First-Ever MP3 Audio Cards; AudioScience Creates Cards to be Sold By BSI.Business Editors/Technology Writers NAB2001 EUGENE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001 Broadcast Software International (BSI BSI - British Standards Institute ) and AudioScience today announced the creation of soundcards that play quadruple MP3 files without a software CODEC. The two cards, the ASI ASI, n See Anxiety Sensitivity Index. 4344 and the ASI4346, will be available on May 1, 2001, exclusively at BSI. This is the first time that a professional audio company has created devices specifically for the MP3 format. The two cards decompress To restore compressed data back to its original size. (compression, data) decompress - To reverse the effects of data compression. audio files on their own hardware. The processor is not using its time to decompress the files. With these cards, the skipping and slowness that plague broadcasters with MP3 files have been eliminated. The concept of decompressing de·com·press v. de·com·pressed, de·com·press·ing, de·com·press·es v.tr. 1. To relieve of pressure or compression. 2. audio on a hardware device has been used with other formats, however the CODECs that decompress the MP3 format have been primarily controlled by the Fraunhofer Institute. The result of putting the MP3 CODEC on the audio card is vastly improved PC performance. Now playing multiple MP3 files simultaneously will be no different than playing multiple linear audio files. "Our corporate mission is to respond to customer requests. AudioScience has a record of leadership in the digital audio market. When BSI and AudioScience formed the concept of combining our hardware with MP3 technology it made sense for both of us," says AudioScience President Richard Gross. "The radio industry has been heading towards an audio card like this one ever since the MP3 format became popular. Broadcasters wanted to use MP3 files, but could not get the consistent sound quality they needed," says Ron Burley bur·ley n. pl. bur·leys A light-colored tobacco grown chiefly in Kentucky and used especially in making cigarettes. [Probably from the name Burley.] , BSI President. "We were happy to have AudioScience as a partner in this because of their record of creating products users want, rather than trying to find customers for the audio cards they decided to make." Broadcast Software International signed an agreement with AudioScience to be the exclusive distributor of the new audio cards. The agreement also allows the cards to also be sold through select BSI distributors, such as Broadcast Supply Worldwide. BSI will also be the exclusive distributor for upgrades to two other AudioScience audio cards, the ASI4334 and the ASI4336, allowing them to become triple MP3 devices. AudioScience Inc. designs, manufactures and markets digital audio peripherals for computer-based digital audio applications. AudioScience is headquartered in New Castle, Delaware New Castle is a city in New Castle County, Delaware, six miles (10 km) south of Wilmington, situated on the Delaware River, at the head of Delaware Bay. In 1900, 3,380 people lived here; in 1910, 3,351. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,836. , with offices in California, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . For more information, visit the company's website at www.audioscience.com. BSI is headquartered in Eugene, Ore. and is a subsidiary of Cumulus Media (Nasdaq:CMLS CMLS Central Minnesota Legal Services CMLS Chemical Movement in Layered Soils CMLS Centralized Mail List Services (GSA) CMLS Contractor Maintenance & Logistics Support ). They offer digital audio software, including WaveStation digital automation, WaveCart on-screen cart machine, and Speedy professional CD-PC audio dubbing, as well as broadcast systems and accessories. BSI has more than 6000 clients worldwide and distributors in 26 countries. |
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