Audio APIs - Simple Feature Overview

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Audio APIs - Simple Overview
Audio APIs - 🤷‍♂️view

	Sound	SoundInstance	DynamicSoundInstance	XACT Cue	Media Song
Play Multiple Instances	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
Pause/Resume/Stop	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Volume Adjustment	❌	✅	✅	✅	✅
Pan Adjustment	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Pitch Adjustment	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Current Playback Position	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Set Playback Position	❌	❌	❌	❌	🤷‍♂️
Get Total Duration	✅	❌	❌	❌	✅
3D Positioning	❌	✅	✅	✅	❌
Streaming	❌	❌	✅	✅	✅
Custom Parameter Curves	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Reverb Effect	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Equalizer Effect	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Max Instance Behavior	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Variation/Randomization	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
SoundBank Packaging	❌	❌	❌	✅	❌
Directly Use Platform API	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Internet Radio	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
DRM Playback	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Metadata (artist, art, etc.)	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Runtime Queueing/Shuffling	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Visualization	❌	❌	❌	❌	✅
Supports WAV (Uncompressed)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Supports WAV (Compressed)	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅
Supports MP3	❌	❌	❌	❌	🤷‍♂️
Supports OGG	❌	❌	❌	❌	🤷‍♂️
Supports WMA	❌	❌	❌	🤷‍♂️	🤷‍♂️

Mostly from memory. I'll revise whenever I touch the audio APIs.