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XACT can be found here

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That's the API reference, not the Authoring Tool documentation linked to in the question. – Oskar Duveborn Aug 10 '12 at 8:09
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The links are not broken, or are not any longer anyway - they redirect to the Where is the DirectX SDK? page which tells us that the XACT Authoring Tool is no longer supported, that's why that part of the documentation is removed.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/ee663275.aspx

Where is the DirectX SDK?

The Xbox Audio Cross Platform Tool (XACT) is no longer supported for use on Windows.

As AbstractChaos answered, the XACT API reference is still there though but that in turn links to the removed documentation for the tool that is posted in the question. Hence, it's removed.

For detailed information about how to author audio using the XACT tool, including information about categories, variables, and other advanced features, see (redirected to discontinued support statement).

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and that link leads to DirectX SDK which has nothing to with XACT. Irrespective of whether it is supported or not it still works and is used! One does throw away the documentation of ones operating system for example because the manufacturer is no longer supporting it! – user63612 Aug 9 '12 at 0:58
I think it is till supported - see AbstractChaos's answer - imagine all the people who reached the same conclusion as you - which i dont blame you for – user63612 Aug 9 '12 at 0:59
No, my interpretation is that the authoring tool you asked for documentation for is not supported anymore. However, the XACT API that AbstractChaos links to is - that's two very different things and I see nothing about advanced tool usage in that link. However, discontinuing the tool support could be interpreted as yet another nail in XNAs coffin. – Oskar Duveborn Aug 10 '12 at 8:00
its no longer developes but works fine and will be used for a long time to come. I agree I still cannot find the advanced documentation. XNA is not going anywhere - it is speculation it is dying - i speculate its going from strength to strength – user63612 Aug 12 '12 at 4:02

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