Silverlight XNA sound effect

standart

var laserStream =

    Application.GetResourceStream(

        new Uri("laser_shot.wav", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));

 

var effect = SoundEffect.FromStream(laserStream.Stream);

effect.Play();

multiple instance

var engineStream =

    Application.GetResourceStream(

         new Uri("engine_rumble4.wav", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));

 

_engineEffect = SoundEffect.FromStream(engineStream.Stream);

 

SoundEffectInstance engineInstance = _engineEffect.CreateInstance();

engineInstance.IsLooped = true;

engineInstance.Pitch = -1.0f;   // low sound

engineInstance.Volume = 0.75f;

engineInstance.Play();

 

// offset a second instance by 1 second, helps mask my bad loop point

DispatcherTimer timer = new DispatcherTimer();

timer.Interval = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1);

timer.Tick += (s, ea) =>

    {

        timer.Stop();

        SoundEffectInstance engineInstance2 = _engineEffect.CreateInstance();

        engineInstance2.IsLooped = true;

        engineInstance2.Pitch = -.75f;   // slightly higher sound

        engineInstance2.Volume = 0.5f;

        engineInstance2.Play();

    };

 

timer.Start();