MELVILLE, NY, May 29, 2009 — Korg's MR Series recorders
– the MR-1, MR-1000
and MR-2000S – introduced
affordable DSD 1-bit recording and archiving. Korg includes its AudioGate™
file management/conversion software free with every recorder. The newly
released AudioGate Version 2.0 represents a major upgrade and includes
many new features.
AudioGate 2.0’s new file editing tools include “Normalize,”
allowing files to be exported at their highest level without clipping.
The output level range has also been improved from ±24 dB to
±60 dB, and the peak level metering has been improved for better
visual monitoring. When converting from one digital format to another,
AudioGate 2.0 includes standard TPDF dithering, plus Korg’s own
enhanced “AQUA” dithering that closely follows human hearing
characteristics for much more musical and natural sounding results.
AudioGate 2.0 can be used to create DSD audio discs that
preserve the superior audio fidelity of 1-bit recording made on the
MR-Series recorders. These enhanced discs can be played in a variety
of devices – Sony PlayStation®s, VAIO® computers and certain
stand-alone DSD players. Traditional audio CDs can also be made directly
within AudioGate, with support for album artwork and CD-Text data.
In addition to existing single-bit DSD/DSF and multi-bit
BWAV formats, AudioGate 2.0 now includes the ability to import and export
FLAC files. Windows Media Audio can now be imported in the Mac version*1*2
of AudioGate 2.0. Additionally, MP3*3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA Professional
and WMA Lossless) can be exported in Windows, and AAC*1 and Apple Lossless*1
can be exported from Mac. Tracks from existing audio CDs can be loaded
directly into AudioGate 2.0, with support for embedded graphic images
– album artwork, session photos, etc. – also added.
*1 QuickTime 7 required. *2 Flip4Mac WMV required. *3 Windows Media
Player 10 (or later) required.
Korg Senior Technology Product Manager Jerry Kovarsky
states, “With the ability to now create superlative DSD audio
discs, and use our new AQUA dithering algorithm for other delivery needs,
AudioGate moves away from being a nice utility, and toward becoming
a essential audio application for our owners. Many other streamlined
workflow enhancements have been added as well, based on feedback from
our users.”
Korg MR-Series owners can download AudioGate Version 2.0
free of charge at the Korg website (www.korg.com).