Podcast: Special - Windows 10 Facts With Microsoft's Principal Program Manager

As of July 29th Windows 10 is now rolling out  - there are some massive changes going on here, driven in part by the setting up of a dedicated Audio Creation/Editing team. Microsoft have traditionally not focussed on their creative users. That has changed.

The introduction of several new features - new MIDI API, New Audio API, parity across desktops, tablets and mobile devices means as a platform, its been made a lot more attractive to potential developers.

As users, we of course want to know what these changes mean. In this special editiion, we talk to Microsoft Principal Program Manager - Pete Brown.

His role has been to bring many of these aspects together and talk to software developers to encourage them to look to Windows as a viable platform.

Pete gives us the facts on a number of issues - MIDI, Audio, whats with Thunderbolt on Windows? And the new auto update feature.

More Information

• Windows Dev Centre
• Pete's A3E presentation

• Get started building for Windows 10

  https://dev.windows.com/en-us/

  MIDI API: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.devices.midi.aspx

  AudioGraph API: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.media.audio.aspx

  WASAPI API: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd370805(v=vs.85).aspx

  Build 2015 Audio and Video presentation, with more samples.

  https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2015/3-634

  WinHEC China audio presentation to PC OEMs

  https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/WinHEC/2015/WHT202

  Thunderbolt Security – interesting information

  http://www.breaknenter.org/2012/02/adventures-with-daisy-in-thunderbolt-dma-land-hacking-macs-through-the-thunderbolt-interface/

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9TKP_ZIur8

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