AudioLib, as the name implies, is an audio library management app. It was developed by Celestial Technologies.

The audio coding format used by AudioLib is PAC - Perceptual Audio Codec - that was developed by Bell Labs in the late 1980s and marketed by their Elemedia subsidiary. Quality is marketed to be the same as MP3 at 30% smaller bitrates (same claim goes for VQF and AAC).

The player keeps the encoded files inside a database (a security measure to avoid piracy), and can encode tracks from wav. A CD ripping feature is announced for next version.

At some point CelestialTech became VedaLabs (check AudioVeda) and later disappeared, along with their web site.


Date: 1998
Version: 1.0.005
Interface: Graphical User Interface
Platform: Win32
Download: audiolib-1_0.exe - 2710Kb