Wwise, which is free. Other great apps like OpenAL Soft are PortAudio, FMOD Ex, RtAudio and AudioKit.

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OpenAL Soft

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OpenAL Soft is an LGPL-licensed, cross-platform, software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API. It's forked from...

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Wwise
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"Wwise® is the most advanced, feature-rich interactive sound engine for games, bar none. Whether you're an indie or a multi-million dollar production, Wwise will work for you." - Audiokinetic.com
- - Wwise is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to OpenAL Soft.
- - Wwise is the most popular free alternative to OpenAL Soft.
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PortAudio
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Free • Open Source
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Linux
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PortAudio is a cross platform, open-source, audio I/O library. It provides a very simple API for recording and/or playing sound using a simple callback function.
- - PortAudio is the most popular Linux alternative to OpenAL Soft.
- - PortAudio is the most popular Open Source alternative to OpenAL Soft.
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FMOD Ex
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Free Personal • Proprietary
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6 FMOD Ex alternatives
FMOD is a proprietary audio library that plays music files of diverse formats on many different operating system platforms, used in games and software applications to provide audio functionality.
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RtAudio
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Free • Open Source
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RtAudio is a set of C++ classes that provide a common API for realtime audio input/output across Linux, Macintosh OS-X and Windows operating systems. RtAudio significantly simplifies the process of interacting with computer audio hardware.
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AudioKit
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Free • Open Source
Mac
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AudioKit is the leading open-source audio framework. It powers millions of app installs. AudioKit allows developers to quickly add professional audio functionality to iOS, macOS, and Apple Watch apps.
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OpenAL
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
1 OpenAL alternatives
OpenAL is a cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming applications and many other types of audio applications.
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SoLoud
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Free • Open Source
Self-Hosted
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SoLoud is portable - the c/c++ code base is written in portable way, and the code has been used on various platforms including windows, osx, linux, as well as android and even ps4. (I'm not responsible for many of the platforms, though, and for licensing reasons, ps4 code is...
- - SoLoud is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to OpenAL Soft.
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PortAudio

FMOD Ex

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RtAudio

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AudioKit

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