Ambisonic decoder configuration presets are provided here for common surround sound speaker layouts. The presets are prepared to work with OpenAL Soft's high quality decoder. By default all of the speaker distances within a preset are set to the same value, which results in no effect from distance compensation. If this doesn't match your physical speaker setup, it may be worth copying the preset and modifying the distance values to match (note that modifying the azimuth and elevation values in the presets will not have any effect; the specified angles do not change the decoder behavior). Details of the individual presets are as follows. square.ambdec Specifies a basic square speaker setup for Quadrophonic output, with identical width and depth. Front speakers are placed at +45 and -45 degrees, and back speakers are placed at +135 and -135 degrees. rectangle.ambdec Specifies a narrower speaker setup for Quadrophonic output, with a little less width but a little more depth over a basic square setup. Front speakers are placed at +30 and -30 degrees, providing a bit more compatibility for existing stereo content, with back speakers at +150 and -150 degrees. itu5.1.ambdec Specifies a standard ITU 5.0/5.1 setup for 5.1 Surround output. The front- center speaker is placed directly in front at 0 degrees, with the front-left and front-right at +30 and -30 degrees, and the surround speakers (side or back) at +110 and -110 degrees. hexagon.ambdec Specifies a flat-front hexagonal speaker setup for 7.1 Surround output. The front left and right speakers are placed at +30 and -30 degrees, the side speakers are placed at +90 and -90 degrees, and the back speakers are placed at +150 and -150 degrees. Although this is for 7.1 output, no front-center speaker is defined for the decoder, meaning that speaker will be silent for 3D sound (however it may still be used with AL_SOFT_direct_channels or ALC_EXT_DEDICATED output). A "proper" 7.1 decoder may be provided in the future, but due to the nature of the speaker configuration will have trade-offs. 3D7.1.ambdec Specifies a 3D7.1 speaker setup for 7.1 Surround output. Although it's for 7.1 output, the speakers for such a configuration need to be placed in different positions for proper results. Please see docs/3D7.1.txt for more information.