What is DirectSound?

Developers can DirectSound for creating high performance audio applications that play and capture waveform audio.

DirectSound can be used to
  • Play sounds from files or resources in WAV format.
  • It provides low-latency mixing, hardware acceleration, and direct access to the sound card/ media device.
  • Play multiple sounds simultaneously
  • Assign high-priority sounds to hardware-controlled buffers.
  • Locate sounds in a customizable 3-D environment.
  • Add effects such as echo and chorus, and change effect parameters dynamically.
  • Capture WAV sounds from a microphone or other input.
DirectSound works on Windows 98, Windows 2000 and above. Some functionality, chiefly capture effects, is available only for Windows XP and above.

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