Head full of blues

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- Head full of blues
- Stereo & Blues in one chip from CSR
- Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Lashes ut at Virgin Promises…

Head full of blues
Prague Post – Mar 26, 2008
“I purchased two high-definition cameras and it’s ridiculous how good the visual quality is. ”Robillard and his manager will also be traveling to Latvia to record a group called the Latvian Blues Band. “They play American-style roots music and back all the visiting blues bands” Robillard said. “They’re good songwriters too. Last time we were there they asked us to produce them. So we’re going to do it. ”And Robillard has a new CD in the can A Swinging Session with Duke Robillard due for a May release in the States.

Stereo & Blues in one chip from CSR
Inquirer – Mar 26, 2008
8mm CSP or BGA packages are available immediately andvolume production should start in September 2008. The company claims that a typical handset CPUs is not suitable for musicdecoding and playback – particularly MP3 files – and consequently consumes toomuch power trying. The alternative is a dedicated audio processing chip which costs over $4 andpushes up the bill of materials. The Musicore1 saves the extra cost by combiningmusic playback with a Bluetooth capability. Usefully Musicore1 will support all main music file formats including MP3AAC AAC+ WMA and SBC. The chip also offers all of CSR’s fancy Bluetooth technology since it isbased around its established Kalimba 64 MIPS DSP… The company claims that a typical handset CPUs is not suitable for musicdecoding and playback – particularly MP3 files – and consequently consumes toomuch power trying. The alternative is a dedicated audio processing chip which costs over $4 andpushes up the bill of materials. The Musicore1 saves the extra cost by combiningmusic playback with a Bluetooth capability. Usefully Musicore1 will support all main music file formats including MP3AAC AAC+ WMA and SBC. The chip also offers all of CSR’s fancy Bluetooth technology since it isbased around its established Kalimba 64 MIPS DSP. The company claims rival Bluetooth solutions have a latency of up to 200milliseconds which restricts their application for gaming video or mobile TV. CSR is hoping that by reducing the power drain on the handset’s battery ? forexample by enabling the main CPU to go into sleep mode – manufacturers will beable to produce musicphones that consumers will actually tolerate.

Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan Lashes ut at Virgin Promises…
Rolling Stone – Mar 26, 2008
I like Rock Heavy Metal PoP Ragie ok not Ragie Blues and anything that has to do with an artist and the music. If you listen too and watch the Smaashing Pumpkins DVD “1991 -2000 you would never underestimate their message.

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