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Audio Overview: The XNA Framework provides audio playback through the Microsoft Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool (XACT), and a simple SoundEffect class for audio playback that doesn't require XACT.
Attenuation and Doppler Pitch Shifting Overview: Provides an overview of attenuation and Doppler pitch shifting.
How To: Play a Sound: Demonstrates how to play a sound.
How To: Play a Song: Demonstrates how to play a song from a user's media library.
How To: Loop a Sound: Demonstrates how to loop a sound.
How To: Change the Pitch or Volume of a Sound: Demonstrates how to change pitch and volume of a playing sound.
How To: Apply Basic 3D Positional Effects to a SoundEffect: Demonstrates how to apply 3D positioning effects to SoundEffects.
How To: Add a Sound File to Your Game Using XACT: Demonstrates how to add wave (.WAV) files to an XACT project that can be built and interpreted by an XNA Game Studio game to play audio.
How To: Play a Sound Using XACT: Demonstrates how to initialize the audio engine, load sound and wave banks, and play a sound by using a Cue object.
How To: Specify Background Music Using XACT: Demonstrates how to specify sound (.WAV) files as background music.
How To: Stop or Pause a Sound Using XACT: Demonstrates how to initialize the audio engine; load a sound bank and wave bank; and play, pause, resume, or stop a sound (called a cue).
How To: Change Sound Volume Levels Using XACT: Demonstrates how to initialize the audio engine and how to use categories to change the playback volume of a group of sounds.
How To: Stream a Sound Using XACT: Demonstrates how to create and use a streaming wave bank.
How To: Apply Basic 3D Positional Effects to a Cue: Demonstrates how to apply 3D positioning effects to cues.
How To: Apply Attenuation and Doppler 3D Audio Effects: Demonstrates how to apply attenuation and Doppler 3D positioning effects in code.

Concepts

Audio Content Catalog at XNA Creators Club Online