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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Additional Resources
- Guitar FX BOX (exe)
- Guitar FX BOX is acting just like a good collection of analog effect pedals. Just plug your guitar into the sound card input and your guitar will sing and scream. You can apply a wide range of high quality effects to guitar, voice, and other inputs realtime - I/O delay...
- Software downloads 2008-04-09
- Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' hole
- Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' holeWill this wake it if the machine is locked?Because if all it takes to stop this is have your machine drop to the login screen, then it's not much of an exploit.I do realize that many may not have their system go...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-12
- SpeakerTray (exe)
- SpeakerTray is a utility written to allow quick-switching between two speaker setups, such as 5.1 speaker and stereo headphone. It also addresses a bug that occurs with a number of DirectSound games; some games reset the Windows speaker settings to Desktop Stereo when initializing or closing down the sound system....
- Software downloads 2008-01-31
- Distortion D-iii (exe)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds a smooth distortion with soft clipping to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. Controls include edge, gain, post EQ and lowpass - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode is included as...
- Software downloads 2007-11-23
- Active DJ Studio (exe)
- Adds sounds playback, mixing capabilities and playlists management to DeeJays applications. Supports MP3, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, CD tracks and other formats. The use of DirectSound allows the allocated players to have a separate control over Volume, Tempo, Playback Rate, Pitch, and Equaliser values: visual feedback is provided through embedded VU-Meter,...
- Software downloads 2007-11-16
- Audio DJ Studio for .NET (exe)
- Audio DJ Studio for .NET is a .NET native component that adds sounds playback, mixing capabilities, and playlists management to DJs applications. Supports MP3, WAV, OGG Vorbis, CD tracks, Shoutcast streams, and other formats. The use of DirectSound allows the allocated players to have a separate control over Volume, Tempo,...
- Software downloads 2007-11-16
- KaPlaRe (zip)
- DirectX karaoke player and recorder, lyrics are in separate window and full screen, ACM wave recorder can record directly to mp3 format, before playing midi file user can add DirectMusic audio effects, separate window for DirectSound audio effects (on wave files and voice microphone, bar, quarters and millisec display, slider...
- Software downloads 2007-08-22
- DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (December 2004) Extras (exe)
- DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (December 2004) Extras contains all the components and files that have either been removed from or are not included in the DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (December 2004) release. Primary contents include DirectShow (Runtime Debug Files, Documentation, Samples, and Utilities) and DirectSound Runtime Debug Files. This version...
- Software downloads 2007-08-16
- Do you really need Windows Vista?
- Not a day goes by now where I dont see an article with a title such as "10 reasons you need Vista", "10 reasons you dont need Vista" or "50 things that are wrong with Vista". It seems to me that everyone has an opinion about Windows Vista but...
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- Podcast Station (exe)
- Record, edit, mix, and publish audio to the web easily with Podcast Station. One resizable screen features up to seventy assignable cart buttons and thirty assignable deck buttons; four volume control sliders; VU meters, edit function key block; and an active Edit window that displays scrolling wave forms in real...
- Software downloads 2006-11-23
- Welcome to Windows Vista (A first look at Windows Vista (finally!))
- Welcome to Windows Vista (A first look at Windows Vista (finally!))Feedback to storyLooks like the same old Microsoft crap to me.Wow on that mixerWow - you can set the volume for individual applications now?I've been dreaming of that for years!Looks great!Its like they finally became computer users themselves and made...
- Discussion threads 2006-11-08
- Compressor COM-iv (zip)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds a hard limiter with auto gain compensation to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. controls include threshold, ratio, attack, and release - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode is included as...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- EQ Exciter EQ-x (zip)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds a peaked or troughed frequency band with accurate tonality to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. Controls include center, bandwidth, and gain - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode is included...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- Flanger FL-ii (zip)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds a deep flange with sweeping jets to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. Controls include frequency, depth, delay, and feedback - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode is included as standard...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- Reverb R-i (zip)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds a clean reverb with frequency-specific reflections to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. Controls include in gain, HF ratio, time and dry/wet mixing - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode is...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- Reverb Rack R-ii (zip)
- This professional studio effects rack adds a wet depth to your live sound. Designed with WaveGenix technology under the hood, this rack offers an incredibly atmospheric range. Modelled on full scale studio gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. The twelve main controls span across everything from frequency sensitivity...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- Rich Chorus RC-i (zip)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds a rich chorus with superb depth to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. Controls include frequency, depth, delay, and feedback - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode is included as standard...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- Super Echo SE-i (zip)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds stereo walling with timed echoes to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. Controls include feedback, left delay, right delay, and dry/wet mixing - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode is included...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- Tremelo T-ii (zip)
- This professional studio effects pedal adds a shaking tremelo with wave shaped cutting to your live sound. Modelled on full scale stage gear, the look and feel is truly reproduced. Controls include cycle rate BPS and gapper type wave shaping - explained in the fully illustrated documentation. Dry bypass mode...
- Software downloads 2006-03-20
- Beat Monitor (exe)
- The Beat Monitor is a fully automatic beats-per-minute calculator. It records music from your standard directsound audio capture device and displays real-time, accurate bpm results. This is a usefull utility for both beginning and professional DJs.
- Software downloads 2006-03-09
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