An Australian business has just released its new streaming audio software that allows anyone to add 56k streaming audio to their website. Release date 29/10/2003

Program Info Page : http://www.mp3soundstream.com
Direct Download Link : http://www.mp3soundstream.com/MP3/mp3ss.zip

Quentin Brown

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MP3 Sound Stream 1.25 (mp3ss) makes high quality 56K streaming audio from MP3 or WAV files. Select a file and it will create a web page and Flash animations that stream the audio. It uses industry standard LAME compression to produce very high quality output. Comes with a very simple user friendly interface that runs on Win95, Win98, WinME and WinXP. Put streaming audio on your site today with MP3 Sound Stream.

1. High quality at 56K?
2. LAME? FhG is better at lower bit rates AFAIK.

Sebastian,

Yes, high quality at/with 56KB MODEM, is a type of oxymoron.

But wait a minute

I doubt that Carnegie Hall Symphonic Acoustics is ever used too much over the Internet. So just what is your definition of High Quality? Precise measurable -quantified please.

As for me, I bought the product, and in less than one (1) week I had made my purchase price back more than ten (10) times over because I was able to demo it to certain types of clients, very quickly, it's in the "marketing." You find some types who like to hear their voice and have other people hear their voice, they rave over the the quality.

Voice "sound-bites" being delivered at 3.6kb - 4.0kb connection rate,
with extreme clarity - no chopped up delays - smooth and mellow,
definitely qualifies it to be called "High Quality for 56KB,"
but not necessarily Carnegie Hall Acoustics,
allows delivery to more than DSL - Cable - Broadband customers.

If I was a major recording studio, doubt that I would use it.

But to make fifty to a hundred bucks (USD) per hour with, gotta find some more clients above the second deviation high side percentile.

Regards

That's marketing talk, dude. Remember MS claiming WMA std at 48kbps is near-CD quality?



But you have to pay for FhG.



Well, it's not only the point of high quality. MP3 at 56 kbps is simply outrageous, specially if you use Lame.



That analogy doesn't hold ground. Voice is mono, 8 bit and 8kHz (=64kbps uncompressed), usually. CD audio is stereo, 16bit and 44,100Hz (=1411.2kbps uncompressed).

Also, voice has much less details. You can actually easily (processing-power wise) emulate it (VoxWare Meta Sound) instead of compress it.



That's perfectly OK.

But, for God's sake, don't call that high quality.

High Quality at 56KB is an OXYMORON

Defines down exactly as TWO Contradictory expressions.

It is not for the Audiophile!

But people listen to AM and FM Radio with static/poor sound
with some very "thin and tinny sounding speakers." ???
Why do they do that when you're available??

In simple terms, calling it an OXYMORON,
is as good as calling it a lie (false statatement),
but by adding 56KB automatically takes it down
to far below Symphonic Acoustic Quality,
so there is some qualification.

TRUE in the strictest sense - High Quality at 56KB - I don't believe it exists!!
When someone calls something an OXYMORON, beware of trying to prove a lie true, your arguments may fall on deaf ears.

Why tie someones hands behind their back and refuse to allow them to record "voice" at 192kbps - 44100hz?

Regards