Beevee 0 Newbie Poster

Hi, Just a quick simple question, I have done some googleing and have been unable to find a conclusive answer, But is it possible to use the XAudio2 API (DirectX) to capture sound as well as play sound? I am planning a project where I need to play and capture sound and am just trying to decided on an API, I was going to use DirectSound originally, but I read that XAudio2 is set to be the predecessor for DirectSound, But I can't seem to find much information on it.

Thanks for all your time. :)