Heres Exactly What Makes Web Audio So Powerful

Have you ever tried to communicate with another person using just actions and sign language? It gets pretty frustrating, doesn't it? Especially when you know that if you could just SAY a few words, they'd get the picture, almost instantly.Well, imagine if the website you've put up on show... could... Read More

DVD Audio: An Introduction

DVD Audio is a music format that is designed to offer improved audio performance over CD. The new audio format can be used to provide listeners with Advanced Resolution stereo and/or multi-channel (up to a maximum of six channels) music. In order to play back DVD Audio discs, players have... Read More

The Ten Commandments of Using Streaming Audio On Your Website

When it comes to placing audio on your website there are Ten Commandments you absolutely must follow. Break one of these Commandments and you can watch your website drive visitors away faster than the speed of sound. Fortunately, if you follow the Ten Commandments you can get people to stay... Read More

Get Personal by Adding Your Voice to Your Site

Many customers in today's online business world are shopping around online for a reason; either they are too lazy to go to stores, do not like the masses of people, or they might just want to shop in the comfort of their home. What ever the reason might be, we... Read More

Adding Streaming Audio to Your Website

Adding streaming audio to your web site can help you enhance the message you send to your customers and can serve as a wonderful confidence-building tool. In the past, audio was used primarily as a decorative effect, but advances in technology and the increased use of the internet by consumers... Read More

How To Record Streaming Audio, Internet Radio And

When it comes to music on the Internet, you have two legal choices: you can stream tracks, or you can purchase them as individual downloads.Replay Music can record streamed songs from most applications, break them into individual files (either as WAV or 128- to 320-Kbps MP3 files) and even tag... Read More

Why Arent You Using Audio?

As use of the Internet continues to grow geometrically, we see an increased demand for information to be provided by a variety of media. Viewing options can range from simple text to PDF documents to video clips. Unfortunately, each option requires more and more resources and technological know-how. As convergence... Read More

7 Ways to Use Website Audio in Your Marketing Arsenal

Most visitors to your website are using computers with audio capabilities. Recently introduced techniques make it easy to take advantage of this capability.In the past, web audio was primarily decorative, consisting of musical fanfares or other clichéd sound effects. Now, you can use audio to multiply the impact of your... Read More

How to Create Professional Audio Books from Scratch

My name is Alan Twigg and I'm writing this article to offer advice to anyone thinking of creating their own professional audio books.In the New Year I came up with the idea of creating professional children's stories and offering them for download on the internet. The thing was, however, while... Read More

Why Publishing MP3 Can Cost You A Fortune

This was news to me. It might be news to you too:MP3 is NOT free to use if you're an online publisher. BUT - let me be clear - there are some opt-outs. It appears you don't have to pay any license fees if:It's for personal use or non commercial... Read More

wav; Recording Voice or Instruments

A graduate student in Belfast wrote to me about a project he was doing. It is an inter-active instructional CD on the Tin Whistle.Obviously here is another application where you would record direct to wav. and forget about the midi. format.He wanted an authentic sound and midi. would never provide... Read More

How to Use Your Computer as a Recording Studio

A few years ago there was a revolution in recording technology. As computers became more powerful, they started to replace traditional tape recorders that were the heart of most recording studios. Today, computers designed for home use are powerful enough to emulate an entire recording studio, and can be used... Read More

Dont Use Web Audio The Wrong Way

Have you ever wrestled with a set of instructions, but then got so frustrated with it all that you threw them aside in a fluster and tried to figure out how to do it? yourself?Resulting in?Making a great big mess of it all?Similarly, if you really want to use Web... Read More

Why I Hate Flash Audio and What I Did About It

I love spoken-word audio. I've been listening to seminars, lectures, and books on tape for years.I love downloadable audio. Missed that teleseminar you signed up for? Just download the MP3 (or Real Media, or Windows Media, or QuickTime) file and it's almost as good as being there--maybe better.But I really... Read More

MP3 vs. WMA

There are just a few audio compression formats out there, just like there are only a few image compression formats (you may have heard of them: JPG, GIF, BMP). Two of the most popular audio formats are WMA, or Windows Media Audio, and MP3 (Short for MPEG, Moving Pictures Experts... Read More

What The Muscle Power of Audio Can Do for Your Site

How Audio can Influence SalesAudio can enhance your website by letting your visitor listen to your voice, which is the next closest form of marketing besides a face to face meeting.Who can use Audio?Anyone can use audio, it all depends how knowledgeable you are when it comes to designing your... Read More

Five Tips to Become a Soundbite Genius

1. Speak in soundbites to everyone.Getting key phrases for concepts and ideas across clearly is central to all communication. As a fun practice try to shave off any extraneous details during conversation in your everyday life. In Errol Morris' film *Fog of War* former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said,... Read More

Transmit Clean Digital Audio with Digital Coaxial Cables

In the world of digital audio, there are two types of cable to choose from; optical cables which use light to transmit signal and digital coaxial cable. These audio cables will enable your home theater system to transmit digital data between components. This will provide you with superior sound quality... Read More

The Ten Commandments To Creating Amazing Audio Products

1.Thou shall create audio products as the fastest way to come out with a product.Forget about e-books. They take to long to create especially if you're a slooooow typist. You can create an audio product in a day instead of weeks or months with an e-book. If you must create... Read More

Seven Ways to Warm Your Prospects Using Website Audio

Gone are the days when putting audio on your website consisted of subjecting your visitors to gaudy musical fanfares and various clichéd sound effects. Fortunately, audio has now become a lot more sophisticated and new techniques that allow audio to be streamed have made it possible to use your own... Read More

Internet Radio: A Sanctuary in the Rubbish Tip

The internet, it's a whole world of information and entertainment, but every day it fills up just that extra bit more with complete trash. At every corner, popups, banner ads, viruses, spyware, the list goes on, well I've had enough and I'm sure you share my opinion.So, I hear you... Read More

Adding Sound To Your Web Site - The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

Many webmasters like the idea of adding background music to their web sites but most shy away from doing it worrying about slow loading pages and large file sizes. There are many different ways to add background music to your site and some of them don't require large files to... Read More

Streaming Audio Recorders

1. i-Sound WMA MP3 Recorder 6.x - On Sale www.abyssmedia.comi-Sound Recorder turn your computer into complete audio recording studio. You can record sound from internal or external source into MP3, OGG, WMA, APE, WAV format sound file directly without costing any other disk space. With VOX feature program can become... Read More

How to Add Audio to Video

Digital media is everywhere you look. Music and video production have made it to the grass roots level thanks to the affordability and widespread use of powerful computers.Inexpensive digital video cameras are widely available, and older analog video cameras can be connected to a computer through a video card to... Read More

Jingles - What Constitutes A Successful Jingle Campaign?

What constitutes a successful jingle campaign? In this article we will examine and listen to 4 successful jingle campaigns and look for key ingredients to their success.Jingle Campaign #1, Mr. Chau's Chinese Fast Food: http://www.soundad.com/audio/MrChau.mp3This radio & TV musical identity has been the cornerstone of Mr. Chau's... Read More

Analysis: Hulu, Vevo And The Rise Of Streaming Video
Billboard Business News
So why have optimism for ad-supported video streaming? -- Video streaming engages the user while audio streaming is far more passive. ...
Vevo sets launch date for online music video portalIndependent

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Sydney Morning Herald
Websites in the Fairfax Digital Network offer streaming video and audio in the Flash format. Streaming media allows you to watch video on a website as a ...

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BBC News
High-end audio maker Linn declares death of the CD player
guardian.co.uk
The reason: its audiophile customers have moved, with alacrity, to hard drive-based systems - its DS "streaming players" - that allow them to encode their ...
Linn Focuses on Linn DS Digital Music Streaming Systems and Announces Exit ...HiddenWires
Death knell for cdsThis is London
Death of the CD looms as pioneering manufacturer ends productionDaily Mail

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ViewCast's Niagara Pro II Wins 2009 Streaming Media North America Readers ...
PR Newswire (press release)
... and streaming live video over the internet and capturing live video for video-on-demand applications. With its two independent audio and video channels, ...

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Men's Basketball Opens Legends Classic at Rutgers on Sunday
Vermont Catamounts
UVMathletics.com with the audio stream provided by SportsJuice.com. LAST TIME OUT: Senior Marqus Blakely hit one of two free throws with 9.5 seconds left to ...

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myspace in Deal Talks With Imeem
Wall Street Journal
The acquisition could bolster the offerings for MySpace Music, the joint venture among MySpace and the four major record labels that lets users steam audio ...

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STRYPER: New Audio Interview With OZ FOX Available - Nov. 20, 2009
Blabbermouth.net
The chat is now available for streaming at this location. STRYPER was recently forced to cancel several shows in Texas due to singer/rhythm guitarist ...

RAMP Receives Streaming Media's 2009 Readers' Choice Awards for Video Search ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
These include discovery and engagement solutions for all types of media, including video and audio, towards creating higher audience metrics and content ...
Accordent Named Best Enterprise Video Platform by Readers of Streaming Media ...StreamingMedia.com (press release)
Streaming Media Announces its Reader's Choice Awards at Tonight's Reception ...Digital Post Production

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Audiophile Gear Maker Linn Gives Up on CDs
Digitaltrends.com
Couple those formats with the greater penetration of broadband into homes and businesses, and suddenly streaming very high quality audio via the Internet ...

New York Philharmonic Announces Details of National Weekly Radio Broadcasts ...
Broadway World
The WFMT Radio Network, the international syndication division of award-winning Chicago classical music station 98.7 FM WFMT (streaming live at ...

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