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	DJ Andy Hunter: Surround Sound Journey Superstar DJ/Producer Andy Hunter brings us along as he remixes a track from his record LIFT. You can hear why the makers of Matrix and The Italian Job look to this DJ to help fill cinema seats. Note: You must download this file to your computer to view it.
Encoding Audio and Video with Windows Media Codecs Get an overview of compression concepts and Windows Media Audio and Video 9 Series codecs.
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Music Overview Create, protect, and distribute music for dial-up playback to rich 7.1 surround sound.
Dynamic Range Control in Windows Media 9 Series Control the dynamic range of your audio during playback.
Windows Media Audio 9 Professional Codec Features Describes how the codec transforms multichannel audio for stereo playback.
Part 1: Surrounding Windows Media 9 Series Review multichannel audio concepts: compression techniques and speaker placement.
Part 2: Building a Playback System Create a surround-sound playback system.
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Windows Media Technologies Newsroom Get the most recent press reporting about Windows Media technologies.
NSTL: Audio Comparison Test: Fact Sheet NSTL, Inc. conducted a consumer study comparing the audio quality of Microsoft Windows Media 4.0 to RealNetworks RealSystem G2 and MP3.
Compare It Yourself: Windows Media Audio Comparison Windows Media Format and MP3 both achieve CD-quality sound, but Windows Media Format achieves it in half the file size.
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Surround Sound Showcase Check out the Windows Media Audio 9 Professional codec. Visit Windows Media.com

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Import and export WM Audio 9, WM Audio 9 Professional, and WM Audio 9 Lossless codecs with Digidesign Pro Tools 6.7.

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