FMOD


FMOD is a proprietary sound effects engine and authoring tool for video games and applications developed by Firelight Technologies, that play and mix sounds of diverse formats on many operating systems.

Features

The FMOD sound system is supplied as a programmer's API and authoring tool, similar to a digital audio workstation.
FMOD consists of the following technologies:
Legacy products:
The FMOD sound system has an advanced plugin architecture that can be used to extend the support of audio formats or to develop new output types, e.g. for streaming.

Licensing

FMOD is available under multiple license schemes:

Platforms

FMOD is written in portable C++, and can thus run on many different PC, mobile and gaming console platforms including:
Microsoft Windows, macOS,
iOS,
Linux,
Android,
BlackBerry,
Wii, Wii U, 3DS, Nintendo Switch,
Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One,
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita,
and
Google Native Client.
FMOD contains support for AMD TrueAudio, and Sound Blaster hardware acceleration.

File formats

FMOD can play back the following audio formats: AIFF, ASF, ASX, DLS, FLAC, FSB, IT, M3U, MIDI, MOD, MP2, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, PLS, S3M, VAG, WAV, WAX, WMA, XM, XMA, as well as raw audio data.

Game engines

FMOD has been integrated as a primary sound-effects system into the following video game engines:
FMOD has been used in many high-profile commercial games since release; this is a partial list.