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DirectSound

A set of Windows interfaces from Microsoft for programming sounds. Gaming developers write to the DirectSound APIs, and the manufacturers of sound cards write DirectSound drivers to be included with their hardware. DirectSound3D simulates sounds coming from different directions. DirectSound is part of Microsoft's DirectX family. See EAX, OpenAL and See DirectX.


Windows Interfaces
Windows has several sound interfaces that applications are written to. (Illustrations courtesy of Creative Labs.)


Windows Interfaces
Windows has several sound interfaces that applications are written to. (Illustrations courtesy of Creative Labs.)
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The use of DirectSound, ASIO and WASAPI allows playing tracks to have a separate control over Volume, Tempo, Playback Rate, Pitch and Equalizer values: visual feedback is provided through embedded VU-Meter, Spectrum Analyzer, Oscilloscope and Waveform display.
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Directsound soundtrack could do with more post-synching, and the score (described by producer Hanan Kattan as still a work in progress) needs more through-composition.
SonicFury, available from VideoLogic at GBP79.99, features six discrete output channels for Dolby Digital music and games, a MIDI engine with 8Mb sample set and support for all popular audio standards including DirectSound, DirectSound3D, EAX, Sensaura, A3D and DLS.
-- A decoder amplifier, with built-in 24-bit Digital-To-Analog Converter, has separate inputs for SPDIF (AC-3) Dolby Digital, Creative's four-channel Digital DIN input, and analog stereo front and rear channels for use with DVD movies, Environmental Audio and DirectSound 3D games;
Based on the Windows NT Operating System, and utilizing the latest in Microsoft DCOM and DirectSound technologies, Mercom's Audiolog software provides open, leading-edge recording solutions to a broad spectrum of user communities.
When combined with Cirrus Logic's exceptional Crystal PCI audio accelerators and driver support, the CS4294 can produce incredibly accurate 3D-positional sound and Dolby AC-3 under Microsoft's DirectSound, DirectSound3D and ActiveMovie.
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