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.
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.
Apparently there is a bug with at least MinGW-W64 where fegetenv and fesetenv
do not properly save and restore the FPU rounding mode, resulting in the
rounding mode remaining as round-to-zero after certain function calls. I do not
know if this also affects MSVC, but better safe than sorry for now.
This improves the transition width, allowing more of the higher frequencies
remain audible. It would be preferrable to have an upper limit of 32 points
instead of 48, to reduce the overall table size and the CPU cost for down-
sampling.
This generates the filters using the proper size and scale. The 'a' divisor
should represent the +/- sample range (and thus be a whole number), with the
number of sample points being double that. Increasing the filter size to a
multiple of 4 (for SIMD) can be done by padding in 0s afterward.
Despite the claim that it was an 11th order filter, the transition width was
generated by specifying 12th order. A 12th order filter would need 14 sample
points rather than the 12 it had.
