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# Audio

> Audio

This section discusses the audio input and output features of the Microsoft Game Development Kit (GDK).

## In this section

[Audio overview](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/audio)
Describes the capabilities of XBOX one audio.

[XAPU](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/xapu-overview)
Provides an overview of the XAPU APIs.

[XDSP](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/xdsp-overview)
Provides an overview of the XDSP APIs / Convolution Reverb.

[Spatial sound overview](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/spatial-audio-overview)
Describes how spatial sound support allows your title to render more immersive audio mixes by enabling both surround and elevation (above or below the listener) audio cues.

[XAudio2](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/xaudio2-overview)
Describes XAudio2, the low-level API set that has replaced XAudio and DirectSound.

[SHAPE](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/shape-overview)
Provides an overview of the design and the main components (including mix buffers and the DMA, EQCOMP, FLTVOL, XMA, and PCM control blocks) of the Scalable Hardware Audio Processing Engine (SHAPE) hardware.

[XMA2](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/xma2-overview)
Provides an overview of XMA2 compression.

[xWMA](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/xwma-overview)
Provides an overview of xWMA compression.

[WASAPI](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/wasapi-overview)
Provides information about how client apps can use WASAPI to manage the flow of audio data to an audio endpoint device.

## See also

[Audio API reference](/reference/audio/gc-reference-audio-toc)

[Microsoft Game Development Kit](/services/playfab/sdks/platforms/gdk)


## Related topics

- [Overview of audio](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/audio.md)
- [XDSP audio](/reference/audio/xdspaudio/xdspaudio_members.md)
- [Audio API reference](/reference/audio/gc-reference-audio-toc.md)
- [AudioStateMonitor](/reference/audio/audiostatemonitor/audiostatemonitor_members.md)
- [The audio architecture in XBOX One](/build/console-features/audio/overviews/xbox-one-audio-architecture.md)