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Source: Professional XNA Game Programming for Xbox 360 and Windows By Benjamin Nitschke Section: Part III: Improving Your Game Engine Chapter 9: Adding Sound with XACT Integrating Audio into XNA A tutorial by Ashraf Dawod Integrating audio in the XNA frame work is done in five (5) stages according to the book, one thing they mention is the sound files have to be in .WAV format. So in actuality it should be six (6) stages, because your first step will be converting your audio files into WAV format. Here is a quick outline of this tutorial: What is Xact Xactly? Step 1: Converting your files to .WAV. Step 2: Creating your wave bank. Step 3: Compressing music data. Step 4: Creating a sound bank. Step 5: Cue Variables. Step 6: Creating a sound class. What is XACT Xactly? XACT is the name for Microsoft’s Cross-Platform Audio Creation Tool, which allows you to create audio projects for the Windows and Xbox 360 platforms. The reason you can’t sue anything but XACT is the fact that

This is the newsiest brainstorm from the magnificent mind of Jeff Bezos , the same mind that founded Amazon.com . In simple terms Cloud Computing is Net Storage. If you’re a small company who can’t afford the space for / or money to have a server to store all your essentials, or just need a computing infrastructure that is higher than what you have, then Hardware as a Service (Haas) or Cloud Computing is the way to go. Sean Knapp, chief engineer of Ooyala the new interactive “hypervideo” technology, uses Cloud Computing. One of the products is Justin.tv, which “serves up a half-million live videostreams daily thanks to Amazon hardware.” This is what Cloud Computing could do, amongst other things. Read the full web article [ here ] to know more. Have a good Wednesday everyone. -Ash

The infamous Games For Health Conference will be held at at the Baltimore Convention Center , from May 8-9. I also hear that on May 7th there will be a two (2) day long event dedicated to Virtual Worlds, Health & Game Accessibility. Make sure to check their website for more information. Have a good day -Ash