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# QSpatialSound Class

A sound object in 3D space. More...

Header: | `#include <QSpatialSound>`
CMake: | `find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS SpatialAudio)` `target_link_libraries(mytarget PRIVATE Qt6::SpatialAudio)`
qmake: | `QT += spatialaudio`
Inherits: | QObject

- List of all members, including inherited members

## Public Types

enum class | DistanceModel { Logarithmic, Linear, ManualAttenuation }
enum | Loops { Infinite, Once }

## Properties

autoPlay : bool directivity : float directivityOrder : float distanceCutoff : float distanceModel : DistanceModel loops : int manualAttenuation : float | nearFieldGain : float occlusionIntensity : float position : QVector3D rotation : QQuaternion size : float source : QUrl volume : float

## Public Functions

| QSpatialSound(QAudioEngine *engine)
virtual | ~QSpatialSound() override
bool | autoPlay() const
float | directivity() const
float | directivityOrder() const
float | distanceCutoff() const
QSpatialSound::DistanceModel | distanceModel() const
QAudioEngine * | engine() const
int | loops() const
float | manualAttenuation() const
float | nearFieldGain() const
float | occlusionIntensity() const
QVector3D | position() const
QQuaternion | rotation() const
void | setAutoPlay(bool autoPlay)
void | setDirectivity(float alpha)
void | setDirectivityOrder(float alpha)
void | setDistanceCutoff(float cutoff)
void | setDistanceModel(QSpatialSound::DistanceModel model)
void | setLoops(int loops)
void | setManualAttenuation(float attenuation)
void | setNearFieldGain(float gain)
void | setOcclusionIntensity(float occlusion)
void | setPosition(QVector3D pos)
void | setRotation(const QQuaternion &q)
void | setSize(float size)
void | setSource(const QUrl &url)
void | setVolume(float volume)
float | size() const
QUrl | source() const
float | volume() const

## Public Slots

void | pause()
void | play()
void | stop()

## Signals

void | autoPlayChanged()
void | directivityChanged()
void | directivityOrderChanged()
void | distanceCutoffChanged()
void | distanceModelChanged()
void | loopsChanged()
void | manualAttenuationChanged()
void | nearFieldGainChanged()
void | occlusionIntensityChanged()
void | positionChanged()
void | rotationChanged()
void | sizeChanged()
void | sourceChanged()
void | volumeChanged()

## Detailed Description

QSpatialSound represents an audible object in 3D space. You can define its position and orientation in space, set the sound it is playing and define a volume for the object.

The object can have different attenuation behavior, emit sound mainly in one direction or spherically, and behave as if occluded by some other object.

## Member Type Documentation

### enum class QSpatialSound::DistanceModel

Defines how the volume of the sound scales with distance to the listener.

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QSpatialSound::DistanceModel::Logarithmic` | `0` | Volume decreases logarithmically with distance.
`QSpatialSound::DistanceModel::Linear` | `1` | Volume decreases linearly with distance.
`QSpatialSound::DistanceModel::ManualAttenuation` | `2` | Attenuation is defined manually using the manualAttenuation property.

### enum QSpatialSound::Loops

Lets you control the sound playback loop using the following values:

Constant | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
`QSpatialSound::Infinite` | `-1` | Playback infinitely
`QSpatialSound::Once` | `1` | Playback once

## Property Documentation

### autoPlay : bool

Determines whether the sound should automatically start playing when a source gets specified.

The default value is `true`.

Access functions:

bool | autoPlay() const
void | setAutoPlay(bool autoPlay)

Notifier signal:

void | autoPlayChanged()

### directivity : float

Defines the directivity of the sound source. A value of 0 implies that the sound is emitted equally in all directions, while a value of 1 implies that the source mainly emits sound in the forward direction.

Valid values are between 0 and 1, the default is 0.

Access functions:

float | directivity() const
void | setDirectivity(float alpha)

Notifier signal:

void | directivityChanged()

### directivityOrder : float

Defines the order of the directivity of the sound source. A higher order implies a sharper localization of the sound cone.

The minimum value and default for this property is 1.

Access functions:

float | directivityOrder() const
void | setDirectivityOrder(float alpha)

Notifier signal:

void | directivityOrderChanged()

### distanceCutoff : float

Defines a distance beyond which sound coming from the source will cutoff. If the listener is further away from the sound object than the cutoff distance it won't be audible anymore.

Access functions:

float | distanceCutoff() const
void | setDistanceCutoff(float cutoff)

Notifier signal:

void | distanceCutoffChanged()

### distanceModel : DistanceModel

Defines distance model for this sound source. The volume starts scaling down from size to distanceCutoff. The volume is constant for distances smaller than size and zero for distances larger than the cutoff distance.

Access functions:

QSpatialSound::DistanceModel | distanceModel() const
void | setDistanceModel(QSpatialSound::DistanceModel model)

Notifier signal:

void | distanceModelChanged()

See also QSpatialSound::DistanceModel.

### loops : int

Determines how many times the sound is played before the player stops. Set to QSpatialSound::Infinite to play the current sound in a loop forever.

The default value is `1`.

Access functions:

int | loops() const
void | setLoops(int loops)

Notifier signal:

void | loopsChanged()

### manualAttenuation : float

Defines a manual attenuation factor if distanceModel is set to QSpatialSound::DistanceModel::ManualAttenuation.

Access functions:

float | manualAttenuation() const
void | setManualAttenuation(float attenuation)

Notifier signal:

void | manualAttenuationChanged()

### nearFieldGain : float

Defines the near field gain for the sound source. Valid values are between 0 and 1. A near field gain of 1 will raise the volume of the sound signal by approx 20 dB for distances very close to the listener.

Access functions:

float | nearFieldGain() const
void | setNearFieldGain(float gain)

Notifier signal:

void | nearFieldGainChanged()

### occlusionIntensity : float

Defines how much the object is occluded. 0 implies the object is not occluded at all, 1 implies the sound source is fully occluded by another object.

A fully occluded object will still be audible, but especially higher frequencies will be dampened. In addition, the object will still participate in generating reverb and reflections in the room.

Values larger than 1 are possible to further dampen the direct sound coming from the source.

The default is 0.

Access functions:

float | occlusionIntensity() const
void | setOcclusionIntensity(float occlusion)

Notifier signal:

void | occlusionIntensityChanged()

### position : QVector3D

Defines the position of the sound source in 3D space. Units are in centimeters by default.

Access functions:

QVector3D | position() const
void | setPosition(QVector3D pos)

Notifier signal:

void | positionChanged()

See also QAudioEngine::distanceScale.

### rotation : QQuaternion

Defines the orientation of the sound source in 3D space.

Access functions:

QQuaternion | rotation() const
void | setRotation(const QQuaternion &q)

Notifier signal:

void | rotationChanged()

### size : float

Defines the size of the sound source. If the listener is closer to the sound object than the size, volume will stay constant. The size is also used to for occlusion calculations, where large sources can be partially occluded by a wall.

Access functions:

float | size() const
void | setSize(float size)

Notifier signal:

void | sizeChanged()

### source : QUrl

The source file for the sound to be played.

Access functions:

QUrl | source() const
void | setSource(const QUrl &url)

Notifier signal:

void | sourceChanged()

### volume : float

Defines the volume of the sound.

Values between 0 and 1 will attenuate the sound, while values above 1 provide an additional gain boost.

Access functions:

float | volume() const
void | setVolume(float volume)

Notifier signal:

void | volumeChanged()

## Member Function Documentation

### `[explicit]` QSpatialSound::QSpatialSound(QAudioEngine *engine)

Creates a spatial sound source for engine. The object can be placed in 3D space and will be louder the closer to the listener it is.

### `[override virtual noexcept]` QSpatialSound::~QSpatialSound()

Destroys the sound source.

### QAudioEngine *QSpatialSound::engine() const

Returns the engine associated with this listener.

### `[slot]` void QSpatialSound::pause()

Pauses sound playback. Calling play() will continue playback.

### `[slot]` void QSpatialSound::play()

Starts playing back the sound. Does nothing if the sound is already playing.

### `[slot]` void QSpatialSound::stop()

Stops sound playback and resets the current position and current loop count to 0. Calling play() will start playback at the beginning of the sound file.