docs: explain ambient and non-ambient sounds in /newent sound

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              the volume is maximal within the specified size, and only starts tapering once outside this distance. Radius is always defined as distance from the entity's location,
              so a size greater than or equal to the radius will just make a sound that is always max volume within the radius, and off outside.
            </remark>
+            <remark>
+              A sound entity can be either ambient or non-ambient. Ambient sounds have no specific direction, they are 'just there'. Non-ambient sounds however appear to come from a specific direction (stereo panning).
+              If S is set to 0, the sound is a single point and will therefore be non-ambient. However if S is greater than 0, the sound will be ambient as it covers a specified area instead of being a single point.              
+            </remark>
          </remarks>
          <references>
            <identifierReference identifier="mapsound"/>