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QDesign Music Codec PRO Edition, QuickTime 3's Pro-Audio Encoder Ships
May 1998
NAB, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 8, 1998) - QDesign
Corporation, a leader in audio compression technologies, today announced
that the Professional Edition of the QDesign Music Codec for QuickTime
3 will ship May, 1998 for both Mac OS and Windows 95/NT platforms with
an suggested retail price of $399.00. Designed for new media producers,
the QDesign Music Codec enables users to reduce audio files to as little
as one percent of their original file size while maintaining full-bandwidth
stereo sound. With the QDesign Music Codec, Web-based audio enters a new
era where delivery of broadcast quality content over the Internet becomes
truly possible.
"Because QuickTime 3 is now available for Mac OS, Windows NT, and Windows
95, everyone can enjoy the great quality of streaming audio compressed
in the QDesign Music format," said Mitchell Weinstock, senior QuickTime
product manager, Apple Computer. "With the availability of a professional
version of the QDesign Music compressor, Internet music publishers will
be able to deliver the best possible quality audio from their web sites."
"Our objective is to deliver the best compression technologies to multimedia
professionals," says John Geyer, Vice-President of Marketing at Terran
Interactive, the makers of MediaCleaner Pro. "The QDesign Music Codec
offers outstanding quality at unbelievably low data rates, allowing producers
to maintain great quality sound and allocate more data to other media
types, such as graphics and video."
"We want everyone to be able to deliver high quality audio at the lowest
possible bit-rates," states Richard J. Beaton, president of QDesign. "With
the Professional Edition of the QDesign Music Codec available through
Apple QuickTime and Terran Interactive, new media producers worldwide
will have greater accessibility to our leading-edge technology."
QuickTime 3's Pro-Audio Encoder Ships May 1998
Features and Benefits The Professional Edition of the QDesign Music
Codec offers a complete suite of encoding features that provides producers
with maximum control over compression level and quality. QDesign Music
Codec Professional Edition includes:
*Advanced perceptual coding parameters that allow users to further optimize
audio fidelity.
* Audio optimizations based on selected source type.
*Intelligent input detection and attenuation.
*User-definable presets.
*Access to an extended range of bitrates.
* Twice as fast compression performance over the Basic Edition.
* Enhanced batch control through MediaCleaner Pro.
Availability
QDesign Music Codec Professional Edition will be available May 1998 through
Apple Computers (www.apple.com/quicktime), Terran Interactive (www.codeccentral.com),
and QDesign. The Professional Edition of the QDesign Music Codec will
carry an SRP of $399.00 USD. The Basic Edition of the QDesign Music Codec
is a standard component of QuickTime 3 and is available from Apple QuickTime
at www.apple.com/quicktime.
About QDesign
Founded in August 1995, QDesign develops state-of-the-art audio compression
solutions for the broadcast and new media industries. QDesign's innovative
technologies include its MPEG-2 stereo compression technology, the world's
first real-time, studio-quality MPEG-2 encoder/decoder software and the
QDesign Music Codec, the new QuickTime 3 audio compression solution for
Internet and new media applications. QDesign's technologies are included
in hardware processors, multimedia applications and titles, digital audio
software and broadcast distribution and automation systems. Based in Vancouver,
Canada, QDesign's customers include international broadcasters such as
the BBC, Sony Worldwide Networks as well as new media companies such as
Broderbund and Iomega.
Contact:
QDesign Corporation
media@qdesign.com
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