Editing DirectSound (section)

===Windows 8===
[[WASAPI]] audio stack in [[Windows 8]] introduces support for "hardware offloading" of multiple audio streams to the audio card for mixing and effect processing, in addition to the software processing introduced in Vista,<ref name=offloadingW8>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/br259116 Audio Offloading: Exposing Hardware-Offloaded Audio Processing in Windows]</ref><ref name=WDK_w8>[http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh439707 Windows Driver Kit - Windows Developer Preview - New for Audio Drivers]</ref> however the functionality is only exposed for [[Windows Runtime]] apps.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn265105(v=vs.85).aspx |title = Implementation Overview - Windows drivers {{!}} Microsoft Docs}}</ref> DirectSound's and [[DirectMusic]]'s hardware interfaces to sound card drivers are not implemented.