 Optimal Sound LLC provides services focused around complete integrated audio hardware and software implementations for intelligent audio devices of all types, with a specialty in personal computers.
Optimal Sound experts have a strong development, manufacturing, test & measurement, and training background in PC audio and related areas. Experience from years of product definition and hands-on problem solving has equipped them for quick and cost effective certification approval and to get your products to market. Our relationship with key industry players and broad real-world experience coupled with intimate knowledge of the technical issues provides the ideal synergistic complement to your engineering team.
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David Roach, Optimal Sound President and Founder, has a long history of innovative designs and products in the field of PC Audio, with a focus on high fidelity, low latency audio implementations. He participated in the development of the first real-time MIDI synthesizers for the Macintosh and Intel x-86 architectures and the first PC-based physical modeling waveguide synthesizer for Creative Labs. He headed up R&D for Jabra, and later led the PC audio driver and support teams at SigmaTel. |
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His accomplishments include:
- Founded independent consulting firm focused on audio for Windows Vista (President, Optimal Sound, 2006-present)
- Lead author and technical editor for 550-page technical book High Definition Audio for the Digital Home (author, Intel Press, 2005-2006)
- Technical liaison to Microsoft, Intel, Dolby, and others. Responsible for future systems planning (Director, SigmaTel (now IDT), 2004-2006)
- Created first "retaskable" audio jacks for computers, same jack can be input or output (Director, SigmaTel (now IDT), 2003-2004, one patent)
- Present at the birth of what became Intel High Definition Audio, at Project BarBQ Think Tank, October 2001
- Led customer support team for both hardware and software responsible for audio subsystems for same major OEMs (Director, SigmaTel (now IDT), 1999-2003)
- Led team that created Windows WDM audio drivers used by Dell, Fujitsu, Intel, Gateway, Toshiba, Sony, and Panasonic (Director, SigmaTel (now IDT), 1999-2003)
- Created Internet-based music delivery system based on both audio and MIDI (VP Operations, Seer Systems, 1997-1999)
- Created first software-based professional real-time MIDI synthesizer for real musicians (VP R&D, Seer Systems, 1996-1999, one patent)
- Created first software-based real-time physical modeling MIDI synthesizer (contractor, Creative Labs Soundblaster, 1996-1997)
- Created first all-in-ear "headset" for cell-phone, computer, and telephone (VP R&D, Jabra, 1993-1995, one patent)
- Created first software-based real-time MIDI synthesizer for Windows (contractor, Intel, 1993)
- Created first software-based real-time speech recognition extractor for Macintosh (contractor, Articulate Systems, 1992)
- Created first software-based real-time MIDI synthesizer for Macintosh (developer, Intelligent Music, 1988)
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Wayne Jones, Audio Test Manager, has over 30 years of engineering experience in professional audio product development and audio test and measurement applications gained from the company he founded, Amber, and with Audio Precision. Mr. Jones has served on standards committees for the Audio Engineering Society, Consumer Electronics Association and International Electrotechnical Committee. He was author of the revised AES-6id for PC Audio testing and has authored many articles and application notes on audio measurement topics.
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His accomplishments include:
- Co-author of the book High Definition Audio for the Digital Home
- VP, Applications Engineering, Audio Precision (1991 to 2005)
- Author of the current version of AES 6id, the Audio Engineering Society document defining how to characterize PC audio devices (2004)
- Co-author of the AES White Paper in collaboration with Microsoft
- Author of numerous trade magazine articles on PC audio testing and audio testing in general.
- Developed and introduced the Audio Precision application PC Audio Test, a comprehensive test application designed to characterize PC audio devices.
- Managed Business Development and key accounts at Audio Precision including industry leaders in PC Audio, personal audio players, automobile audio.
- Developed and managed customer training program for Audio Precision.
- Editor of quarterly customer newsletter at Audio Precision.
- Managed product development including hardware and software engineering teams
- Developed marketing collateral material for audio test products including product brochures, white papers, web pages, and articles.
- Project manager for audio test products.
- Product architect for new family of audio test products
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Kohji Asakura , Japan Country Manager for Optimal Sound, has over 30 years of engineering and marketing experience in Japanese and international markets. He has been involved closely with SigmaTel and Apogee DDX audio products, as well as in modem, networking and manufacturing areas. His past experience includes Rockwell International, Sanken, Transition Networks, Macronix, and other technology leaders.
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Use Optimal Sound to add an audio expert to your team, ensuring that your systems are easy to understand, functioning properly with Windows 7 and, of course, sounding great. Contact us for more info. |
