title: Cross platform sound API for games?
body: <p>Is there an API only for sound? </p>
  
  <p>APIs such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegro_%28software%29" rel="noreferrer">Allegro</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_DirectMedia_Layer" rel="noreferrer">SDL</a> provide too much for my needs. I simply need a library that can do something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>InitSound();
  Sound *door = LoadSound("door.wav");
  PlaySound(door,volume);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It would also be great if it could support compressed formats such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbis" rel="noreferrer">Vorbis</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3" rel="noreferrer">MP3</a>.</p>