Learn just about everything you need to know about using DirectX 8 and DirectSound to create and modify sound files.
Sound and DirectXSound Tutorial
Published 06/16/2008
Learn just about everything you need to know about using DirectX 8 and DirectSound to create and modify sound files.
Read most of the information contained in a MP3 file'—including MP3s with VBR'—using Visual Basic .NET. (The demo project and source code were updated.)

Learn more about a few commonly used components and explore their utility and usages.

Become proficient with using type definitions in C#.

Learn about the various forms of encryption in Visual Basic and the differences among them.
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are where you have to be. It's not a matter of if as much as a matter of which.