add some audio research

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 % should audio research be scoped down to SDL2 (if that's what we're going with) or
 % standalone libraries only (for modularity?).
 
+The game engine is required to have an audio system with support for playing multiple
+audio streams (i.e.~tracks or samples) simultaniously. Since writing a custom live
+audio mixing engine is outside the scope of this project, this section compares
+various standalone audio engines that could be used in the engine.
+
+% TODO: requirements first!
+
+% REQ ~ is cross-platform
+% REQ ~ supports multiple audio formats (TODO: which)
+% REQ ~ supports simultanious playback / mixing
+% REQ ~ has an open-source license
+\begin{table}
+	\centering
+	\begin{tabular}{llc}
+		\toprule
+		\textbf{Library} & \textbf{License} & \textbf{API}\\
+		\midrule
+		miniaudio & MIT-0 & C\\
+		YSE & EPL & C++\\
+		SoLoud & Zlip/LibPng & C++\\
+		\bottomrule
+	\end{tabular}
+	\caption{Audio engine library comparison}
+	\label{tab:audio-engines}
+\end{table}
+% TODO: ref https://miniaud.io/
+% TODO: ref https://www.attr-x.net/yse/
+
+Not considered further:
+\begin{description}
+	\item[FMOD] is proprietary
+	\item[PortAudio] requires manual mixing
+\end{description}
+
 \section{Physics}
 
 \subsection{Introduction}