What is "CRI Vibe "?

 CRI Vibe uses a custom, high-compression codec to facilitate audio data being recorded onto a cartridge without adversely affecting the sound quality.
 Fact is: at CRI Vibe’s highest compression level, the audio quality still sounds better than the standard, stock, DS codec.
  *When used with 512Mbit NDS game cartridges

 The CRI Vibe compresses audio data down to (a maximum of) one-tenth of its original size to enable game data to be stored on smaller capacity NDS game cartridge. Reducing the cost of NDS game cartridges has a direct affect on product profitability.

 CRI Vibe’s decompressor has been tuned to enhance dialogue tracks.

• CRI Vibe is equipped with a unique audio codec that emphasizes dialogue.
  Our exceptional digital signal processing technology, carefully cultivated over a period of ten years, maintains
  high-levels of audio clarity while keeping the data size to a minimum.
• CRI Vibe performs real-time interpolation during playback to produce superb audio clarity.
  This drastically reduces the metallic noise, characteristic of the Nintendo DS, and is tuned for female voices (whose vocal signatures typically suffer from a deterioration of audio fidelity without tuning).

(1) Multi-Streaming Playback
 CRI Vibe supports multi-streaming playback. This enables up to four streams of audio data to be played back simultaneously.
 This function allows, for example, audio effects to be played over BGM while the characters are speaking.

(2) Loop and Fade Playback
  CRI Vibe is able to loop and fade audio, against streams that are currently playing back.

• Loop Playback
  Enables decisions to be made at the loop points with random samples.
  
• Fade-in, Fade-out, and Cross Fade
  The fade time can be controlled, at will, to set up fade-in/fade-out. And also two sounds can be interactively faded to produce natural transitions during streaming playback.
  

(3) One Function for Simple Playback
 CRI Vibe enables audio data stored on ROM cartridges to be played back effortlessly with a single function. Even programmers using CRI Vibe for the first time can perform all tasks from installation to playing back audio on an actual Nintendo DS in less than thirty minutes.

(4) Easy-to-Use Encoding Tool
 CRI Vibe comes complete with an easy-to-use encoding tool. File administration and encoding can be carried out simply by using the drag & drop function. Sampling frequencies are also automatically adjusted to the optimum values that match up with the Nintendo DS characteristics.

Your call - smaller cartridges or more compressed data

 CRI Vibe gives you flexibility:
to put more audio data on a cartridge when using our monster 10:1 compression ratios.
to save money by purchasing smaller cartridges
to sound better than the other guys that haven’t yet, switched to CRI Vibe.

It’s easy it implement, easy-to-use production tools and best of all... it sounds great.

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