This section pertains only to DirectX for Visual Basic. See DirectSound C/C++ Tutorials.

This tutorial demonstrates one of the most basic features of DirectSound, loading and playing a sound. This is done by loading a wave file into a buffer and playing back the buffered data.

This tutorial is divided into the following steps:

• Step 1: Create a DirectSound Object
• Step 2: Load a Wave File into a Buffer
• Step 3: Play the Sound