Software:Environmental Audio Extensions
.jpg) Creative EAX logo | |
| Original author(s) | Creative Technology |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Creative Technology |
| Initial release | 1999 |
| Final release | 5.0
/ 2005 |
| License | Proprietary |
The Environmental Audio Extensions (or EAX) are a number of digital signal processing presets for audio, present in Creative Technology Sound Blaster sound cards starting with the Sound Blaster Live and the Creative NOMAD/Creative ZEN product lines. Due to the release of Windows Vista in 2007, which deprecated the DirectSound3D API that EAX was based on, Creative discouraged EAX implementation in favour of its OpenAL-based EFX equivalent – though at that point relatively few games used the API.
Technology
EAX is a library of extensions to Microsoft's DirectSound3D, itself an extension to DirectSound introduced with DirectX 3 in 1996 with the intention to standardize 3D audio for Microsoft Windows, adding environmental audio presets to DS3D's audio positioning. Ergo, the aim of EAX has nothing to do with 3D audio positioning, this is usually done by a sound library like DirectSound3D or OpenAL. Rather, EAX can be seen as a library of sound effects written and compiled to be executed on a DSP instead of the CPU, often called "hardware-accelerated".
The aim of EAX was to create more ambiance within video games by more accurately simulating a real-world audio environment. Up to EAX 2.0, the technology was based around the effects engine aboard the E-mu 10K1 on Creative Technology's and the Maestro2 on ESS1968 chipset driven sound cards. The hardware accelerated effects engine is an E-mu FX8010 DSP integrated into the Creative Technology's audio chip and was historically used to enhance MIDI output by adding effects (such as reverb and chorus) to the sampled instruments on 'wavetable' sample-based synthesis cards (which is often confused with the "wavetable synthesis" developed by Wolfgang Palm of PPG and Michael Mcnabb in the late-1970s, however not related). A similar effects DSP was also present on Creative's cards back to the AWE 32. However, the EMU10K1's DSP was faster and more flexible and was able to produce not only MIDI output but also other outputs, including the digital sound section.
Developers taking advantage of EAX choose an environment for their game's setting and the sound card uses the mathematical DSP digital filter presets for that environment. The original EAX was quite primitive, only offering 26 presets and 3 parameters for more accurate adjustment of the listener parameters and 1 parameter for the sources. Each revision of the technology increased the available effects. EAX Advanced HD (also known as EAX 3) and up provide support for new environmental transitions, new effects, and multiple active effects. Further additions include smooth changes between EAX environment presets and audio occlusion effects (simulating a wall between player and sound source).
EAX was used in many popular titles of the time, including Half-Life, Unreal Tournament, Splinter Cell, Rogue Spear, Doom 3, F.E.A.R., Counter-Strike, and Prey. These games support EAX 4.0 if audio hardware with an OpenAL-supporting driver is present. Because hardware acceleration for DirectSound and DirectSound3D was dropped in Windows Vista,[1] OpenAL runtime software is required to enable EAX in many games, it still functions in Windows 10, although OpenAL was also discontinued by Creative. OpenAL Soft, an open source version of OpenAL, is still actively maintained, and can be used by game developers, and to enable EAX sound in older games.
Most releases of EAX versions coincided with increases in the number of simultaneous voices processable in hardware by the audio processor: the original EAX 1.0 supports 8 voices, while EAX 5.0 allows 128 voices (and up to 4 effects applied to each). Creative cards are generally backwards compatible with older EAX versions, although hardware accelerated DSP processing of these effects only happens on cards with EMU chips. Most audio solutions from Creative released after the X-Fi Titanium HD (except for the Audigy Rx) and other companies offer EAX software emulation of varying degrees instead.
EAX 1.0
- 8 simultaneous voices processable in hardware
- 32 individual 3D voices
- Environmental Effect Presets
- Per-channel individual environmental presets
- Hardware DSP rendering[2]
- Specification released in 1998
EAX 2.0
EAX 2.0 is supported by Sound Blaster Live! sound cards
- 32 simultaneous voices processable in hardware
- Occlusion Effects
- Material-specific reverb parameters[3]
- Specification released in 1999
EAX 3.0
EAX 3.0 is supported by E-mu 10K-based products such as the Sound Blaster Audigy
- 64 simultaneous voices processable in hardware
- 'Smoothing' between 3D audio environments
- Direct access to all reverb parameters
- Environmental Panning
- New reverb engine
- Beginning of the AdvancedHD Designation from new reverb engine
EAX 4.0
EAX 4.0 is supported by Audigy series sound cards.
- Real-time hardware effects
- Multiple simultaneous environments
- Flanger
- Echo
- Distortion
- Ring modulation effects[4][5][6]
- Specification released in 2003
EAX 5.0
EAX 5.0 is supported by E-mu 20K-based products such as the Sound Blaster X-Fi (except the Xtreme Audio cards).
- 128 simultaneous voices processable in hardware and up to 4 effects on each
- EAX Voice (processing of microphone input signal)
- EAX PurePath (EAX Sound effects can originate from one speaker only)
- Environment FlexiFX (four available effects slots per channel)
- EAX MacroFX (realistic positional effects at close range)
- Environment Occlusion (sound from adjacent environments can pass through walls)
- Specification released in 2005
Future development
In Creative's OpenAL 1.1 specification, an alternative software system for 3D sound which Creative made, EAX should be considered deprecated as a developer interface. New development should use OpenAL's EFX interface, which emulates all previous EAX functionality and is more tightly coupled with the overall OpenAL framework.[7]
Creative stopped updating OpenAL also, although an open source version, OpenAL Soft is still actively maintained.
EAX emulation
When Windows Vista discontinued DirectSound3D, Creative made a software package called OpenAL which allows many Windows EAX-carrying games to play software and hardware (soundcard driven) mode EAX with varying success. OpenAL builds on the EAX extensions with EFX extensions. OpenAL still installs and functions on Windows 10, although is no longer actively maintained and released. An open source version called OpenAL Soft is available which is actively maintained, although it has less support for all versions of EAX.
Realtek released the "Realtek 3D Soundback Beta 0.1" software package to allow Realtek cards to play EAX and DirectSound3D on Windows Vista and newer operating systems. It may work with your Realtek soundcard in Windows 10. It requires Windows Vista compatibility mode to install.
nForce soundcards feature native support for EAX. The games that use EAX with nForce may need files changed to run properly.
Rapture3D supports EAX, it is a commercial wrapper for OpenAL used in games such as Dirt 3.
Wine implements software emulation of a subset of EAX.[8]
In addition to physical soundcard devices, Creative released EAX emulation software (Creative ALchemy) for a range of computers and motherboards that had Creative-made onboard audio. Creative ALchemy will not function unless it detects a Creative Labs device.
Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB
- The Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB includes Creative Audio Center, Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer, Creative WaveStudio 7, Creative ALchemy;
Also known as Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB, it is similar to Audigy 2 SE, but the software supports EAX 3.0, which supports 64-channel software wavetable (sample-based synthesis) with DirectSound acceleration, but without hardware accelerated 'wavetable' sample-based synthesis. DAC is rated 95 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio.
It is available as an integrated option for Dell Inspiron, Studio and XPS notebooks.
Later versions of the driver support EAX 5.0.
Sound Blaster X-Fi MB
- The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB includes Entertainment Console, Creative Karaoke Player, Creative MediaSource 5 Player/Organizer, Creative WaveStudio 7, Creative Audio Console, Creative ALchemy.
It features:
- EAX 5.0 and OpenAL support
- Crystallizer
- CMSS-3D
- SVM
- Graphic Equalizer
- Creative ALchemy (Windows Vista and Windows 7 only, is used for providing EAX in Vista)
- Console Launcher (Entertainment Mode)
- Audio Console
- Karaoke Player
- Creative WaveStudio
- Creative MediaSource
Unlike its predecessor, Audigy Advanced MB, X-Fi MB does not include a software-based SoundFont synthesizer. Another difference is that it has the option to run in 30-day trial mode.
Audio player versions
EAX-like technology is also present in several digital audio players by Creative Technologies, such as the NOMAD and ZEN lines. In these devices, the following effects and features are implemented:
- Different reverb-like environments
- Speed-shifting (slower or faster)
- Environment adaptation (train, plane, public place etc.)
- Sound image (broad, narrow etc.)
- A simple graphical equalizer
Games with EAX Support
| Game[9][10][11] | EAX 1 | EAX 2 | EAX HD 3 | EAX HD 4 | EAX HD 5 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 to Life | ||||||
| Abomination | X | |||||
| Age of Empires III | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures | ||||||
| Alias | ||||||
| Aliens versus Predator | X | |||||
| Alone in the Dark | ||||||
| Alpha Centauri | X | |||||
| Alpha Prime | X | |||||
| America's Army | X | |||||
| American McGee's Alice | X | |||||
| Anachronox | X | |||||
| Aquanox | X | |||||
| Aquanox 2 | ||||||
| ArmA: Armed Assault | ||||||
| Arx Fatalis | ||||||
| Assassin's Creed | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Baldur's Gate | X | |||||
| Baldur's Gate 2 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Battle Isle | ||||||
| Battle for Middle-earth | X | |||||
| Battle for Middle Earth 2 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Battlezone | X | |||||
| Battlezone II | X | |||||
| Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king. | ||||||
| Battlefield 2 | X | X | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy |
| Battlefield 2142 | X | X | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy |
| Battlefield Vietnam | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Battlezone II | X | |||||
| Beyond Good & Evil | ||||||
| BioShock | X | EAX 5 (via OpenAL) * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Black & White | ||||||
| Blade of Darkness | X | |||||
| The Blair Witch Project Volume I-III | X | |||||
| Blood II: The Chosen & The Nightmare Levels | X | |||||
| BloodRayne | X | |||||
| Brian Lara International Cricket 2007 | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Brothers in Arms | ||||||
| Brothers in Arms | X | |||||
| Brothers in Arms | ||||||
| Call of Duty | X | X | X | Patch 1.3 * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| Call of Duty 2 | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| Call of Juarez | ||||||
| Carmageddon: The Death Race 2000 | X | |||||
| Carnivores | X | |||||
| Carnivores | X | |||||
| Carnivores 2 | X | |||||
| Catwoman | ||||||
| Cellfactor: Revolution | ||||||
| Chaser | ||||||
| Chrome | ||||||
| Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Civilization IV | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| Civilization IV | X | X | X | |||
| Civilization IV | X | X | X | |||
| Civilization IV | X | X | X | |||
| City of Heroes | ||||||
| City of Villains | ||||||
| Clive Barker's Undying | ||||||
| Cold War | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Colin McRae Rally 3 | ||||||
| Colin McRae Rally 04 | X | |||||
| Colin McRae Rally 2005 | X | |||||
| Colin McRae: Dirt | X | EAX 5 (via OpenAL) * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Combat | ||||||
| Command & Conquer: Generals | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Command & Conquer: Renegade | X | |||||
| Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars | ||||||
| Commandos Strike Force | ||||||
| Condemned | X | |||||
| Conflict: Global Storm | ||||||
| Conflict | ||||||
| Counter-Strike | X | |||||
| Crime Cities | X | |||||
| Croc 2 | X | |||||
| Crusaders of Might and Magic | X | |||||
| Cryostasis | ||||||
| Crysis | * Supported by ALchemy; not all the sounds are reverbed, dialog plays fine. | |||||
| Crysis Warhead | ||||||
| Daikatana | ||||||
| Dark and Light | ||||||
| Darkness Within | ||||||
| Dark Vengeance | X | |||||
| Day of Defeat | X | |||||
| Demolition Racer | X | |||||
| Descent 3 | X | |||||
| Descent 4 | X | |||||
| Descent Freespace | X | |||||
| Deus Ex | X | |||||
| Diablo II | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Die Hard Trilogy 2 | X | |||||
| Divine Divinity | ||||||
| Dogs of War: Battle on Primus IV | X | |||||
| Doom 3 | X | Patch 1.3 * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Doom 3 | EAX support removed. | |||||
| Dragon's Lair 3D | X | |||||
| Drakan | X | |||||
| Dreamfall | X | X | ||||
| Driver | X | |||||
| Driver 3 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Driver | X | |||||
| Drome Racers | ||||||
| Dronez | X | |||||
| Dungeon Keeper II | X | |||||
| Dungeon Lords | ||||||
| Dungeon Siege | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Dungeon Siege 2 | ||||||
| Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard | ||||||
| East Front | ||||||
| E-racer | ||||||
| El Matador | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | X | Use Side's EAX Control mod. * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Elite Warriors | X | X | X | |||
| Enter the Matrix | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Eurofighter Typhoon | X | |||||
| Euro League Football | X | |||||
| EverQuest | X | |||||
| EverQuest 2 | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Evil Dead | X | |||||
| Evolva | X | |||||
| Expendable | X | |||||
| F.E.A.R. | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| F.E.A.R. Extraction Point | X | X | X | |||
| F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate | X | X | X | |||
| F1 Grand Prix 4 | X | |||||
| Fallout Tactics | X | |||||
| Fallout 3 | May require DirectSound3D restoration software or ALchemy to restore proper audio functionality on Vista and later. Set bEnableEnviroEffectsOnPC=1 in Fallout.ini | |||||
| Far Cry | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Far Cry 2 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| FIFA 99 | X | |||||
| Final Fantasy VIII | X | |||||
| Final Fantasy XI | ||||||
| Flying Heros | ||||||
| Ford Racing | X | |||||
| Freedom Force | X | X | ||||
| Freedom: The Battle for Liberty Island aka Freedom Fighters | ||||||
| Freelancer | ||||||
| Freespace 2 | X | |||||
| From Dusk Till Dawn | X | |||||
| Full Spectrum Warrior | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Full Spectrum Warrior | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Fur Fighters | X | |||||
| Future Beat 3D | ||||||
| Gears of War | * Supported by ALchemy // Stereo only // Hardware openal by edited ini file | |||||
| Ghost Master | ||||||
| Giants | X | |||||
| Global Operations | ||||||
| The Godfather | ||||||
| Gothic | X | X | ||||
| Gothic 2 | X | X | ||||
| Gothic 3 | ||||||
| GP 500 | X | |||||
| Grand Theft Auto II | X | Also supports A3D 2.0. | ||||
| Grand Theft Auto III | X | X | Also supports A3D 2.0. * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Grand Theft Auto | X | X | Also supports A3D 2.0. // via manual edit of the settings file * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Grand Theft Auto | X | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | |
| Spec Ops II | X | |||||
| Race Driver | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Guild Wars | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Gulf War | X | |||||
| GUN | ||||||
| Half-Life | X | Steam version does not support it anymore since the 2013 patch. | ||||
| Half-Life | X | Steam version does not support it anymore since the 2013 patch. | ||||
| Half-Life | X | Steam version does not support it anymore since the 2013 patch. | ||||
| Halo | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Hardware | X | |||||
| Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.² | X | |||||
| Heli Heroes | X | |||||
| Hellgate | ||||||
| Heretic II | X | |||||
| Heroes of Might and Magic V | ||||||
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | X | |||||
| High Heat Baseball 2000 | X | |||||
| High Heat Baseball 2002 | X | |||||
| Hitman 2 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Hitman | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Hitman | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Hitman | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Hostile Waters | X | |||||
| Icewind Dale | X | |||||
| Icewind Dale 2 | X | |||||
| IL-2 Sturmovik | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| Incoming Forces | X | |||||
| Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine | ||||||
| Infernal | ||||||
| Isabelle | X | |||||
| James Bond 007 | ||||||
| JHexen | X | |||||
| Juiced | ||||||
| Jurassic Park: Trespasser | ||||||
| Kane & Lynch: Dead Men | ||||||
| Killing Floor | X | |||||
| Killing Floor 2 | X | |||||
| Klingon Honor Guard | ||||||
| Lander | X | |||||
| Legends of Might and Magic | X | |||||
| Lego Racers 2 | ||||||
| Lineage II | OpenAL | |||||
| Line of Sight | X | X | X | |||
| The Lord of the Rings Online | ||||||
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | ||||||
| Lost Pain: TakeDown | ||||||
| Mace Griffin | ||||||
| Madden NFL 2000 | X | |||||
| Madden NFL 99 | X | |||||
| Mafia | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Mage Knight: Apocalypse | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Manhunt | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Martian Gothic | X | |||||
| Mass Effect | X | X | X | |||
| The Matrix Online | ||||||
| The Matrix | EAX option in INI. Use ALchemy | |||||
| Max Payne | ||||||
| Max Payne 2 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| MDK2 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| MechWarrior 4 | X | |||||
| Medal of Honor Allied Assault | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Medal of Honor | ||||||
| Medieval II | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Men of War | ||||||
| Messiah | X | |||||
| Midnight GT | X | |||||
| Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor | X | X | ||||
| Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer | X | |||||
| Might and Magic IX | X | |||||
| Monster Madness | ||||||
| Mortyr 2093 - 1944 | X | |||||
| Most Wanted | ||||||
| Moto Racer 2 | X | |||||
| Motocross Madness 2 | ||||||
| Motorhead | X | |||||
| Mutant Chronicles: Warzone Online | X | |||||
| Myst Online | ||||||
| Myst V | ||||||
| Myth II | X | |||||
| Myth III | X | |||||
| NASCAR Revolution | X | |||||
| Need for Speed: Carbon | ||||||
| Need For Speed: High Stakes | X | |||||
| Need for Speed III | X | |||||
| Need for Speed | ||||||
| Need for Speed: Most Wanted | ||||||
| Need for Speed | ||||||
| Nerf Arena Blast | X | |||||
| Neverwinter Nights | X | X | X | Supports A3D 1.0, A3D 2.0. * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| Neverwinter Nights 2 | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| New York Race | ||||||
| NHL 2000 | ||||||
| No One Lives Forever | ||||||
| No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Nocturne | X | |||||
| Off Road | X | |||||
| Operation Flashpoint | ||||||
| Operation Flashpoint | ||||||
| Operation Flashpoint 2 | ||||||
| Outcast | X | |||||
| Pacman 3D | ||||||
| Painkiller | X | |||||
| Panzer Elite | X | |||||
| Pariah | ||||||
| Paris Dakar Rally | X | |||||
| Peter Jackson's King Kong | ||||||
| Planescape | X | |||||
| PlanetSide | ||||||
| Play Online | ||||||
| Populous | X | |||||
| Powerslide | X | |||||
| Prey (2006 video game) | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Prince of Persia 2008 | ||||||
| Prince of Persia: 3D | X | |||||
| Prince of Persia | X | |||||
| Prince of Persia | X | X | X | EAX Unified. Compatible with EAX 1, 2, and 3. | ||
| Prince of Persia | X | |||||
| Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 | ||||||
| Project Eden | X | |||||
| Project I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike | Not wrapped by alchemy | |||||
| Psychonauts | ||||||
| Quake 4 | X | EAX 5 (via OpenAL) * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Rage Rally | X | |||||
| Rail Simulator | ||||||
| Railroad Tycoon 3 | X | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||
| Rally Championship 2000 | X | |||||
| Re-Volt | X | |||||
| Red Faction | X | |||||
| Red Faction 2 | ||||||
| Red Orchestra | ||||||
| Redline Racer | X | |||||
| The Regiment | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Rent A Hero (1999) | X | |||||
| Requiem | X | |||||
| Resident Evil 2 | X | |||||
| Revenant | X | |||||
| Revolution | ||||||
| Rent a Hero | ||||||
| Richard Burns Rally | ||||||
| Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007 | ||||||
| Rise of Nations | ||||||
| Road Wars | X | |||||
| Rollcage | X | |||||
| Rollcage Stage II | X | |||||
| Rome | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Rune: The Halls of Valhalla | X | |||||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. | X | EAX works through OpenAL. Do not use ALchemy. * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. | X | EAX works through OpenAL. Do not use ALchemy. | ||||
| S.T.A.L.K.E.R. | X | EAX works through OpenAL. Do not use ALchemy. | ||||
| Sacred | * Supported by ALchemy; replace SOUNDQUALITY : 1 with SOUNDQUALITY : 2 in Settings.cfg | |||||
| Sacrifice | X | |||||
| Sammy Sosa: Softball Slam | X | |||||
| Sanity | X | |||||
| Scarface | ||||||
| Screamer 4x4 | ||||||
| Secret Service: In Harm’s Way | X | |||||
| Sega Rally Championship | X | |||||
| Serious Sam | X | |||||
| Serious Sam 2 | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Serious Sam | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Serious Sam | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Shade | X | |||||
| Shadow Ops | ||||||
| Shadow Force: Razor Unit | X | |||||
| Shogo | X | |||||
| Sid Meier's Pirates! | ||||||
| Sid Meier's Railroads! | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Silent Hunter 3 | ||||||
| Silkroad Online | ||||||
| The Sims 2 Seasons | ||||||
| SimCity 3000 | X | |||||
| SimTheme Park | X | |||||
| SiN | X | |||||
| SiN | ||||||
| Slave Zero | X | |||||
| Sniper | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Soldier of Fortune | X | |||||
| Soldier of Fortune II | X | |||||
| Soldier of Fortune | ||||||
| Soldner: Secret Wars | ||||||
| Space Force | ||||||
| Spec Ops 2: Green Berets | X | |||||
| SpellForce 2 | ||||||
| Spirit of Speed | X | |||||
| Starcraft | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Star Trek: Bridge Commander | ||||||
| Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Fallen | X | |||||
| Star Trek: Elite Force II | X | |||||
| Star Trek: Next Generation Klingon Honor Guard | X | |||||
| Star Trek: Voyager – Elite Force | X | |||||
| Star Wars | X | |||||
| Star Wars Battlefront 2 | ||||||
| Star Wars Empire at War | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Star Wars Empire at War: Forces of Corruption | ||||||
| Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace | X | |||||
| Star Wars Galaxies | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Star Wars Jedi Knight II | X | Patch 1.03 * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Star Wars Jedi Knight | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2 | X | EAX Support removed in latest Steam version. * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Star Wars Republic Commando | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| STOLEN | ||||||
| Street Racing Syndicate | ||||||
| Stronghold | X | |||||
| Stubbs the Zombie | ||||||
| Stunt GP | ||||||
| The Suffering | ||||||
| The Suffering | ||||||
| Sum of All Fears | ||||||
| Summoner | X | |||||
| Superbike 2001 | X | |||||
| Supreme Commander | ||||||
| SWAT 4 | ||||||
| Swedish Touring Car Championship | X | |||||
| Swedish Touring Car Championship 2 | X | |||||
| System Shock 2 | X | For further info, refer [1] | ||||
| The Temple of Elemental Evil | ||||||
| Terminus | X | |||||
| Test Drive | ||||||
| Test Drive 6 | X | |||||
| Test Drive Rally | X | |||||
| Test Drive Unlimited | ||||||
| The Devil Inside | X | |||||
| The Wheel Of Time | X | |||||
| Theme Park World | ||||||
| Thief | X | X | * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Thief II: The Metal Age | X | A3D 2.0. See EAX support | ||||
| Thief | X | Also supports A3D 1.0. | ||||
| The Dark Mod, Thief - unofficial spin-off | ||||||
| Thievery UT | ||||||
| TimeShift | ||||||
| Titan Quest | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Titan Quest | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| TMNT | ||||||
| TNN Outdoors Pro Hunter | X | |||||
| TOCA Race Driver | X | |||||
| TOCA Race Driver 2 | ||||||
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | X | |||||
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | X | |||||
| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon | ||||||
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | ||||||
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Rogue Spear & Black Thorn | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 | ||||||
| Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Double Agent | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Tom Clancy's The Sum Of All Fears | X | |||||
| Tomb Raider | ||||||
| Tomb Raider | ||||||
| Tomb Raider | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| TrackMania Nations Forever | ||||||
| Trackmania Original | ||||||
| Trespasser: Jurassic Park | X | |||||
| Tribes 2 | X | |||||
| Triple Play 2000 | X | |||||
| TRON 2.0 | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Tzar | ||||||
| UFO Afterlight | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| UFO Aftermath | ||||||
| UFO Aftershock | ||||||
| Ultim@te Race Rally | X | |||||
| Ultim@te Race Pro | X | |||||
| Ultima: Ascension | X | |||||
| Undying | X | |||||
| Universe at War | ||||||
| Unreal | X | First game to implement EAX 1.0 features. Also supports A3D 1.x, A3D 2.0, DirectSound3D. | ||||
| Unreal Tournament | X | A3D 2.0 | ||||
| Unreal Tournament 2003 | X | EAX 3 (via OpenAL). Supports EAX Unified. * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | X | X | EAX 5 support was added with patch (through OpenAL). * Supported by ALchemy | |||
| Unreal Tournament 3 | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Unreal II | X | |||||
| Uprising 2 | X | |||||
| Urban Chaos | X | |||||
| Uru | ||||||
| Vampire | X | |||||
| Vanguard | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| VBS1 | ||||||
| VBS2 | ||||||
| Vietcong | X | X | ||||
| Vietcong 2 | X | |||||
| Vivisector: Beast Inside | ||||||
| Warcraft III | X | * Supported by ALchemy once, removed with 1.30 update | ||||
| Wargasm | ||||||
| Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm | X | |||||
| Warhammer | ||||||
| Warlords Battlecry | X | |||||
| Warmonger | ||||||
| Way Point Zeta | X | |||||
| The Wheel of Time | ||||||
| Wild Metal Country | X | |||||
| Wild Wild West | X | |||||
| The Witcher | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| Wizardry 8 | X | |||||
| World of Warcraft | * Supported by ALchemy | |||||
| WWII Tank Commander | ||||||
| X3 Reunion | ||||||
| Xpand Rally | ||||||
| Ys | X | * Supported by ALchemy | ||||
| Ys: Origin | X | * Supported by ALchemy |
See also
- Convolution reverb
- OpenAL
- DirectSound
- A3D
- Dolby Surround / Dolby Pro Logic / Dolby Digital
- AMD TrueAudio
- Head-related transfer function (HRTF)
References
- ↑ "OpenAL and Windows Vista". http://connect.creativelabs.com/openal/OpenAL%20Wiki/OpenAL%C2%AE%20and%20Windows%20Vista%E2%84%A2.aspx., Creative Labs
- ↑ Creative Technology Ltd. (August 31, 1998). "Environmental Audio eXtensions". https://github.com/kxproject/kX-Audio-driver-Documentation/raw/master/3rd%20Party%20Docs/EAX/EAX%201.0%20(1998).PDF.
- ↑ Creative Technology Ltd. (1999). "Environmental Audio Extensions: EAX 2.0". https://github.com/kxproject/kX-Audio-driver-Documentation/raw/master/3rd%20Party%20Docs/EAX/EAX%202.0%20(1999).pdf.
- ↑ Creative Technology Ltd. (November 18, 2003). "EAX 4.0 - Introduction". https://github.com/kxproject/kX-Audio-driver-Documentation/raw/master/3rd%20Party%20Docs/EAX/EAX%204.0%20Introduction%20(2003).pdf.
- ↑ Creative Technology Ltd. (November 21, 2003). "EAX 4.0 - Programmer's Guide". https://github.com/kxproject/kX-Audio-driver-Documentation/raw/master/3rd%20Party%20Docs/EAX/EAX%204.0%20Programmer%27s%20Guide%20(2003).pdf.
- ↑ Creative Technology Ltd. (November 18, 2003). "EAX 4.0 - Designer's Guide". https://github.com/kxproject/kX-Audio-driver-Documentation/raw/master/3rd%20Party%20Docs/EAX/EAX%204.0%20Sound%20Designer%27s%20Guide%20(2003).pdf.
- ↑ 'OpenAL, EAX and EFX' section explains 'EAX' vs 'EFX'
- ↑ Wine Staging - Release 1.7.40
- ↑ Creative ALchemy Project FAQ
- ↑ Creative support Games
- ↑ Nov 2007 Archive of the Official Creative Soundblaster EAX website
External links
- Creative ALchemy FAQ
- Creative ALchemy v1.45.19 Download from Creative Support Website
- Official website
- Developer site
- I3DL2 and Creative EAX
- Sound Blaster Audigy ADVANCED MB
- Sound Blaster X-Fi MB
- Games that use EAX
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