Java OpenAL (JOAL) is one of several wrapper

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that allows Java programmers to access

OpenAL OpenAL (Open Audio Library) is a cross-platform audio application programming interface (API). It is designed for efficient rendering of multichannel three-dimensional positional audio. Its API style and conventions deliberately resemble those ...

. This allows

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programmers to use 3D sound in applications. JOAL is one of the libraries developed by the

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Game Technology Group. JOAL is released under a BSD license, and is available for Microsoft Windows,

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, and

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. Like its graphical counterpart, Java OpenGL (JOGL), JOAL was developed using the GlueGen utility, a program that generates Java bindings from C header files. The official site on java.net was deleted in March 2011. The JOAL project, however, is still alive i
Jogamp.org JOAL

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Download Link (2.0.2)JNAL - An alternative, JNA-based Java wrapper for OpenAL
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