Audio Box Inc

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Audio Box began with a single programmer working on a piece of personal use software in December 1996. The function of the software was to play dance music from computer instead of a CD or MiniDisc player. At that time, development tools for high quality audio playback were not available, so every function had to be developed with custom code. The Microsoft ActiveMovie architecture was an option but it was not robust enough, fast enough, or flexible enough to be the foundation for a professional grade audio-on-demand software system. Also, the DirectSound API was problematic for reasons of its own. Both of these technologies have been extended by Microsoft, but they still lack the necessary functionality to be the audio core of a professional grade audio system. Other mediocore development kits existed as well, but none of them lived up to the necessary specifications. By mid-1997, a completely custom ActiveX control was running music reliably and efficiently. Audio Box, Inc. was founded and a team of experienced programmers started to work together on a collaborative effort to push the Audio Box core technologies into the future.

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