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F.A.Q: Aureal Technology FAQ

All about Aureal's technology including the APIs (A3D 1.0, 2.0, 3.0), sound cards, chips (including the Vortex 2 and Motorola DSP), speakers and anything else you can think of with respect to Aureal's technology. For support questions check out our support FAQ.

2. A3D 3.0: Can you elaborate more about the upcoming A3D 3.0? - Top

Current features for A3D 3.0 include:

* MP3 playback (inc. 3D positional MP3 files
* Volumetric Sound Sources (for things like crowds, wind), which can be occluded/reflected as well
* Downloadable HRTF-support, so you can pick from a selection of heads for the 3D effect
* reverb support, including EAX, I3DL2, and geometric reverb based on polygons, not presets
* Dolby Digital playback support (Dolby & Aureal are getting together to make A3D the way to get Dolby Digital multi-channel audio for games on the PC).
- Updated: December 1, 1999

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All about Aureal's technology including the APIs (A3D 1.0, 2.0, 3.0), sound cards, chips (including the Vortex 2 and Motorola DSP), speakers and anything else you can think of with respect to Aureal's technology. For support questions check out our support FAQ.

2. A3D 3.0: Can you elaborate more about the upcoming A3D 3.0? - Top: Current features for A3D 3.0 include:

* MP3 playback (inc. 3D positional MP3 files
* Volumetric Sound Sources (for things like crowds, wind), which can be occluded/reflected as well
* Downloadable HRTF-support, so you can pick from a selection of heads for the 3D effect
* reverb support, including EAX, I3DL2, and geometric reverb based on polygons, not presets
* Dolby Digital playback support (Dolby & Aureal are getting together to make A3D the way to get Dolby Digital multi-channel audio for games on the PC).
- Updated: December 1, 1999