Doom 3 - 3D spatial sound comparison 🎧 Stereo, CMSS-3D, OpenAL Soft HRTF audio mod

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Published on December 15, 2018 12:45:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JC5wEk0mVw

Game:

Doom 3 (2004)

Duration: 10:12

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Use headphones only with any virtual surround features turned off.

0:15 DirectSound Stereo (no 3D audio, included for reference only)
1:41 OpenAL CMSS-3D HRTF
3:06 OpenAL Soft HRTF [KEMAR; vanilla/Dhewm3]
4:31 OpenAL Soft HRTF [KEMAR; Classic RBDoom3 BFG]
5:50 DirectSound 5.1 CMSS-3D VSS
7:15 XAudio2 7.1 CMSS-3D VSS
8:35 OpenAL Stereo (notice inferior stereo panning to DirectSound)

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Between vanilla Doom 3, the BFG Edition, and their respective source ports, there is a surprising amount of binaural audio options available to players. This video aims to demonstrate them all. Well, all the official ones at least. Sorry, AstoundSound (lol). I'm using the Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium's CMSS-3D for most of these. EAX reverb has been disabled for the sake of consistency. The best part to listen to is during the scripted infirmary scene when the marine walks behind you.
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OPENAL SOFT INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Download OpenAL Soft 1.19.1 from official site:
http://openal-soft.org/
2. Copy 32-bit soft_oal.dll to c:\Windows\SysWOW64
3. Go into DoomConfig.cfg and change the line to seta s_libOpenAL "soft_oal.dll".
4. Make sure seta s_useOpenAL "1" is enforced.
5. For personalized HRTF tables, please watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCXQp7swp5k
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HRTF grades:
OpenAL [CMSS-3D HRTF] - A-
OpenAL Soft [vanilla/Dhewm3] - A-
OpenAL Soft [Classic RBDoom 3 BFG] - A
DirectSound 5.1 [CMSS-3D VSS] - D
XAudio2 7.1 [CMSS-3D VSS] - D-

Settings:
-DirectSound Stereo: s_useOpenAL 0, Stereo in-game.
-OpenAL HRTF: Stereo in Windows, Headphones in Creative panel, CMSS-3D ON, MacroFX & ElevationFilter ON, s_useOpenAL 1, s_libOpenAL "ct_oal.dll", Stereo in-game.
-OpenAL Soft HRTF: s_useOpenAL 1, s_libOpenAL "openal32.dll", version 1.19.1, Built-in 44100 tables, resampler=linear in alsoft.ini file.
-DirectSound 5.1: 7.1 in Windows, Headphones in Creative panel, CMSS-3D ON, MacroFX & ElevationFilter ON, s_useOpenAL 0, Surround in-game.
-XAudio2 7.1: 7.1 in Windows, Headphones in Creative panel, CMSS-3D ON, MacroFX & ElevationFilter ON.
-OpenAL Stereo: s_useOpenAL 1, s_libOpenAL "ct_oal.dll", Stereo in-game.

Links:
https://dhewm3.org/
https://www.moddb.com/mods/classic-rbdoom-3-bfg-edition/downloads/classic-rbdoom3bfg-1111
https://mega.nz/#!OTpDkQhY!i6NIUTAwopa2pilAiEL-pBxPOzrPLD_vHQMcCRdFLLs
(download personalized HRTF presets here)
http://satsun.org/audio/

Credits:
https://www.videogamer.com/features/the-best-and-worst-doom-box-art-of-all-time
(Use of this promotional art falls under fair use laws.)



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