The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: Music Questions That Almost No One Seems to Ask
I think one of the greatest gifts humans have is a sense of curiosity. That ability to question things around
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Explaining the Headline “The MP3 is DEAD!”
The MP3 is dead. Long live the MP3. The Fraunhofer Institute of West Germany–yes, that’s how far back this story
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According to Its Creators, The MP3 is Dead. Long Live AAC!
It’s impossible to imagine today’s music universe without MP3 technology. Developed at the Fraunhofer Institute in West Germany (that’s how far
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 784: Music Questions That Almost No One Seems to Ask [Music and Podcast Embedded]
I think one of the greatest gifts humans have is a sense of curiosity. That ability to question things around
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A Handy Guide to Which Music Storage Format Sounds Best–and Why
I’m currently working on a children’s book for Kids Can Press which traces the evolution of the gadgets we’ve used
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Geeks&Beats Podcast, Episode 116: Space, Sex and Stiles
“Stiles?” Did Michael misspell Harry Styles last name? After all, we do talk about his junk late in the program
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Happy 20th Birthday, .mp3!
The history of attempts at squishing audio goes back more than a hundred years but we really didn’t get serious
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Let’s Have a Listen to the Stuff MP3 Compression Leaves Behind
Back in the 1980s, boffins at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany were looking for ways to make digital files smaller
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Geeks&Beats Podcast, Episode 82: Help Me Clean Out the Basement
There are a couple of things about American Thanksgiving I really like. (1) Football all day Thursday; (2) Canadian retailers
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Reflections on the MP3
MP3 files first started creeping into mainstream consciousness about twenty years ago, although it wasn’t until the late 90s (97-98-99)
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When Ripping Music, Is MP3 Better Than Lossless? Let’s Take an Audio Test!
Peter is trying to create a central location for all his digital music files and is musing on which format–MP3
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