Indicating a spatial location of a virtual sound source by determining an output for each of one or more physical speakers as a function of an orientation of corresponding virtual speakers that track the position and orientation of a virtual listener relative to the virtual sound source in a virtual environment or game simulation. A vector distance between the virtual sound source and each virtual speaker is used to determine a volume level for each corresponding physical speaker. Each virtual speaker is specified at a fixed location on a unit sphere centered on the virtual listener, and the virtual sound source is normalized to a virtual position on the unit sphere. All computations are performed in Cartesian coordinates. Preferably, each virtual speaker vector distance is used in a nonlinear function to compute a volume attenuation factor for the corresponding physical speaker output.

 
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