[IGDA Mobile-SIG List] Interactive Audio Experts Publish Mobile Audio Recommendations

[Brad Fuller]

Valuable for everyone in this group if you are concerned with quality audio.

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  Interactive Audio Experts Publish Mobile Audio Recommendations

Free document recommended for all IC manufacturers, mobile application
developers, handset manufacturers, mobile carriers, and mobile content
developers

San Francisco, CA - March 7, 2007. The Interactive Audio Special
Interest Group (IASIG; www.IASIG.org) is publishing the final version of
its mobile audio recommendations. The result of many years of work by
the organization's Mobile Audio Working Group (MAWG), the document will
be made available on the IASIG website shortly after the 2007 Game
Developers Conference (March 5-9).

Started by Peter Drescher of Danger, Inc., the Mobile Audio
Recommendations document snowballed into a massive group effort by the
MAWG. The group consists of sound designers, musicians, and experts from
a wide range of mobile industry companies including AM3D, Beatnik,
Danger, MadWaves, Philips Semiconductor, QSound, Sonaural, and Texas
Instruments.

The new document makes many recommendations designed to address problems
commonly faced by mobile application developers. It specifies the
minimum number of voices a mobile device should have, provides a listing
of currently available mobile technologies, and offers tips on scaling
audio for broader compatibility.

IASIG chairman Kurt Heiden reveals, "This document was born from the
frustration of inconsistent playback platforms and performance in the
mobile market. It speaks well of the IASIG membership that they have
been able to so comprehensively bring to light the problems facing audio
creation on mobile platforms-and then outline solutions."

The IASIG 2007 Mobile Audio Recommendations document will be available
free of charge and is recommended for all IC manufacturers, mobile
application developers, handset manufacturers, mobile carriers, and
others in the mobile industry.


About the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group

Since 1994, the Interactive Audio Special Interest Group (www.IASIG.org)
has existed to enable developers of audio software, hardware, and
content to freely exchange ideas about interactive audio. Its goal is to
improve the performance of interactive applications by influencing
hardware, software, and tool design. The IASIG provides resources in the
form of standards creation and maintenance, research reports, and
recommended practices, and has helped numerous multimedia companies
define their directions for the future. Anyone with a commercial
interest in multimedia audio is encouraged to become a member and
participate in IASIG discussions.

Media Contact

Kurt Heiden (kurt at iasig.org)
IASIG Steering Committee Chair


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