Streaming media formats: Liquid Audio
Liquid Audio provides a complete end-to-end solution for secure music delivery over the Internet. Unlike Flash or RealAudio, Liquid Audio is less of a sound design format for adding audio to your web site than it is a professional utility for music sales and distribution. Accordingly, if you want to sell digitized music files over the web, Liquid Audio is the clear choice. You can purchase a starter package for less than $1,000. If you just want to broadcast audio so listeners can preview your music, you may wish to use a less expensive option such as RealAudio or MP3.
The Liquid Music System consists of four core products: Liquifier Pro, Liquid Server, Liquid Player, and Liquid Express. Every component of the Liquid Music System has been designed specifically for electronic music distribution. Here is what each component lets you do:
- Liquifier Pro
- Liquifier Pro is an encoder that
allows you to prepare and publish CD-quality, copy-protected music for
purchase and delivery via the Internet. The Liquifier Pro includes DSP
functions such as sample-rate conversion, four-band parametric EQ, and
dynamics processing, and it provides the capability to include lyrics,
credits, and artwork--all in one audio file.
- What distinguishes the Liquifier
Pro from other encoders is its powerful watermarking and anti-piracy
protections. Liquid Audio watermarking inaudibly embeds digital data, which
identifies authentic copies of the music into the audio file. Liquid Audio
employs multilayer security, which provides data on who owns the music and who
bought the music.
- Liquid Server
- Liquid Server lets you publish and
host Liquid Tracks. The Liquid Server also includes an SQL database and can
even hook into larger, industry-standard SQL databases, such as those from
Informix and Oracle. The flexible design of the server allows you to send
dynamic product and promotional information such as sale prices, tour
schedules, discounts, and coupons, along with the Liquid Track to be received
by the Liquid Player.
- Liquid Player
- Liquid Player allows you to
preview and purchase CD-quality Liquid Tracks on your Macintosh or Windows PC.
The Liquid Player is software that lets you preview or purchase CD-quality
music from the Internet. It also allows you to see album graphics, lyrics,
liner notes, and promotions while listening, as well as easily record a
standard "Red Book" audio CD that is playable on any home, car, or portable
stereo system.
- Liquid Express
- Liquid Express is a software
package specifically designed for audio professionals in film, radio,
television, music, and advertising that allows for the secure real-time
preview, approval, delivery, and archiving of broadcast-quality audio.
Liquid Audio now also supports secure MP3 delivery through its watermarking and file security technology. This helps ensure that appropriate copyright and security information will adhere to MP3 files distributed over the Internet, providing the first step to some form of copyright standardization and unified structure to MP3 delivery.
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