OpenAL synchronization
I'm new to audio programming so excuse me if I'm not using the right terms...

I have two streaming buffers that I want to have playing pusillanimously completely synchronized. I want to control ratio of blending between the streams. I'm sure it's as simple as having two sources playing and just changing the their gain, but I read about people doing some tricks like having 2 channels buffer instead of two single channels. Then they play from a single source but control the blending between the channels. The article I read wasn't about OpenAL so my question is: **Is this even possible with OpenAL?**

I guess I don't have to do it this way but now I'm curious and want to learn how to set it up. Do I suppose to setup alFilter? Creative's documentation sais "Buffers containing more than one channel of data will be played without 3D spatialization." Reading this I guess I need a pre-pass on a buffer level and then having the source output blended mono channel signal.

I guess I'll ask another question. **Is OpenAL flexible enough to do tricks like this?**

*I decode my stream manually so I realize how easy it will be to do the blending myself before feeding the buffer but then I won't be able in real time to change the blending factor since I already have a second or so of the stream buffered.*
OpenAL synchronization
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I'm new to audio programming so excuse me if I'm not using the right terms...

I have two streaming buffers that I want to have playing pusillanimously completely synchronized. I want to control ratio of blending between the streams. I'm sure it's as simple as having two sources playing and just changing the their gain, but I read about people doing some tricks like having 2 channels buffer instead of two single channels. Then they play from a single source but control the blending between the channels. The article I read wasn't about OpenAL so my question is: **Is this even possible with OpenAL?**

I guess I don't have to do it this way but now I'm curious and want to learn how to set it up. Do I suppose to setup alFilter? Creative's documentation sais "Buffers containing more than one channel of data will be played without 3D spatialization." Reading this I guess I need a pre-pass on a buffer level and then having the source output blended mono channel signal.

I guess I'll ask another question. **Is OpenAL flexible enough to do tricks like this?**

*I decode my stream manually so I realize how easy it will be to do the blending myself before feeding the buffer but then I won't be able in real time to change the blending factor since I already have a second or so of the stream buffered.*