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Music format MusicDNA could rival iTunes LP

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Looks like the format of iTunes LP, presented by Apple in the past year, there was a worthy competitor. Team that played at one time a key role in the process of creating MPEG-3, announced on the announcement of a new musical format called MusicDNA. This format allows you to store not only the compressed music, but also the lyrics, the various images and videos, as well as blog entries, which are constantly updated.



New format MusicDNA was created by Norwegian developer MP Dagfin Bach (Dagfinn Bach), in the far in 1993 stood at the origins of the first MP3 player. Note also that the number of investors to finance the development of a new musical format, joined the legendary German scholar Karlheinz Brandenburg (Karlheinz Brandenburg). He is credited with the invention of the actual format MP3, without which it is difficult to imagine modern music industry.

Although the major music labels still do not show interest in the new format, a British record company, Beggars Group have already expressed interest in using MusicDNA in their work. The firm recorded albums for artists such as Vampire Weekend, MIA and The Strokes. In addition, the new format is also going to the American studio Tommy Boy. Note that the files MusicDNA, likely to be more expensive than existing digital formats used for downloading music from online resources.

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