Current World Audio News

AAC CODING AGREEMENT
Dolby Laboratories announced that Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) and Universal Music Group are using the Advanced Audio Coding compression standard for digital music delivery.

AAC is the latest audio codec standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (IOS) as part of an MPEG specification. Compared to an MP3, AAC is said to provide higher-quality audio but requires less storage space and bandwidth.

AAC is also used with Digital Rights Management technologies to control the unrestricted copying and distribution of music.

TIMELINE DROPS SYNC PRODUCTS
TimeLine Vista, makers of MicroLynx and Lynx, announced that it is discontinuing the current line of synchronization products and related technical support. The affected products include the MicroLynx, MicroLynx option cards, Lynx-2, Keyboard Control Unit, System Supervisor, Console Control Unit and Remote Motion Controller.

Michael Newman, director of marketing, says that the feature sets no longer meet the needs of current digital production environments. The company’s Web site, www.timelinevista.com, will include a bulletin board service so customers can exchange information about the discontinued products. The company is now working on a new synchronizer, TL-Sync, which will be distributed by Tascam.

For more information, visit www.timelinevista.com.

SONIC FOUNDRY ACQUIRES INTERNATIONAL IMAGE
Sonic Foundry Inc. announced that its acquisition of Toronto-based International Image is complete, and the offices and functions of Sonic Foundry’s two Santa Monica locations have been combined.

According to chairman and CEO of Sonic Foundry, Rimas Buinevicius, the acquisition will create a media and Internet infrastructure so that “our customers will now have a single source that provides total solutions in what has been an extremely fragmented marketplace.”

For more information, visit www.sonicfoundry.com or www.internationalimage.com.

LUCID, WAVEFRAME AGREEMENT
Lucid and WaveFrame have entered into a partnership to distribute the Lucid line of I/O converters with WaveFrame/7 and FrameWorks/DX digital audio workstations. WaveFrame dealers will offer Lucid’s ADA 8824 I/O for use with WaveFrame’s 16-channel optical I/O. Lucid converters will be available for WaveFrame/7 when it is released this month.

For more information, visit www.lucidaudio.com or www.waveframe.com.

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