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• USB Promoter Group Stages First Industry-Wide Review of USB 3.0 Specification

  The Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 Promoter Group is looking for additional contributors to its initial draft of the group's proposed specification with a goal to have it completed by the first half of 2008. "SuperSpeed" USB will create a backward-compatible Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:47 PM by Dan Moore | 0 Comments

• An Overview of Windows Sound and Music "Glitching" Issues

  Steve Ball of Microsoft has a very interesting blog started on the Windows Vista Blog site about audio "glitching" issues in the Windows OS. Click on the link below to go to the full story: Overview of Windows Sound and Music "Glitching" Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:31 PM by Dan Moore | 0 Comments

• 2007 Guitar Player's "Guitar Hero" Competition Recap

  What do you get when you put over 500 guitarists in a room with multiple bars, a stage with a house  band, and a PA system?  Even though I'm sure there's a humorous anecdote brewing, the real answer is the 2007 Guitar Player Guitar Hero competition Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:57 AM by Dan Moore | 0 Comments Filed under Reviews/Editorial

• Cumulative Update Rollup for USB Core Components in Windows Vista

  USB has always been a widely used interface protocol between a Windows PC and external audio devices. But there have been several issues reported with respect to USB functionality on Windows Vista.On October 2nd, Microsoft released an update for USB componentsfor Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 24, 2007 6:08 PM by Dan Moore | 0 Comments Filed under Announcements, Issue Resolution, Support

• 123rd AES Convention Recap

  The Audio Engineering Society, now in its fifth decade, is the only society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership of leading engineers, scientists and other authorities has increased dramatically throughout the world, greatly boosting Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:02 PM by Dan Moore | 0 Comments Filed under Reviews/Editorial

• Remix Hotel Atlanta 2007 Recap

  The Alliance was proud to team up with Crossfader and Microsoft to be the Title Presenting Sponsor for Remix Hotel Atlanta 2007. This is an annual end-user event held in the US capital for urban and hip hop music, and is a major buzz generator for music Read More... Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:01 PM by Dan Moore | 0 Comments Filed under Reviews/Editorial

• DirectX 10 Information and Resources

  The future of the DirectX platform isheaeded in the direction of graphics support for gaming scenarios. Click here to learn about the latest DirectX 10 version and what it offers for gaming and multimedia applications:http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/DirectX10.asp Read More... Posted Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:19 PM by Microsoft | 0 Comments Filed under White Papers, Platforms, Technical

• Vista SP1 release information announced

  August 29, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Microsoft Corp. today confirmed months-long speculation that the first service pack for Windows Vista will be out sometime in the first quarter next year, along with a third and final service pack for its hardy predecessor, Read More... Posted Thursday, August 30, 2007 2:01 PM by Dan Moore | 0 Comments Filed under Announcements

• Issue Resolution: MIDI Ports still showing active even after device has been disconnected

  Some developers may have noticed MIDI ports from an externaldevice are still showing up as being connected and active, even if the device has been physically unplugged from the computer. The iussue is that the computeris notre-enumerating itself to refresh Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:58 PM by Microsoft | 0 Comments Filed under Issue Resolution, Support, Technical

• Incident Reports for Technical Support from Microsoft

  One of the most common questions I get: "We haveencountered aproblem working with Windows Vista as compared to Windows XP. Is there a fix available?"If you have runinto an issue or a problem in your development for the Windows platform or any Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:46 PM by Microsoft | 0 Comments Filed under Partner Programs

• Cakewalk SONAR 6.2 maximizes the Windows Vista experience

  Find out how the new Version 6.2 of Cakewalk SONAR takes full advantage of the new audio infrastructure of Windows Vista here.You can also watch the Channel9 interview of Cakewalk's Noel Borthwick and Carl Jacobson to leanr how they went about implementing Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:33 PM by Microsoft | 0 Comments Filed under Case Studies

• AMP Alliance to sponsor Project Bar-B-Q 2007

  Asour inaugural sponsorship, we are participating in the 2007 Project Bar-B-Q Conference at Lake Buchanan, Texas in October. We are proud to be able to support this unique think tank environment comprised of some of the greatest minds in the computer Read More... Posted Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:53 PM by admin | 0 Comments Filed under Announcements

• Porting Drivers from WDM to KMDF

  These two white papers providewill help guide you through the process ofporting drivers from the Windows Driver Model (WDM) to the kernel-mode driver framework (KMDF) component of the Windows Driver Framework (WDF) for Windows.Porting Drivers from WDM Read More... Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 6:01 PM by Microsoft | 0 Comments Filed under White Papers

• FAQs - PlayReady content access technology

  Below are some of the FAQsabout thenew PlayReady technology, which supports both a wider digital media delivery path for developers & content providers as well as a simpler, more connected user experience for media content on multiple mobile devices.Q.What Read More... Posted Thursday, August 16, 2007 4:26 PM by Microsoft | 0 Comments Filed under Reviews/Editorial

• HD Audio Device Driver Interface (DDI)

  As part of the operating system, WindowsVista providesabus driver for managingthe Intel High Definition Audio (HDAudio) bus interface controller, as well as aUniversal Audio Architecture (UAA) class driver for managing a UAA-compliant audio codec that Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 3:35 PM by Microsoft | 0 Comments Filed under Platforms