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Audio Explosion Launches Secure Digital Music Solution for a New Generation of Music Devices.


LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1998--

Webnoize 98

Technology Provides Consumers with a Legal and

Simple Way to Download Music from the Internet

Audio Explosion, an Internet music company creating consumer solutions for distributing music over digital networks, was launched today. Interactive music industry veteran Duncan Kennedy Duncan Kennedy (b. 1942 in Washington D.C.) is the Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School. Kennedy received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1964 and then worked for two years in the CIA operation that controlled the National Student Association. , Vice President of Business Development at Audio Explosion, demonstrated the company's secure solution for the MP3 audio format, an emerging standard for the distribution of music over the Internet.

By incorporating MP3 audio, Audio Explosion supports secure distribution of music to an expanding new class of electronic playback devices. Audio Explosion announced strategic relationships with three pioneering consumer electronics manufacturers who are creating MP3 compatible portable digital players See digital music player and Portable Media Center. . The new devices, the MPman manufactured by Saehan Information Systems, the Rio manufactured by Diamond Multimedia, and the MPlayer manufactured by Pontis GmBH, define a new type of consumer electronics product akin to an Internet walkman. These devices offer true digital music portability, with CD-quality sound, virtually no moving parts Moving parts are the components of a device that undergo continuous or frequent motion, most commonly rotation. "Parts" only include the mechanical components which does not include fuel, or any other gas or liquid.  and no skipping or flutter.

"Audio Explosion makes digital music secure and easy to buy," said Arnold Brown Arnold Brown can refer to:
  • Arnold Brown (comedian)
  • Arnold Brown (General of The Salvation Army) (1913–2002)
, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Audio Explosion. "We're excited to be first out of the gate in terms of full compatibility with these new devices."

Audio Explosion is addressing the piracy, copyright and sound quality concerns of the record industry while at the same time developing compelling end-user solutions. Audio Explosion's "digital songs" can be played back on the computer through its media player or away from the computer on portable digital players. Audio Explosion's solution employs a proprietary file format that is designed for compatibility with any compression scheme, including the ubiquitous MP3 standard. Audio Explosion also incorporates a proprietary payment solution that streamlines the user's purchasing process Purchasing Purchasing is the formal process of buying goods and services.

The Purchasing Process can vary from one organization to another but there are some key elements that are common throughout

The process usually starts with a 'Demand' or requirements
.

Audio Explosion will make digital songs available to music fans through its web site, mjuice.com, which will be launched later this month. Music will be available from a variety of artists and genres, including hip-hop, alternative rock and acid jazz
This article is about the music genre called acid jazz. For an article about the record label, see Acid Jazz Records.


Acid jazz (also known as club jazz
.

About Audio Explosion

Audio Explosion is a start-up company start-up company

A new business.
 based in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  dedicated to leveraging the power of the Internet to create new markets for music and new experiences for music fans. Audio Explosion creates technology to solve the problems associated with music on demand systems. Audio Explosion's products are compatible with complementary technologies and extendible for integration with partner company solutions. The Company was formed by a team of technologists, interactive music veterans, and entrepreneurs and has been funded by private investors.

How to contact Audio Explosion http://www.audioexplosion.com or e-mail <info@audioexplosion.com>
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