Introduction to Sources

Sources are how generators are made audible. Synthizer offers 3 main kinds of source:

• The DirectSource plays audio directly, and can be used for things like background music. This is the only source type which won't convert audio to mono before using it.
• The ScalarPannedSource and AngularPannedSource allow for manual control over pan, either by azimuth/elevation or via a scalar from -1 to 1 where -1 is all left and 1 is all right.
• The Source3D allows for positioning audio in 3D space.

Every source offers the following functions:

SYZ_CAPI syz_ErrorCode syz_sourceAddGenerator(syz_Handle source, syz_Handle generator);
SYZ_CAPI syz_ErrorCode syz_sourceRemoveGenerator(syz_Handle source, syz_Handle generator);

Every source will mix audio from as many generators as are connected to it and then feed the audio through to the output of the source and to effects. See the section on channel mixing for how audio is converted to various different output formats, and effects and filters for information on how to do more with this API than simply playing audio.