MIX_SetTrackStereo(3)

💅 MIX_SetTrackStereo(3) — the SDL_mixer3 glow-up era

okay bestie, sit down, because we're talking about MIX_SetTrackStereo, one of the SDL_mixer3 functions, and she is serving panning 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

MIX_SetTrackStereo</p> — force a track to stereo output, with optionally left/right panning. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <SDL3_mixer/SDL_mixer.h>

bool MIX_SetTrackStereo(MIX_Track *track, const MIX_StereoGains *gains);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function causes the output of the track to convert to stereo, and then mixes it only onto the Front Left and Front Right speakers, no matter what the speaker configuration is. like, the speaker config doesn't get a vote. periodt.

the left and right channels are modulated by gains, and that's literally how you get panning effects. and bestie, you can call this function any time to adjust the gains — it's giving ✨flexible✨

if gains is not NULL, this track gets switched into forced-stereo mode. if gains is NULL, this disables spatialization — and not just the forced-stereo mode of this function, but also the full 3D spatialization from MIX_SetTrack3DPosition(). two-for-one cancellation, lowkey iconic 💀

negative gains are clamped to zero. but there's no clamp for maximum, so you can set the value > 1.0f to make a channel louder. go off 🗣️

and the track's 3D position, the one reported by MIX_GetTrack3DPosition(), will be reset to (0, 0, 0). so yeah, she's starting over, main character reset moment 🙈

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🎀 FUNCTION PARAMETERS 🎀

• track — the track to adjust. the one getting the makeover.
• gains — the per-channel gains, or NULL to disable spatialization.

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

returns true on success or false on failure 💖 and if it fails, call SDL_GetError() for more information, because she will tell you what went wrong.

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🌈 THREAD SAFETY 🌈

it is safe to call this function from any thread. yes bestie, any thread. we love a queen with no attachment issues 🫶

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⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

this function is available since SDL_mixer 3.0.0. so she's been here. she's established.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• MIX_SetTrack3DPosition(3)

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ngl, if you're out here setting gains above 1.0f with no maximum clamp, that's your choice and I respect it, but the speakers are going through it 😭

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and that's the whole page, bestie — this came to you straight from SDL_mixer, version SDL_mixer 3.2.4, and we're closing the book on MIX_SetTrackStereo(3) 💜 no cap, you understood all of it fr fr ✨