The outputs themselves use a variale-delay tap, but using a separate fixed-
delay tap on the feedback helps improve the perceived "wobble" with sustained
notes. This also applies to the flanger effect.
This will be to allow buffer layering, multiple buffers of the same format and
sample rate that are mixed together prior to resampling, filtering, and
panning. This will allow composing sounds from individual components that can
be swapped around on different invocations (e.g. layer SoundA and SoundB on one
instance and SoundA and SoundC on a different instance for a slightly different
sound, then just SoundA for a third instance, and so on). The longest buffer
within the list item determines the length of the list item.
More work needs to be done to fully support it, namely the ability to specity
multiple buffers to layer for static and streaming sources. Also the behavior
of loop points for layered static sources should be worked out. Should also
consider allowing each layer to have a sample offset.
This reports the same ALSOFT version as alGetString(AL_VERSION), but doesn't
require a current context (which requires a ALCdevice) to call. Do *NOT* use
this version to determine feature support, use the standard interfaces. If you
think you need to use this, you probably don't, and shouldn't.
Now FuMa and ACN channel orders are required, as are FuMa, SN3D, and N3D
normalization schemes. An integer query (alcGetIntegerv) is added for the
maximum ambisonic order.
The context state properties are less likely to change compared to the listener
state, and future changes may prefer more infrequent updates to the context
state.
Note that this puts the MetersPerUnit in as a context state, even though it's
handled through the listener functions. Considering the infrequency that it's
updated at (generally set just once for the context's lifetime), it makes more
sense to put it there than with the more frequently updated listener
properties. The aforementioned future changes would also prefer MetersPerUnit
to not be updated unnecessarily.
