Qualcomm is collaborating with QSound to deliver advanced audio to multimedia wireless devices with microQ 3D sound solutikns.
From Qualcomm’s press release:
Qualcomm Incorporated and QSound Labs, Inc. today announced that Qualcomm has licensed QSound’s Q3D and QXpander technologies and will integrate these audio enhancers into select Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets. Q3D and QXpander, part of QSound’s microQ family of audio components, can create a 3D audio effect with stereo headsets or just two speakers by expanding audio signals to create a much richer wireless audio experience. The software release incorporating QSound’s QXpander technology will be available in the fourth quarter of calendar 2004, beginning with Qualcomm’s MSM6550 chipset solution.
“We are extremely pleased to partner with Qualcomm on our 3D enhancement and 3D positional solutions,” said David Gallagher, president of QSound Labs, Inc. “Qualcomm’s MSM chipsets provide a powerful platform which will allow QSound to leverage its cutting-edge technologies and proven expertise in rich, 3D audio solutions.”
“Qualcomm’s collaboration with QSound will enhance the quality of streaming audio, music playback, ringtones and online gaming services for a superior listening and enhanced multimedia experience,” said Luis Pineda, vice president of marketing and product management for Qualcomm CDMA Technologies. “Now, wireless consumers can experience cinema-like, surround-sound effects on their cell phones – objects in 3D games will seem to whiz by them, and music services will have rich, professional equipment-quality sound.”
The Q3D audio positional technology brings a surround-sound experience to the wireless device by controlling the position of virtual sound sources in the space around the listener’s head. The QXpander technology simulates a wider sound-scape, enhancing wireless stereo audio quality by creating the sensation that the speakers are larger and farther apart than they actually are.
Integrating Q3D and QXpander into Qualcomm’s chipset solutions enable wireless devices to provide rich 3D audio sound and superior audio quality, including emulating a live concert experience or an audio gaming reality that lets the consumer feel the sound effects. Qualcomm’s licensing agreement also includes QSound’s psychoacoustic audio enhancement algorithms to analyze audio content and restore high and low frequencies; QSizzle enhances treble response, and QRumble
