Microsoft Licenses Reverb Technology from Waves
Ltd.Microsoft to Integrate Waves' TrueVerb technology into new DirectMusic(TM)
Application Programming Interface January 28, 1999Microsoft Corp. and Waves Ltd. today
announced at the NAMM Show that Microsoft has licensed elements of the company's
TrueVerb(TM) technology for incorporation into future versions of its operating
systems. TrueVerb will be integrated into Microsoft's DirectMusic(TM) a new
Application Programming Interface (API) that enables software developers to
deliver high-quality, interactive music in applications written for the Windows
operating system.
TrueVerb is an artificial reverberation process for creating the illusion
of distance and space in an audio stream. While maintaining relatively low computational
costs, TrueVerb can convey an accurate simulation of rooms, halls and other
acoustic spaces, making it seem as if the sound is being heard in the simulated
space. TrueVerb has previously been delivered in a number of consumer products,
such as home theater products, sound cards, multimedia products, games, and
musical instruments. Using TrueVerb, DirectMusic scores will sound larger than
life, seeming to be performed in concert halls, small chambers, or vast stadiums.
DirectX is a group of Windows technologies that enable application developers
to take advantage of the rich multimedia capabilities of modern personal computers,
such as full-color graphics, video, 3-D animation, interactive music, and surround
sound. The Waves technology has been delivered as part of DirectMusic's software
synthesizer. The software synthesizer is a component of the Windows operating
system that enables consistent playback of music soundtracks, regardless of
the audio hardware installed in a user's personal computer, when used in conjunction
with applications designed to take advantage of DirectMusic. For more information, visit Waves at http://www.waves.com/ |
