Beatnik Launches Next Generation Audio Content Tool.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- Mobile Sound Builder Enables Developers to Produce 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol Open Standard Mobile XMF XMF eXtensible Music Format (MIDI Manufacturer's Association) Ringtones, Game Sounds and Rich Music Clips Beatnik, Inc., the leading provider of structured audio software solutions for mobile devices, today confirmed its leadership in supporting open audio standards with the release of the latest version of Mobile Sound Builder - a PC based audio content development tool for authoring Mobile XMF and SP-MIDI SP-MIDI Scalable Polyphony MIDI Specification files. Mobile Sound Builder (MSB MSB - Most Significant Bit ) is the first tool available that enables developers to create, optimise and audition mobile audio content using the very latest wireless industry standard formats, in a graphical environment designed to integrate with existing development tools and workflows. MSB includes Beatnik's mobileBAE audio engine as part of the tool (the same technology that ships in millions of handsets from Nokia, Motorola, Sony Ericsson For an arrangement of Sony Ericsson products, see list of Sony Ericsson products Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. , Siemens, Samsung and others), and a facility to include handset audio characteristic profiles. This allows users to instantly hear how their compositions will sound on the target device without having to go through the laborious process of downloading files to phones. Mobile XMF is the wireless industry's open standard rich audio file format An audio file format is a container format for storing audio data on a computer system. The general approach towards storing digital audio is to sample the audio voltage (which on playback, would correspond to a certain position of the membrane in a speaker) of the of choice. In mid-2004 the 3GPP's Services and Systems Aspects (TSG SA) group approved Mobile XMF and Mobile DLS DLS abbr. Doctor of Library Science (a subset of the music industry standard format for Downloadable Sounds) for use in 3GPP Release 6 mobile terminals for downloadable media content and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. services. Mobile XMF enables next generation rich audio content services to be delivered to a wide range of handsets in a standard format for optimal playback without requiring the author to customise the files for specific phones. The Mobile XMF format provides the ability to incorporate custom instrument definitions, digitised samples and MIDI sequencing data in a single file, meaning that ringtones and music clip services can utilise vocals and sampled drum loops to provide a CD quality audio experience whilst minimising download sizes. Furthermore, Java-based mobile games using Mobile XMF can incorporate sampled sound effects - such as gun shots and tyre squeals - alongside dynamic musical backing tracks. "Mobile phone users are now experiencing the same high quality audio as they have previously enjoyed from portable music players and dedicated gaming platforms," said Jeremy Copp, chief sales officer of Beatnik. "With the launch of the latest version of Mobile Sound Builder, Beatnik is enabling audio content composers, application developers and service providers to create rich audio experiences in a format that they can be assured will be supported in all leading handsets. Beatnik has played a leading role in defining the Mobile XMF standard and in delivering handset technology that implements this functionality; Mobile Sound Builder now provides the wireless industry with the missing link that allows the full benefits of the format to be realised through audio services." The Mobile Sound Builder application is available for download and purchase from http://www.beatnik.com/products/sound.html. Beatnik has also produced a white paper that provides Mobile XMF authoring guidelines to assist developers in producing the highest quality, interoperable audio content. The Scalable Content Authoring Guidelines can be downloaded in PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format from http://www.beatnik.com/pdf_files/beatnik_authoring_guidelines.pdf . About Beatnik, Inc. Beatnik licenses scalable, standards-based structured audio software solutions for mobile devices which enable rich multimedia content delivery and an enhanced user experience for games and device interaction. Beatnik markets its core software technology and audio content development tools to mobile device manufacturers and a community of creative professionals. Incorporated in 1996, Beatnik was founded by musician and composer Thomas Dolby Robertson. 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