MobileBAE

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MobileBAE is a mobile sample-based audio engine developed by Beatnik from 2001 to 2005, succeeding the MiniBAE engine. It's a version of MiniBAE rewritten to use the more standard Downloadable Sounds (Mobile DLS) format for storing soundbanks.

Some implementations are not backwards compatible though, as they doesn't support .hsb banks. There have been rumors of some implementations (i.e Panasonic X700) having partial .hsb support. In addition, MobileBAE has partial RMF support, though it doesn't support flange and reso effects.

It has not been made open source, as both Nokia and Samsung continued to use it on their phones until 2013, 2 years after Beatnik terminated operations, so there is no legal entity to represent Beatnik.

MobileBAE sound banks

Sound bank name File size Creator Notes
mobile30
Mobile_0030_base
29.7 kB Brian Salter
Mobile_0050_base 50.3 kB Brian Salter
mobile60
Mobile_0060_base
60.4 kB Brian Salter
Mobile_0080_base 90.0 kB Brian Salter Previously unreleased
Mobile_0100_base 106.4 kB Brian Salter
Mobile_0100_Samsung 106.3 kB Brian Salter Variant of Mobile_0100_base
mobile100 105.3 kB Brian Salter Variant of Mobile_0100_base
Mobile_0300_base 291.9 kB Brian Salter Used on many Windows Mobile devices such as SGH-i900 Omnia
Mobile_0300_lite_opt 283.4 kB Brian Salter Variant of Mobile_0300_base
mobile300 285.5 kB Brian Salter Variant of Mobile_0300_base
Charlie Bank 358.6 kB Aleksi Eeben Used on S60 2nd Edition and a few 3rd Edition phones with mono speakers from 2004 to 2008. Originally created for the Nokia 6630, which was codenamed "Charlie".
Lloyd Bank 406.5 kB Aleksi Eeben Used on most S40/S60 (3rd Edition and later) phones with mono or stereo speakers from 2005 to 2013. First appears on the Nokia 6270, which was codenamed "Lloyd".
Tongbao Bank 227 kB Aleksi Eeben Used on some S40 (2nd and 3rd Edition) phones with mono speakers from 2005 to 2007, while others used miniBAE with the Idefix Bank.
Originally created for the Nokia 2600 in 2004, which was codenamed "Tongbao". A version was also used in S30 devices, but with a different synth engine.

Phones with a MobileBAE synth

Phone Sound bank
Danger Hiptop 3 Mobile_0300_base
Danger Hiptop iD Mobile_0300_base
Danger Hiptop LX Mobile_0300_base
Danger Hiptop Slide Mobile_0300_base
Danger Hiptop 2008 Mobile_0300_base
Danger Hiptop LX 2009 Mobile_0300_base
LG CG180 Mobile_0100_base
Motorola Karma QA1 Mobile_0100_base
Motorola MPx220 Mobile100
Motorola Q Mobile_0300_base
Motorola E2 Mobile_0100_base
Motorola U9 Mobile_0100_base
Motorola V3xx Mobile_0100_base
Motorola V8 Mobile_0100_base
Motorola V9 Mobile_0100_base
Motorola W175G Mobile_0100_base
Motorola W376G Mobile_0100_base
Motorola W377 Mobile100
Motorola W409G Mobile_0100_base
Nokia 113 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 301 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 2865 Tongbao Bank
Nokia 2700 classic Lloyd Bank
Nokia 3110 classic Lloyd Bank
Nokia 3120 classic Lloyd Bank
Nokia 5200 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 5230 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 5250 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6085 Tongbao Bank
Nokia 6111 Tongbao Bank
Nokia 6120 classic Charlie Bank
Nokia 6125 Tongbao Bank
Nokia 6126 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6131 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6151 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6230i Tongbao Bank
Nokia 6267 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6270 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6280 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6300 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6630 Charlie Bank
Nokia 6650 Fold Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6680 Charlie Bank
Nokia 6700 classic Lloyd Bank
Nokia 6700 slide Lloyd Bank
Nokia 7230 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 7370 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 7373 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 7376 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 7380 Tongbao Bank
Nokia 7390 Lloyd Bank
Nokia 8800 Tongbao Bank
Nokia 808 PureView Lloyd Bank
Nokia C5-00 Lloyd Bank
Nokia E50 Charlie Bank
Nokia E52 Lloyd Bank
Nokia E61 Lloyd Bank
Nokia E63 Charlie Bank
Nokia E65 Lloyd Bank
Nokia E70 Lloyd Bank
Nokia E71 Charlie Bank
Nokia E72 Lloyd Bank
Nokia E90 Communicator‎ Lloyd Bank
Nokia N70 Charlie Bank
Nokia N71 Lloyd Bank
Nokia N79 Lloyd Bank
Nokia N80 Lloyd Bank
Nokia N90 Charlie Bank
Nokia N91 Lloyd Bank
Nokia N92 Lloyd Bank
Nokia N93 Lloyd Bank
Nokia N95 Lloyd Bank
Nokia N97 Lloyd Bank
Nokia X2 Lloyd Bank
Nokia X3 Lloyd Bank
Nokia X5-01 Lloyd Bank
Nokia Asha series Lloyd Bank
Nokia XpressMusic series Lloyd Bank
Samsung Blackjack II Mobile_0300_base
Samsung SGH-D720 Mobile100
Samsung Wave mobile300
Samsung Wave 525 mobile300
Samsung Wave 533 mobile300
Samsung Wave 575 mobile300
Samsung Wave 578 mobile300
Samsung Wave 723 mobile300
Samsung Wave II mobile300
Samsung Wave III mobile300
Samsung Wave M mobile300
Samsung Wave Y mobile300
Samsung Star II mobile300
Siemens SX1 Mobile100
Sony Ericsson G900 Mobile_0300_base
Sony Ericsson R300 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson R306 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson T250 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson T280i Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson W205 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson W302 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson W395 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson S302 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson S312 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson T303 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson Z250 Mobile_0100_base
Sony Ericsson Z320 Mobile_0100_base

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