Arcadia, Calif., May 10, 2000 -- Midiman, Inc., makers of the award winning M Audio Delta series of professional soundcards, and 4Front Technologies, the leaders in digital audio solutions for the UNIX and Linux operating systems, have announced support for the M Audio Delta 1010 and the M Audio DiO 2448 soundcards in 4Front's Open Sound System for Linux. Open Sound System has been recognized as the de-facto audio architecture for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems like Linux. 

With the support of Open Sound System, M Audio is able to bring the Delta 1010 (24-bit/96KHz/full duplex support) and the DiO 2448 (48Khz/16bit/full duplex support) to the UNIX and Linux world.  Users can now perform a variety of tasks, such as streaming digital audio (Real Audio, MP3 Audio, etc.) directly from studio equipment to the Internet using live encoding capabilities; professional audio editing using direct-to-disk, full duplex, multi-track editing applications such as SLAB, Broadcast 2000, SND, and MultiTrack; transferring audio to/from DAT tapes or any devices having optical S/PDIF connectors; achieving very high quality playback and recording. Linux offers a very stable and affordable platform for the streaming audio and radio broadcast market.

With 24-bit 96kHz bandwidth and expansive flexibility, the DELTA 1010 boasts 8 balanced or unbalanced analog I/Os, S/PDIF I/O, Word Clock I/O, and MIDI I/O to guarantee connectivity in any installation. To ensure that your audio is not compromised by your computer's internal noise, the Delta 1010's converters reside in a rock-solid, external, rack-mountable chassis.

The DiO 2448 PCI Digital I/O Card combines Coaxial and Optical digital I/O with stereo analog outputs at a remarkably low price. It's perfect for interfacing to S/PDIF-capable equipment such as DAT machines, MiniDisc recorders, dedicated audio converters, and more. In addition, the built-in D/A converter provides analog audio output for monitoring incoming digital audio.

About 4Front Technologies:
Founded in 1994, 4Front Technologies is a privately held company with development facilities in California, Finland and Sweden.  4Front's main focus is on developing audio solutions for the UNIX and embedded Systems marketplace. 4Front's Open Sound System has become the "de-facto" audio API that is now distributed with Linux and FreeBSD kernel sources under the GNU Public License (GPL). Open Sound System has been licensed by companies like SCO, Wind River Systems and endorsed by SUN Microsystems. The commercial version of Open Sound System is also bundled in Linux distributions from Corel, Caldera, MandrakeSoft SuSE and TurboLinux.  More information can be obtained at: http://www.opensound.com

About Midiman / M Audio:
Midiman, the world's leading manufacturer of MIDI interfaces, was founded in 1988. Upon launching its digital audio division, M Audio, the privately held company based in Arcadia, California has rapidly positioned itself as a key player in digital audio. Due to its stability, performance, and affordability, the M Audio line has been embraced by a wide range of markets, from entry-level recording and pro audio production, to audio/video and broadcast. Visit us online at http://www.m-audio.com

Source: Midiman/M Audio, Inc.
Web: www.m-audio.com