M-Audio, an industry-leading manufacturer & distributor of hardware and software for computer-centric musicians, is pleased to announce the beta release of the industry's first 64-bit drivers, named Audio64, for pro audio applications. The new Audio64 drivers, developed for the AMD Opteron processor, will be available for M-Audio's renowned Delta and FireWire series audio interfaces, making them fully compatible with the forthcoming Microsoft Windows XP64-bit Edition & "Longhorn" operating systems, in addition to the current set of operating systems.

The 64-bit drivers are currently available through M-Audio's beta test site at www.m-audio.com/audio64beta.