Structured Audio Orchestra Language

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| paradigm = Imperative programming

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| released = 1999

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| file ext = .saol

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Structured Audio Orchestra Language (SAOL) is an imperative, MUSIC-N programming language designed for describing virtual instruments, processing digital audio, and applying sound effects. It was published as subpart 5 of MPEG-4 Part 3 (ISO/IEC 14496-3:1999) in 1999.{{cite web | url=http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=25035 | title=ISO/IEC 14496-3:1999 - Information technology -- Coding of audio-visual objects -- Part 3: Audio | author=ISO | publisher=ISO | year=1999 | access-date=2009-10-06}}{{Cite FTP | url=ftp://ftp.tnt.uni-hannover.de/pub/MPEG/audio/mpeg4/documents/w2203/w2203sa.pdf | title=ISO/IEC FCD 14496-3 Subpart 5 - Information Technology - Coding of Audiovisual Objects – Low Bitrate Coding of Multimedia Objects, Part 3: Audio, Subpart 5: Structured Audio, Final Committee Draft, N2203SA | author=ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 11 | date=1998-05-15 | server=FTP server | url-status=dead | access-date=2009-10-10}}{{cite web | url=http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/faq/mp4-aud/mp4-aud.htm | title=MPEG Audio FAQ Version 9 - MPEG-4 | author=D. Thom, H. Purnhagen, and the MPEG Audio Subgroup | publisher=chiariglione.org | date=October 1998 | access-date=2009-10-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926231123/http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/faq/mp4-aud/mp4-aud.htm | archive-date=2009-09-26 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=http://140.130.175.70/html/mpeg4/sound.media.mit.edu/mpeg4/audio/general/index.html#aes106 | title=The MPEG-4 Audio Standard: Overview and Applications | author=Heiko Purnhagen | publisher=Heiko Purnhagen | date=2001-06-01 | access-date=2009-10-07}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

As part of the MPEG-4 international standard, SAOL is one of the key components of the MPEG-4 Structured Audio toolset, along with:

• Structured Audio Score Language (SASL)
• Structured Audio Sample Bank Format (SASBF)
• The MPEG-4 SA scheduler
• MIDI support