Integrated Sound Authoring Environment
CRI Sound Factory consists of the following components:

 1) Real-time GUI authoring tool
 2) Audio preview library for game consoles

Sound designers have complete control over creating and auditioning audio effects, without requiring the time of a programmer.

ICS and 3D Surround Supported
One of CRI Sound Factory's most exciting features is ICS, or Interactive Controlled Sound.  ICS enables the creation of high-quality linear effects, such as engine sounds and crowd noises.
CRI Sound Factory also supports Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II.

Multi Platform Supported
CRI Sound Factory supports all types of game consoles.  A single development environment will work for all platforms.

(1) Work Flow As Premises for Previewing On Console
  “CRI Sound Factory” supports previewing tools so that sound designers can work on acoustic field design while previewing on console.Sound designers can easily check if work is done just as they designed, without writing any program.

(2) ICS Functionality
ICS (Interactive Controlled Sound), a unique feature of “CRI Sound Factory”, can produce high-quality real-time effects in response to the game state.  For example, ICS can accurately model the engine note of various car engines.  Sound designers can tweak ICS parameters easily with a graphical user interface.

(3) MIDI File Playback
“CRI Sound Factory” supports standard MIDI files as input and plays back the files on game console.

(4) 3D Surround Support
CRI Sound Factory supports Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic II.  You can use these industry-standard spatialization systems to support real-time 3-D positioning of audio effects.

(5) Multi Platform Support
CRI Sound Factory is a true cross-platform development tool.  CRI Sound Factory supports NINTENDO GAMECUBE, PlayStation(R)2, Xbox, and arcade game systems.  

(6) Link With ADX
CRI Sound Factory supports CRI ADX.  CRI Sound Factory can encode and preview ADX data within the Sound Factory interface.