| S_OK Succeeded | |
| DS_NO_VIRTUALIZATION Succeeded but with different 3D algorithn | |
| DS_INCOMPLETE Succeeded but not with all effects | |
| DSERR_ALLOCATED Already allocated | |
| DSERR_CONTROLUNAVAIL Control unavailable | |
| E_INVALIDARG Invalid argument | |
| DSERR_INVALIDCALL Invalid call | |
| E_FAIL Undetermined error | |
| DSERR_PRIOLEVELNEEDED Insufficiant priority level | |
| E_OUTOFMEMORY Out of memory | |
| DSERR_BADFORMAT Bad WAVE format | |
| E_NOTIMPL Not implemented | |
| DSERR_NODRIVER No driver | |
| DSERR_ALREADYINITIALIZED Already initialized | |
| CLASS_E_NOAGGREGATION No aggregation | |
| DSERR_BUFFERLOST Buffer lost | |
| DSERR_OTHERAPPHASPRIO Other app has higher priority | |
| DSERR_UNINITIALIZED Not initialized | |
| E_NOINTERFACE No interface | |
| E_ACCESSDENIED Access denied | |
| DSERR_BUFFERTOOSMALL Buffer too small | |
| DSERR_DS8_REQUIRED Direct Sound 8 required | |
| DSERR_SENDLOOP Circular loop | |
| DSERR_BADSENDBUFFERGUID Bad send buffer GUID | |
| DSERR_OBJECTNOTFOUND Object not found | |
| DSERR_FXUNAVAILABLE Effect not available |