QDesign
Music Codec 2 Professional Edition Now Available for Mac OS X
Vancouver - July 8th, 2003 - QDesign Corporation, leading provider of digital audio compression
technologies, announced today the release of the QDesign Music Codec
Professional Edition for Mac OS X. The QDesign
Music Codec continues a tradition as the high-quality audio compression
standard for Apple QuickTime, the award-winning,
industry-standard software architecture for creating and publishing digital
media for Mac and Windows platforms.
The Professional Edition of the QDesign Music Codec puts control over
quality and performance in the hands of multimedia content authors,
allowing the skilled professional to optimize quality and performance for
low bitrate streaming, downloadable music, or video applications. Advanced packetizer technology
is integrated into the QDesign Music Codec to minimize the effects
of network dropouts for real-time streaming over the Internet. QDesign's
proprietary AutoPilot technology is an intelligent
engine that dynamically controls the basic audio processing and advanced
perceptual coding parameters to provide an intuitive and easy-to-use
interface to the encoder.
"We are very excited about this new release of the QDesign Music Codec,
and we love working with OS X." says Richard Beaton,
president and CEO of QDesign. "Our users have been patiently waiting for the Professional Edition to be available in OS X. We have worked hard to ensure that this
new version of the QDesign Music Codec continues to deliver the highest quality results
in QuickTime for Internet audio and streaming."
Fully supported in QuickTime and OS X (release 10.2.5 or greater
recommended), audio and multimedia professionals
can take advantage of QDesign's award-winning audio quality for content
produced for CD-ROM and the Web. Individuals can easily combine and
synchronize audio with other
QuickTime media types, including midi, lyrics, video, animation and interactive
images, to create truly compelling downloadable and streaming multimedia
content. The Professional Edition of the QDesign Music Codec is
available for purchase online at www.qdesign.com,
and through select resellers and distributors worldwide.
Until September 1, 2003, existing registered users of the Professional Edition for Mac OS can purchase the the QDesign Music Codec Professional Edition for OS X for just $179.00 USD. Registered users who purchased the QDesign Music Codec after April 1, 2003 may contact QDesign to qualify for a free upgrade.
About QDesign
Founded in 1995, QDesign Corporation is a world leader in digital audio compression technologies,
delivering state-of-the-art solutions to the broadcast, new media and Internet delivery industries. From the release of the world's first real-time MPEG-2 audio compression
software in 1996 and the subsequent introduction of MP3 software encoders, through the selection of the QDesign
Music Codec as the audio compression solution for Apple QuickTime and the development of the high-quality, scalable QDX audio format, QDesign has established a reputation for providing the most advanced audio compression solutions. QDesign audio technologies appear in hardware processors, digital audio production, radio automation and
distribution systems as well as consumer multimedia software and devices. For
more information on QDesign and its products, please visit: www.qdesign.com.
Contact:
QDesign Corporation
Media Relations
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