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| author = Firelight Technologies
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| released = {{Start date and age|1995|03|06|df=yes/no}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somberg |first1=Guy |title=Game Audio Programming: Principles and Practices |date=3 October 2016 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=9781315351650 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6y2LDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT103 |accessdate=21 May 2020}}</ref>
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| platform = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[Linux]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[OpenHarmony]],<ref>{{cite web |title=4. Platform Details {{!}} Open Harmony |url=https://www.fmod.com/docs/2.02/api/platforms-openharmony.html |website=FMOD |access-date=10 June 2024}}</ref> [[Wii U]], [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Xbox One]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation Vita]], [[HTML5]]
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| genre = [[Game middleware]]<br />[[Game development tool]]<br />[[Digital audio workstation]]
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'''FMOD''' is a proprietary sound effects engine and authoring tool for [[video game]]s and [[application software|applications]] developed by Firelight Technologies. It is able to [[Audio player (software)|play]] and [[Audio mixing|mix]] sounds of diverse [[Audio file format|formats]] on many [[operating system]]s.

==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:
* '''FMOD Studio''' - An audio creation tool for games, designed like a [[digital audio workstation]]. Succeeds ''FMOD Designer''.
* '''FMOD Studio run-time API''' - A programmer API to interface with FMOD Studio.
* '''FMOD Studio low-level API''' - A programmer API that stands alone, with a simple interface for playing sound files, adding special effects and performing 3D sound.

Legacy products include:
* '''FMOD Ex''' - The sound playback and mixing engine.
* '''FMOD Designer 2010''' - An audio designer tool used for authoring complex sound events and music for playback.
* '''FMOD Event Player''' - An auditioning tool{{clarify|date=May 2014}} in conjunction with FMOD Designer 2010.

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:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmod.com/licensing/|title=FMOD Licenses|accessdate=2017-11-27|publisher=Firelight Technologies}}</ref>
* ''FMOD Non-Commercial License'', which allows software not intended for commercial distribution to use FMOD for free.
* ''FMOD Indie License'', a bottom level license for software intended for commercial distribution, with development budgets less than US$600k.
* ''FMOD Basic License'', a mid-level license for software intended for commercial distribution, with development budgets between US$600k and US$1.8m.
* ''FMOD Premium License'', a top level license for software intended for commercial distribution, with development budgets over US$1.8m.

==Support==

==={{Anchor|Platforms}}Platforms===
FMOD is written in portable [[C++]], and can thus run on many different PC, mobile and [[gaming console]] platforms including: [[Microsoft Windows]] ([[x86]] and [[x86-64]]), [[macOS]], [[iOS]], [[Linux]] (x86 and x86-64), [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[BlackBerry]], [[Wii]], [[Wii U]], [[Nintendo 3DS|3DS]], [[Nintendo Switch]], [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Xbox One]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[PlayStation 4]], [[PlayStation 5]], [[PlayStation Portable]], [[PlayStation Vita]], [[Google Native Client]] and [[OpenHarmony]]-based platforms.

FMOD contains support for [[AMD TrueAudio]], and [[Sound Blaster]] hardware acceleration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://connect.creativelabs.com/developer/Gaming/Forms/AllItems.aspx |title=Creative Labs: Connect |publisher=Connect.creativelabs.com |accessdate=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504065155/http://connect.creativelabs.com/developer/Gaming/Forms/AllItems.aspx |archivedate=2010-05-04 }}</ref>

=== File formats ===
FMOD can play back the following audio formats: [[Audio Interchange File Format|AIFF]], [[Advanced Streaming Format|ASF]], ASX, [[DownLoadable Sounds|DLS]], [[FLAC]], FSB (FMOD's sample bank format), [[IT (file format)|IT]], [[M3U]], [[Standard MIDI File|MIDI]], [[MOD (file format)|MOD]], [[MPEG-1 Audio Layer II|MP2]], [[MP3]], [[Ogg Vorbis]], [[PLS (file format)|PLS]], [[S3M (file format)|S3M]], VAG ([[PlayStation 2|PS2]]/[[PlayStation Portable|PSP]] format), [[WAV]], WAX (Windows Media Audio Redirector), [[Windows Media Audio|WMA]], [[XM (file format)|XM]], [[XMA (audio format)|XMA]] (only on the Xbox 360), as well as raw audio data.<ref>{{cite web |title=FMOD Core API Reference, FMOD_SOUND_TYPE |url=https://www.fmod.com/resources/documentation-api?version=2.0&page=core-api-sound.html#fmod_sound_type |website=FMOD Core API Reference |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref>

===Game engines===
FMOD has been integrated as a primary sound-effects system into the following video [[game engine]]s:
* [[Unity game engine|Unity]] from [[Unity Technologies]]
* [[Unreal Engine 3]] from [[Epic Games]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unrealtechnology.com/partner-program.php |title=Unreal Technology |publisher=Unreal Technology |accessdate=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529013331/http://www.unrealtechnology.com/partner-program.php |archivedate=2010-05-29 }}</ref>
* [[Unreal Engine 4]] from [[Epic Games]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unrealengine.com/ |title=Unreal Technology |publisher=Unreal Technology |date= |accessdate=2015-04-15}}</ref>
* [[CryEngine]] from [[Crytek]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crytek.com/technology/cryengine-2/specifications/ |title=Crytek GmbH: Specifications |publisher=Crytek.com |date=2010-04-13 |accessdate=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217135020/http://www.crytek.com/technology/cryengine-2/specifications |archivedate=2009-12-17 }}</ref>
* [[Torque Game Engine]] from [[GarageGames]]
* [[Bigworld|BigWorld Technology]] from [[Bigworld Technology]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigworldtech.com/company/partners.php |title=BigWorld Technology - BigWorld Partners |publisher=Bigworldtech.com |accessdate=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918044026/http://bigworldtech.com/company/partners.php |archivedate=2010-09-18 }}</ref>
* [[Scaleform]] from [[Scaleform|Scaleform Corporation]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scaleform.com/products/integration |title=Integration |publisher=scaleform |accessdate=2010-05-17 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420052611/http://www.scaleform.com/products/integration |archivedate=2010-04-20 }}</ref>
* [[Havok (software)|Havok Vision Engine]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.havok.com/products/vision-engine |title=Products - Vision Game Engine &#124; 3rd Party Integrations |publisher=havok.com |accessdate=2010-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504123657/http://www.havok.com/products/vision-engine |archive-date=2012-05-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Havok (software)|Havok Project Anarchy]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.projectanarchy.com/ |title=Project Anarchy |publisher=havok.com}}</ref>
* [[Source (game engine)|Source]] from [[Valve Corporation|Valve]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Implementing_FMOD | title=Implementing FMOD | publisher=[[Valve Corporation|Valve]]}}</ref>
* [[HeroEngine]] from Idea Fabrik Plc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hewiki.heroengine.com/wiki/HeroEngine_1_Release_40#1.47.0_Enhancements |title=HeroEngine 1.47.0 Enhancements |publisher=HeroEngine wiki |accessdate=2011-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411083558/http://hewiki.heroengine.com/wiki/HeroEngine_1_Release_40#1.47.0_Enhancements |archivedate=2011-04-11 }}</ref>
* [[Prism3D]] from [[SCS Software]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.scssoft.com/2020/02/fmod-first-tease.html|title=FMOD: First Tease|website=blog.scssoft.com|publisher=[[SCS Software]]|date=February 18, 2020|accessdate=May 5, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Red Engine]] 1 and 2 from [[CD Projekt]]
* [[Halo Engine]] from [[Bungie]]

== Games using FMOD ==
FMOD has been used in many high-profile commercial games since release; this is a partial list.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fmod.org/wiki/index.php5?title=Game_List |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120801051139/http://www.fmod.org/wiki/index.php5?title=Game_List |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-08-01 |title=Game List - FmodWiki |publisher=Fmod.org |date=2009-12-21 |accessdate=2010-05-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fmod.com/games |title=FMOD - Games |publisher= |date= |accessdate=2018-05-01 }}</ref>

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* ''[[Arcaea]]'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discuss.cocos2d-x.org/t/arcaea-rhythm-game/45314/13|title = Arcaea - Rhythm Game|date = 30 January 2019}}</ref>
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* ''[[BeamNG.drive]]''
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* ''[[Bugsnax]]''
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* ''[[Clive Barker's Jericho]]''
* ''[[Cookie Run: Kingdom]]''
* ''[[Cortex Command]]''
* ''[[Crossout]]''
* ''[[Crysis]]''
* ''[[Cult of the Lamb]]''
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* ''[[Darkfall]]''
* ''[[Dark Souls]]''
* ''Daymare 1998''
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* ''[[Far Cry]]''
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* ''[[Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster]]''
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* ''[[Shovel Knight]]''<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/breaking-the-nes-for-shovel-knight| title = Breaking the NES for Shovel Knight| date = 25 June 2014}} </ref>
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== See also ==
* [[OpenAL]]
* [[Irrlicht engine extensions#irrKlang|irrKlang]]
* [[AMD TrueAudio]]
* [[Audiokinetic Wwise]]

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fmod.org Project home page]
* {{YouTube|GeokLJGaco4|"Tuscany Demo" using AstoundSound on TrueAudio}} – special version of [[Oculus VR]]'s "Tuscany Demo" showcasing GenAudio's [[AstoundSound]] with calculations shunted to [[AMD TrueAudio]]

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