Tutorial 1: Playing Audio Files

This tutorial is a step-by-step guide to the most basic tasks in DirectX Audio: initializing a DirectMusic performance and playing an audio file. The tutorial is presented in the following steps:

• Step 1: Initialize
• Step 2: Load a File
• Step 3: Play the File
• Step 4: Close Down

The complete sample code for the tutorial is available in the following folder:

\Dxsdk\Samples\Multimedia\DirectMusic\Tutorials\Tut1

Note   If you installed the DirectX SDK in a different root directory, substitute the name of that directory for "Dxsdk" in the path.